Thomas R. Hoerr, Ph.D. has been Head of School at New City since 1981. Prior to coming to New City, Tom was the principal of Pershing Elementary School in the School District of University City. He has written over 80 articles and three books: Becoming a Multiple Intelligences School (ASCD Press, 2000), The Art of School Leadership (ASCD Press, 2005), and School Leadership for the Future (NAIS Press, 2009). He writes a bi-monthly column, "The Principal Connection," for Educational Leadership, one of the country's premier educational publications. He also directed and taught in the Nonprofit Management program at Washington University. Currently, Tom is co-facilitating the ASCD Scholars, an international group of teachers and administrators. The intent of this program is to extend learning and to create forums which lead to educator's growth. Participants engage in a virtual conference, blogs, emails, and work together at the ASCD Annual Conference. He is also directing the ISACS New Heads Institute, a program that will provide content, skills, and perspectives on leading schools for school heads who are in their first or second years of leadership at ISACS schools. Tom publishes "Intelligence Connections," the ASCD Multiple Intelligences Network e-newsletter. It is published three to four times per year and features articles by MI practitioners around the country and world and is distributed free of charge. Send Tom an email at trhoerr@newcityschool.org with your name if you'd like to be added to the list of subscribers.