School Leader Lab Announces New School Leader Cohort for 2025

Written By Eryn Cochran

School Leader Lab is pleased to announce a new cohort of the highly selective DC School Leader Cohort (DC SLC). These 17 individuals join the growing SLL community, which is designed to support school leaders in creating inclusive, high-performing learning environments that foster growth and excellence for all students.

SLC is a fifteen-month, cohort-based program for principals and assistant principals that empowers leaders to honor the genius of every student by setting conditions for those they lead to thrive and creating a culture that maximizes staff and student growth and belonging. The cohort offers these leaders the opportunity to step back from their demanding daily work and reflect with peers on their collective and individual impact as leaders. During their time in the cohort, leaders will:

  • Understand their leadership role and its complexities.

  • Facilitate planning and data meetings to increase rigor and honor the genius of all students.

  • Use emotional intelligence and the essentials of adaptive leadership to achieve ambitious goals.

SLC 2025 includes 17 leaders from 12 LEAs across DC, representing Wards 4, 5, 7, and 8:

  • Delonna Gibbs, Assistant Principal, Two Rivers PCS

  • Samantha Novak, Assistant Principal, Center City PCS

  • Carmel Anderson, Vice Principal of Lower Academy and Humanities, Washington Leadership Academy

  • Franchita Eborn, Principal, Simon Elementary School

  • Kendra Macko, Principal, Capital City PCS High School

  • Toni Jones, Kindergarten Vice Principal, Ingenuity Prep PCS

  • Camilo Ramirez, Director of Instruction: Social Studies, DC International PCS

  • Jessica Jones White, Middle School Assistant Principal, Inspired Teaching Demonstration School

  • India Martin, Special Education Vice Principal, Ingenuity Prep PCS

  • Michelle Mangan, Principal, Mundo Verde PCS

  • Jessica Frosztega, Special Education Coordinator, DC International PCS

  • Samantha Thomas, Assistant Principal, DC Scholars PCS

  • Tom Sawko, Academic Assistant Principal of Mathematics, DC Scholars PCS

  • Deborah McClary, Assistant Principal 3-8 Humanities, DC Scholars PCS

  • Manisha Brooks-Cameron, Director of SPED, Thurgood Marshall Academy

  • Alexis Redeemer, Principal, DC Scholars PCS

  • Jillian Crandall, IB Director, Washington Yu Ying PCS

Eryn Cochran
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