Jeffery M. Spiegel New Hampshire Principal-in-Residence for Gates Foundation Leadership Orientation Project

Jeff Spiegel is currently the Assistant Superintendent for the New Hampshire SAU 43 School District and co-founder of the consulting firm, Deconstructing the Box. He was a Graduate Fellow at New York University’s Institute for Developmental Studies and a Fulbright Memorial Scholar to Japan. Jeff earned his doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the Graduate College of the University of Vermont. His research focused on reframing female leaders’ personal myths by way of metaphor. Jeff’s career in education has evolved from classroom teacher in central Harlem to special educator and adjunct faculty member at Johnson State College and St. Michaels College in Vermont. For 18 years he served as an elementary school principal and organizational consultant in New Hampshire. He has written extensively and presented at numerous state and national conferences on topics addressing school culture development, differentiated instructional design and creative problem-solving for educational and organizational reform. Jeff has just completed two years as the New Hampshire Principal in Residence for the NHSALT (School Administrators Leading with Technology) Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.