Institute for Engaging Leadership in Friends Schools

The Institute for Engaging Leadership in Friends Schools was created by the Friends Council on Education as a strategic network of Friends school leaders working together in a learning community. Throughout the two-year program, members strengthen their capacity and skills for the unique role of Friends school leadership and the peculiar art of sustaining the Quaker value-based ethos of a Friends school. Institute members collaborate as learning partners with heads of Friends schools and conduct action research projects that benefit the network of Friends schools.

Action Research Summaries
Retreat Dates for 2022-24 Cohort

Retreats held at Pendle Hill Retreat Center

  • October 28-30, 2024
    Monday – Wednesday
  • April 9-11, 2025
    Wednesday – Friday
  • November 5-7, 2024
    Wednesday – Friday
  • April 21-23, 2025
    Tuesday to Thursday