Hi, I’m Erica Crane, Ed.D.
I know how to help you lead, audaciously and effectively. I’m an edtech co-founder and CEO at sideby. I’ve been a founding school leader and grew our program to sustainability and liberatory-based success. I lived the work in schools since 2006 from the South Bronx to Northern California, not as a tourist, but as a resident in community who understands what this work actually entails. I know what transformational leadership looks like, sounds like, and feels like. I’ve coached organizational leaders, worked with district and state teams, led board processes, and successfully navigated all reporting and accountability practices. I know the support that transformational leaders need to thrive so they can empower their teams to reimagine systems and execute the how of double bottom line organizations. As an adjunct professor, I’m designing and teaching graduate courses in inclusive leadership. I’m a student always, and recognize my teachers. I earned my BA in psychology from Columbia College and my MA from Teachers College both at Columbia University in New York City. For my Ed.D. in leadership and innovation from ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, I studied how best to develop collective efficacy in liberatory educational settings through teacher storytelling within sustainable continuous improvement for equity systems. As an AI nerd, I’m continually curious about the possibilities for good within promising technologies.
Whether you’re trying to create systems, build accountable teams, launch, engage in liberatory practices, facilitate adult learning, take on an EdD, or support sustainable processes, I can help. Through my research and practice, I have studied and lived this work.
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