b"WILLIAM JAMES COLLEGE 11Student Darcel Hunt-Finegold is a Simmons alumna and educator at the Boston Public Schools Re-Engagement Center, which helps former dropoutIts a students reenroll and graduate. Since her enrollment in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadershipvery heavy principal preparation program, she has beenjob, but the promoted to Assistant Head of School. Leadership always seems like the obvious next step for teachersGCSL certificate to take, she says, but she was apprehensive aboutempowers you to really find who you becoming a principal. Its a very heavy job, she says,are as a leader. Less: How do you but the GCSL certificate empowers you to really find who you are as a leader. Less: How do you manage amanage a school budget? More:school budget? More: How do you get buy-in fromHow do you get buy-in from groupsgroups for large-scale change?The goal is to help develop responsive leaders,for large-scale change? Taylor explains, leaders who can meet the momentDarcel Hunt-Finegold, Assistant Head of through reflection, awareness, connection, andSchool, Boston Public Schools; Student, Graduate collaboration with other adults and bring a level ofCertificate in School Leadershipcritical consciousness to achieve outcomes consistent with educational equity. We're seeing people who arespecially designed to train K-12 teachers in behavioral interested in that vision apply, she says, becausehealth, DEI, and social-emotional learningthe goal of all schoolsand all of the work we doscheduled to launch in the Summer of 2023. at BHELSis to improve outcomes for students,BHELS follows a public health model we teachers, and the entire community. need for prevention and long-term change, adds Planning Ahead Lopez Reilly. Gaining a graduate certificate that focuses on the combined fields of behavioral There has never been a more critical timehealth, equity, and leadership will not only impact for BHELS to meet the need and make aeducators direct work but also help us create a difference in our school districts. workforce of educators who are equipped to be Says Suzanne Devlin, PhD, chair of theleaders in the school system and have the skills Organizational and Leadership Psychologythey need to implement sustainable solutions.Department, The time is now to focus on the people蜜桃tv envisions programs of an organization and the way power dynamics,that are wide in scope and will support students social norms, and mindsets successfully engage oracross development. The critical concepts of unsuccessfully disengage the hearts and minds ofbehavioral health, DEI, and social emotional both the people who serve students and the studentslearning are also integrated into higher education themselves. The BHELS team and mission have thisprograms through innovative institutes focus and can help schools change the world for theand initiatives with partner colleges.better by empowering all voices in the system andA wide, supportive network. Ground-level working together productively. expertise. Immediately applicable skills. Inherent Ever the innovator, William James has newtraits of BHELS that are sure to make a difference. graduate certificate programs in development"