ProTeach master’s grad named ‘Emerging Leader’
Posted July 22, 2010
Tallahassee teacher Jason Flom (BAE ’97, MEd ’99), a graduate of the elementary ProTeach program at UF’s College of Education, is one of 30 educators nationwide selected for the 2010 Emerging Leaders program of ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development).
Flom was one of three Florida educators selected. He is a lead fifth-grade teacher at the Cornerstone Learning Community, a private preK-through-8th-grade school in Tallahassee. He also mentors new teachers, writes and implements curricula and grants, cultivates community partnerships and maintains a multi-author blog (Ecology of Education.net) that explores issues in education.
An advisory panel of ASCD leaders and current emerging leaders reviewed and selected this year’s class of Emerging Leaders.
The competitive program’s goal is to prepare young, ambitious educators to fulfill ASCD leadership roles and make an impact on education policy and practice on a local and national level. ASCD’s membership comprises more than 170,000 principals, teachers, superintendents, professors and other educators from 136 countries.
Flom and his Emerging Leader cohorts will each be paired with an ASCD leader and mentor who will provide support and help guide leadership development over the next two years. Leaders will have the opportunity to pursue various leadership roles in ASCD during this period.
