Join Jennifer and discover your inner Captain and Poet!
The challenges in education today require us to draw on our inner resources more than ever. What would your school be like if every teacher were empowered to ignite their own unique expression of leadership? Everyone has a captain and a poet within. The Captain is the part of us that goes us out into the world and navigates challenges, sets goals, makes decisions and takes us on new adventures. The Poet is everything that stirs deep inside of us: our emotions, imagination, values, aspirations, dreams and more.
From this session you will:
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Identify your personal leadership style through the lens of the Captain & Poet framework.
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Recognize the intrinsic value you bring to your role as educators and leaders.
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Develop a deeper understanding of how inner strengths can be harnessed to meet today’s educational challenges.
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Strengthen your capacity to lead with authenticity, clarity, and purpose.
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Apply practical strategies to navigate team dynamics and foster a culture of mutual empowerment.
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Reconnect with a renewed sense of meaning and motivation in your professional life.
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Explore how integrating emotional intelligence and personal reflection supports sustainable leadership.
Join us to discover your inner Captain and Poet and how their partnership has the potential to help you identify the intrinsic value you bring to your role and reconnect with a sense of purpose in your work. Learn to harness strengths on a team and to navigate challenges with greater ease, because the best leader you can be is showing off your authentic self!
Take your leadership who and where you want to be in 2026!
As a parent, former educator, entrepreneur, and passionate change-maker, Jennifer Johnson is on a mission to empower young people, and the adults who serve them, to be their best selves. She holds an M.A. in Education in Curriculum, Teaching, and Organizational Learning from OISE, University of Toronto, is a seasoned leader in both education and the corporate world, a Board Member of Resilient Kids Canada, a CTI-trained coach, and holds a leadership certificate from Harvard Business School. As a parent of two, Jennifer is committed to nurturing self-leadership skills and the ability to navigate an increasingly dynamic world with authenticity, compassion, and resilience.
Captains & Poets is built by a passionate team of educators, parents, SEL, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) experts devoted to enabling you to thrive in today’s complex world. We are unique in that we harness the intersection between well-being and identity to heighten self-awareness and foster self-leadership. The core of our work lies in connection to self, to others and to a collective vision for a better world.
Captains & Poets is not just a program, it's a movement. Our mission is to deliver programs that enable you to be your best self by igniting your positive sense of agency in the world.
