Terry Born

- Board of Advisors

Terry Born is a founding member and Associate Director of Middle College National Consortium, working as Coordinator of the Student Leadership Initiative and Conference Organizer.  Upon graduation from Bank St. School of Education’s Principal’s Institute, she was the founding principal of Robert F. Wagner Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology, an original New Visions ‘School.

Prior to that, between 1968 and 2005 she taught at all levels from middle school to college in New York City, founding the Bongo Program, an interdisciplinary theater initiative melding rigorous science and literature curriculum with the arts. She has written about literacy, curriculum development, collaborative school leadership and arts integration and led workshops around the country.

Since retiring from the NYC Department of Education, she has worked for the Middle College National Consortium and Institute of Student Achievement as a Leadership and Curriculum Coach, and as Director of the annual Student Leadership Conference.