Amy is building her dream school

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Amy Platt is delighted to be the Head of School at the Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School. Amy is passionate about excellent instruction and working with teachers to be the talented professionals they are destined to be. Amy holds a PhD and an MA from the University of Toronto. When Amy is not at work she can be found on long-distance bike rides, pondering the larger issues facing education.</span></p> <p> </p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Show Highlights</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">A safe space to iterate, incubate and sometimes vent </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Create viable opportunities to stretch and create community</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Focus your purpose and live your “why” as a values-based educator</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Worthy rivals help you level up </span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Collaborators versus seeing others as like competitors</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to leverage and mark the moment</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Really know yourself and stand strong as a leader</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“Just walk up the dumb escalator” as a way to get unstuck</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Master the Mastermind experience</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“How do I own that cause and how do I help other people see the work that we're doing as cause worthy? I might be in this work now, but I'm surel