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INSPIRED SCHOOL LEADERS & CONNECTED COMMUNITIES
Develop inspired leadership and build thriving school communities through authentic connection.
School leaders today face unprecedented challenges that make the job harder & lonelier than ever. Millennium Institute offers year-long fellowships & peer coaching experiences that reconnect educators to their purpose, each other, and their communities.
Top 10 Challenges in Education Today
With increasing pressure from boards and parents, no wonder that educators are overwhelmed...
- The Enrollment Crisis
- Accelerating Technology
- Student Mental Health
- National Polarization
- Digital Communications Expectations
- Academic Performance Pressure
- Financial Sustainabilty
- Shifting Pedagogical Landscape
- Teacher Burnout & Turnover
- Changing Policy Landscape
What if you had a sustainable process to strengthen your leadership skills and resilience?
The ARC Fellowship for Division Leaders
A year-long commitment to leadership excellence
Independent school division leaders stand at the heart of our educational excellence — yet they rarely have the space to pause, connect with themselves, and reimagine how to lead from a place of purpose. The ARC offers exactly that: a year-long immersion in authentic leadership development, deep peer connection, and personal renewal.
What makes ARC different
Led by veteran Heads of School Katherine Dinh and Russell Shaw, the program grounds you in Millennium Institute’s "inside-out" approach to Whole Self leadership: The ARC combines a one-week summer retreat “offline” in Sonoma, Forum coaching sessions with a selective cohort of peers throughout the year, and a culminating Celebration of Learning to share how you plan to impact your school.
Millennium Forum
A sustainable peer coaching solution
Forum transforms leadership and school culture through peer coaching. Leaders meet monthly in confidential spaces for authentic connection, collaborative problem-solving, and professional growth.
Traditional professional development creates temporary insight spikes but rarely produces lasting change. Forum builds sustainable skills through ongoing practice at leadership and whole-school levels.
What makes Forum different
- Structured process ensures psychological safety and meaningful outcomes
- Small peer groups provide diverse perspectives and collective wisdom
- Practical problem solving as members explore real-life challenges
- Regular cadence creates accountability and reinforces progressive skill building
- Certified facilitation guarantees quality and consistent experiences
- Whole Self framework integrates learning across all dimensions
The Millennium Way Framework
Our approach is built on decades of research showing that optimizing performance & well-being requires Whole Self integration across four key domains:
- Awareness: Developing attentional skills and self-knowledge
- Compassion: Cultivating empathy, deep listening, and authentic connection
- Wisdom: Building discernment, perspective-taking, and integrative thinking
- Purpose: Creating meaning, alignment, and intentional action
This framework provides both individual leaders and entire school communities with the resources needed to navigate complexity while modeling well-being.
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Impact that Transforms Leadership
• 95% Would recommend Forum to colleagues
• 92% Report feeling more engaged, empowered and valued
• 91% Report improved overall well-being
• 91% Reporting improved resilience in the face of challenges
• 90% Report decreased feelings of isolation
“WE NOW HAVE A SHARED LANGUAGE, OPENNESS TO LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER, AND A LEVEL OF TRUST WE’VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.”
— DAVID DOBSON-SMITH, ASSOC, HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR ACADEMICS, RIDGEFIELD ACADEMY
“THE WORK THAT HAPPENS IN FORUM CLEARED MY MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT, HELPING ME TO NOT ONLY BE MORE AVAILABLE TO OTHERS BUT ALSO MORE OPEN.”
— TRACIE MASTRONICOLA, HEAD OF SCHOOL, HEALDSBURG SCHOOL
“I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY HOW REFRESHED, ENERGIZED, AND CONNECTED I FELT. THIS HAS CONTINUED FOR FOUR YEARS. ”
— Andrew Davis, Head of School, Mt Tam School
“Each time I attend Forum, I emerge re-energized and re-excited by the opportunities that await me in school leadership.”
— Sam Shapiro, Head of School, Marin Montessori School
Forum has taught me that wisdom comes from listening to each other deeply, understanding root causes, and solving dilemmas from fresh perspectives.
— participating HEAD OF SCHOOL
TRANSFORM YOUR SCHOOL CULTURE?
Learn more about how our year-long fellowships and peer coaching experiences inspire leaders and connect communities.
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