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Your voice helps bring well-deserved attention to those making a real impact in the lives of others. Let’s honor those who show up, step up, and make a difference — every single day. #SupportPublicEducation #MostNobleProfession #HiddenHeroes2025 hiddenheroes.glisi.org/2025

"I felt truly honored. Sometimes, as an educator, you don’t know if your hard work shows, so it was nice to be seen by others." Contribute to an avalanche of gratitude for public education professionals. Nominate a Hidden Hero from your school community: hiddenheroes.glisi.org/2025

It’s your chance to nominate the education professionals making a difference in your community! Nominations are open through Oct. 31 for our 2025 #HiddenHeroes campaign. Top vote-getters AND their nominators receive a cash prize. Nominate today: hiddenheroes.glisi.org/2025/submit

Hidden Heroes is BACK for its 6th year! We’re shining a light on the education professionals who go above and beyond for Georgia’s students and communities. Nominate a difference-maker who inspires you hiddenheroes.glisi.org/2025 #HiddenHeroes2025 #SupportPublicEducation

Spark Salons are back! We’re gathering leaders to shift the narrative on learning, schools & human potential. New stories. Big ideas. Bold conversations. What might we create for future students and learners - together? #SupportPublicEducation #SparkConnectionandLearning

"Schools can’t just change what they do — they must change who they are.” – Dr. Leslie Hazle Bussey, @GLISI Hear her insights at A City Changing: Investing in the Educator Experience. 📅 Sept 4 | 7–8:30 PM 📲 Register via @WABE: tr.ee/UJoSBy #ACityChanging

"You cannot force commitment, what you can do...nudge a little here, inspire a little there & provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create." - Peter Senge Leaders are architects of conditions. What conditions are you creating in your school?

@TNTP Join us September 4 for “A City Changing,” a livestream conversation with @TNTP @L4LMetroAtlanta @PBS_Atlanta @GLISI @CCPSNews as we explore how increasing coherence can transform the educator experience in metro Atlanta.

Our Hidden Heroes embody true leadership in education: creating spaces where teachers, students & communities thrive together. We are proud to uplift them & look forward to seeing who's nominated this year as a 2025 #HiddenHero! Nominations open Oct. 1. #SupportPublicEducation

As you lead your schools into a new year, may you uplift others with courage, challenge assumptions with compassion & build the kind of culture where excellent, engaging, & enriching learning is alive. We are with you. Let's make this year the best one. #SupportPublicEducation

At GLISI, we believe transformational leadership begins not with control, but with curiosity. Not with compliance, but with commitment. Not with power, but with purpose. #LeadWithPurpose

The doors are open. The hallways are humming. And once again, all eyes are on you. This year, we offer you a provocation: What if leadership wasn't about having all the answers—but about making space for better questions?

Districts we collaborate w/consistently exceed state average grad rates, meet improvement goals, & note enhanced efficacy, trust, clarity, & optimism. Support the 5,000+ leaders we serve annually by contributing to our mission: bit.ly/4lcFau5 #SupportPublicEducation

Today we rolled out the red carpet for our incredible team at our Staff & Consultant Appreciation Lunch—awards and all! Our work is about fully seeing & supporting people, & today we turned that inward to celebrate the brilliance, heart, & humanity of our team. #TeamGLISI

Through RETAIN, school leaders are building cultures of care, shifting behaviors to support teacher well-being, growth, and retention. When leaders thrive, teachers stay—and students and communities benefit. #SupportPublicEducation #TeacherRetention

Leaders who roll up their sleeves, ask hard questions of themselves & their team, challenge status quo & humbly acknowledge their shortcomings & team strengths: that's who we want at BCLS. Join us the winter cohort Nov. 12-14, 2025 & Jan. 28-30, 2026 bit.ly/winterbcls

Psychologist Lev Vygotsky wrote, “Children grow into the intellectual life of those around them.” What can leaders do more of in schools & communities to support an "intellectual life" - one of restored wonder, joy, meaning & connection? #sparkconnectionandlearning

Kicking off Summer BCLS in Jekyll Island with our sponsors @ParrishConstGrp, @IXLLearning, Corebridge Financial & @ParkerPoe. Because of these businesses' unwavering support, we were able to accept a completely full cohort of 240+ education & community leaders. Thank you!

We are proud to partner with @bagwellcollege by offering our graduates of Aspiring Leaders credit hours toward their Masters in Education in Teacher Leadership and Educational Leadership. Learn more here glisi.org/glisi-ksu-bagw…

Planning for leadership & team capacity building in the next school year? From Aspiring Leaders building the next generation of effective leaders to BCLS strengthening team & organizational performance, learn how GLISI strengthens leadership at glisi.org/services/