My Official bio...

Jodie Ricci is a recognized expert on creative thought and action in educational settings. She is the Principal of Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School, a coach in the Project Zero Thinking and Learning in the Maker-Centered Classroom online course, and a classroom practitioner of Agency by Design research. She has led K-12 teams of educators and administrators from around the world in curriculum training, professional development, and best practices. Her experience includes instructional leadership across different cultures, organizations, and learning contexts including schools in the United States (Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, New York, San Francisco, Virginia, Wisconsin) - and schools around the world (Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Chile, China, Finland, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Macau, Peru, the Philippines, Romania, Singapore, and Thailand). She has published several articles and writings on the topic of creativity in education, and has presented her work at the Harvard Project Zero Artful Thinking in Learning Conference, the Project Zero Perspectives Conference, The Pittsburgh Project Zero Summer Institute for Teaching and Learning, The Maker-Ed Convening, The Hawken FabPlay Summer Institute, the Bay School of San Francisco, the Bosque School in New Mexico, the Gordon Institute for Music Learning, Baldwin-Wallace University, Oberlin College, the Symposium for Music Teacher Education, Education through Music, and the Ohio Music Education Association. In her twenty-five years of professional experience, Jodie has worked with preschool, elementary, middle school, high school, and collegiate level students and teachers. She is eager to exchange ideas with educators, learn from others, and disrupt traditional narratives of creativity in order to make the world a better place for all.