Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement

Gale Hulme

Executive Director

I believe that leadership matters. Education leaders can and do make a positive difference in the lives of students...
Dr. JoAnn Brown
Director, Aspiring Leaders Program

I believe that success in school improvement lies with the leader and a new leader needs to have the proper knowledge, skills and opportunities to practice that can only come from performance-based learning ...
Mary Anne Charron
Senior Performance Consultant

I believe that leaders are the key to school improvement. Each day is critical in the life of a learner, and I believe that leaders have the responsibility to implement conditions and nurture cultures that result in high expectations for all ...
Shirley Davis
Performance Consult+B2ant, Rising Stars+B17

I believe that all enterprises rise and fall on leadership and that educational leaders lead in a positive direction, set clear expectations, establish agreed upon goals, and create the conditions for improvements that lead to student, teacher, school and system successes ...
Ann Duffy
Director of Policy Development

I believe that public education is the cornerstone of American democracy and that it can provide a bright future for our kids and our communities...
Georgia Evans
Performance Consultant

I believe leaders have the greatest influence on the quality of a school or district, and I believe effective school leaders create successful schools...
Janie Fields
Performance Consultant

I believe that highly effective leaders build strong and effective educational systems which are responsible for the success of our nation’s schools...
Maggie Glennon
Performance Consultant

I believe that school leaders must be accountable for the success or failure of the teachers and students in their schools...
La Toya Handsford
Administrative Coordinator

I believe in the ancient proverb it takes a village to raise a child. I believe the district, community, parents and education leaders are equal stakeholders in the education process...
Pam Henderson
Operations Manager

I believe that student success is a collaborative effort. By ensuring that an environment exists where all stakeholders can share their knowledge and experiences, the best educational decisions will be made...
Kimon Jackson
Office Manager

I believe that educating students is a group effort and leaders do make a difference. I believe that success comes from an environment where all stakeholders can grow and share their knowledge and expertise...
Dorothy Reynolds
Performance Consultant

I believe that district and school leaders hold the key to moving Georgia’s schools forward. Those leaders who work strategically with faculty and staff to continue to learn and grow will achieve greatness in service to our children...
Jinnie Schmid
Program Manager, Instructional Design

I believe in “beginning with the end in mind” and “going slow to go fast.” I believe that thoughtful visioning, elegant design, blended solutions, and “right tech” is essential to our success improving student achievement and organizational effectiveness...
Becky Shaver
Knowledge, Marketing, & Impact Manager

I believe that leadership will make an impact on our students and that nothing should stand in the way of all students achieving success...
Penny Smith
Performance Consultant

I believe that educators are called to a higher purpose in life than most of those in our society. While educational leadership requires knowledge, experience, and skill, it also requires a spirit of servant hood and a passion for making a difference...
Mike Vanairsdale
Performance Consultant, Executive Development

I believe public education is the foundational social enterprise of this great nation. I believe that as public education goes, so goes the United States...
Tom Whitten
Performance Consultant

I believe that aligned educational leadership combined with standards-based instructional practices can assure that all districts, schools and most importantly children meet or exceed state, national, and international standards...
Georgia Wilson
Program Manager, Leadership Preparation

I believe educational leaders like health care providers, should have as their mantra “cause no harm” to the students that have been entrusted to them for optimal educational opportunities ...
Tina Wolfe
Program Coordinator, Leadership Preparation

I believe that effective leadership brings positive change. Being a part of GLISI has awakened my awareness to the changes needed in our education system and GLISI’s role in supporting the necessary changes...

MEET THE GLISI TEAM

Gale Hulme

Executive Director

ph: 404-385-4088
email: Gale.Hulme@glisi.org

I believe that leadership matters. Education leaders can and do make a positive difference in the lives of students. Leaders influence the conditions of practice that ensure teacher success, stakeholder engagement and student performance. That is why GLISI helps leaders set clear expectations, build capacity through strengths-based approaches, develop systemic solutions to achieve agreed upon goals and create district and school cultures that lead to high performance.

In my role, I create the conditions for our staff to continuously improve the quality of the services and products we provide. As a team, we help leaders continuously refine their practices by creating, leading, and cascading teamwork to implement school improvement; develop their human resources by finding, growing and keeping the right people; and achieve desired results by planning, measuring, monitoring, managing and communicating, thus creating performance organizations. The people we are privileged to serve prove daily that leadership matters and performance counts.