Winston cox
“Winston is an all-star facilitator and can respond in the moment and with strong and well-practiced plans. I was so touched by his genuine nature and his skill.”
“Winston is knowledgable, flexible, and relational! I appreciate the content and his ability to adjust to our needs in real time.”
Winston is a passionate and visionary educator, leader, and activist with 30 years in professional practice. He began his career as a Humanities teacher in the Cambridge and Boston, MA public schools. Winston went on to become a principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, in Boston and in Washington, DC.
Winston also served as the national Director of Turnaround Schools for Expeditionary Learning, now EL Education and as National Implementation Director for Turnaround Arts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Winston’s activism includes the roles of Chairman of the Board for the Center for Black Educator Development and Board Member at the Fender Play Foundation. Winston and his wife, Laina, also a career public educator, recently launched their own consultancy, Cox LEADS, LLC. As proud parents and community members, they share a passion for and commitment to empowering school administrators, teachers, students, and parents to be bold leaders of their own learning and growth. And they extend their expertise in public education to support leaders in other fields in the areas of leadership presence, emotional intelligence, culture and climate, authentic assessment, arts integration, and equity and belonging.
“As a former school leader, Winston validated our experience as school leaders and was able to share ideas and strategies in an authentic way that we, as school leaders, can replicate in our schools.”
“Winston was a wonderful facilitator and created space for participants to engage in different ways across the day. He held space for hard emotions without over indexing when myself or someone else had a response. Grateful for HIS leadership during challenging times. ”
