CAS-INDIA LEADING CHANGE
Certification Program for School Leaders
Who is this for?
This program is designed for:
School leaders and mid-level leaders
Program managers and social entrepreneurs in education
Educators working directly with children or managing teams in schools
The Challenge
Educational change is difficult. As school years progress, new practices often lose momentum, and important data from classroom observations or assessments can go unused. Top-down approaches can stifle innovation, while teachers and students may resist practices that don’t reflect their context. The result? A school culture that struggles to nurture creativity and innovation.
Our Approach: Theory of Change
We believe meaningful educational transformation starts with empowered school leaders who can design and implement change in their own contexts.
Three Core Pillars:
Building Leadership Capacity
Equip leaders with skills in adaptive leadership, data-driven inquiry, systems thinking, collaborative team building, and storytelling to diagnose challenges and guide change.Creating Communities of Practice
Bring together educators from diverse contexts to share challenges, exchange insights, and learn from each other, breaking isolation and fostering collaborative problem-solving.Applying Continuous Improvement Cycles
Leaders test interventions in real time using structured inquiry: identify challenges, design small experiments, collect evidence, reflect, adapt, and share results with peers.
Our Pedagogy
Head, Hands, Hearts – adapted from Professor Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School:
People: Diverse cohort and community of practice
Skill Sets: Storytelling, adaptive leadership, data literacy, design thinking
Project: Hands-on, project-based learning grounded in real challenges
Program Highlights
Work on your own school/project challenge
Learn with a diverse cohort of educators
Guest lectures from Harvard Graduate School of Education & leading Indian institutions
Facilitated by alumni from Harvard Graduate School of Education: Taarini Goyal & Rigzen Wangmo
1:1 coaching sessions
Access to practical resources
Logistics
Total Duration: 32 hours across 9 online modules (3.5 hours each, 4:30–8:00 PM, 4th Saturday monthly, December off)
Dates: May 23, 2026 – February 27, 2027
Fee
Rs. 48,000 + GST (25% early bird discount available)
Join a free webinar on March 24 with Dr. Linda Nathan, Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
CONTACT
Taarini Goyal taarini19@gmail.com
Rigzen Wangmo rigzen.wangmo17@gmail.com
Bright Futures: A Summer Gathering for Educators
Join fellow middle and secondary educators for Bright Futures, a two-day in-person conference designed by teachers, for teachers, along the Maine coast. Hosted by Baxter Academy of Technology and Science and the Center for Artistry and Scholarship, this gathering focuses on student-driven, real-world learning that connects classrooms to communities.
Through hands-on workshops, collaborative inquiry, and community exploration, participants will build a collective toolbox of practical strategies and curricular resources. Modeled on Baxter Academy’s ethos of connecting learning to students’ lived experiences and passions, the conference will help educators develop approaches that foster students as makers, thinkers, and change agents.
What You’ll Gain
Participants will learn to:
Coach students to be active community agents
Anchor learning in real-world, complex problems
Create learning experiences that build social, aspirational, and financial capital
Bring academics alive through summative assessments that highlight individual student voices
Align project-based STEM work with standards across ELA, math, science, social studies, and the arts
Practice concrete routines to help students take responsibility for their learning
Introduce community-based learning strategies, even in traditional classrooms
When: June 30–July 1, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Where: Baxter Academy, 185 Lancaster Street, Portland, ME
Who: Teachers of grades 6–12
Register Today: Early bird pricing available through March 15, 2026!