PSi Application for the 2026-2027 Cohort

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To apply to the Perrone-Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership (PSi), please complete this application. Applications are due by 5 pm on Friday, April 17th, 2026.

You may download and use a Word version of the application to prepare your answers in advance. You may also save and return to work on your application. Each time you hit "submit," you will receive an email with your responses and a link to return to the form.

We require a response to every question on this application (even though the form does not show most of them as required so that you can submit and return to your incomplete application).

When your application is complete, please upload your up-to-date resume.

After you submit your resume, we consider your responses here complete, so please do not upload your resume before you are finished with all the questions and do not continue to make changes after you upload because we may miss your updates.

Please note that we ask you to provide contact information for two professional references, one of whom should be your supervisor. We will reach out to them both for a phone conversation. They are not required to submit letters.

The tuition for participation is $13,250 per person. In the past, through various forms of financial aid, many individual participants have paid anywhere from $1000-$7000. Please do not let cost be a barrier to applying. Contact us if you would like to discuss the cost.

If you are accepted to PSi, you can also apply to receive graduate credit from Cambridge College. Please let us know if you need more information about that opportunity.

Thank you! Contact operations@psicreativeleadership.org if you have any questions.

First Name *

Last Name *

Cell Phone Number *

Home Street Address

Home City

Home State Abbreviation

Home Zip Code

School District *

Work Role/Title

How long have you been in this role?

School/Workplace

Work Street Address

Work City

Work State Abbreviation

Work Zip Code

What job did you hold most recently before your current role and for how long?

What leadership roles, formal and informal, have you held?

What Massachusetts license(s) do you hold (teaching, counseling, administrator, etc.) and what is the status of your license(s) (emergency, provisional, initial, professional, etc.)?

Are you currently SEI-endorsed at the teacher level?

Yes

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Are you currently SEI-endorsed at the admin level?

Yes

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Have you passed the Communication and Literacy - Reading Subtest MTEL?

Yes

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Have you passed the Communication and Literacy - Writing Subtest MTEL?

Yes

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What other MTELs have you passed? If not applicable, please respond N/A.

How did you hear about PSi?

PSi encourages participants to consider leadership through the lenses of education, art, and community-based leadership. How would you describe your perspectives? Please check all that apply.

Education

Art

Community-Based Leadership

Other:

Briefly explain why you identify with the lenses selected above.

Becoming licensed as a principal through PSi will require you to complete the Massachusetts Performance Assessment for Leaders (PAL) written tasks and a 500-hour administrative internship/apprenticeship in accordance with guidelines of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

Do you plan to pursue the PAL?

Yes

I already have my administrative license

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How long have you worked with your principal? *

PSi involves a Capstone project in which participants undertake a project that addresses an opportunity for growth in their school. You will need your principal's support. Do you foresee any challenges in working with them on this? If so, please explain.

Do you anticipate that you will be participating/enrolled in another major degree or professional development program in 2026-2027?

Yes

I'm not sure

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If you answered “yes” or "I'm not sure," please share details:

Professional References

Reference #1 MUST BE YOUR CURRENT SUPERVISOR - contact operations@psicreativeleadership.org if this is an issue.

Reference #1 First Name

Reference #1 Last Name

Reference #1Title

Reference #1 School/Organization

Reference #1 Best Email

Reference #1 Best Phone Number

Reference # 2

Reference #2 First Name

Reference #2 Last Name

Reference #2 Title

Reference #2 School/Organization

Reference #2 Best Email

Reference #2 Best Phone Number

Personal Statement Questions

Why do you want to be a leader, and why now?

Name up to three (3) issues that you want to address in your workplace to improve outcomes for youth and families. Why do you pick these three? How do these areas reflect your passions and/or skills and expertise (if at all).

PSi is interested in leaders who want to transform education and create more equitable, collaborative, and creative communities. PSi focuses on developing community-based partnerships to improve outcomes for students and families. Do you have any experience developing, leading, or participating in a community-based partnership? If so, list your community partners and please describe. If not, do you have any ideas of partnerships you would like to form?

How have race, culture, and ethnicity impacted both your personal AND professional lives? Please describe in detail.

PSi encourages participants to consider leadership through the lenses of education, art, and community-based leadership. Which lens would you like to develop further and why?

Tell us about one professional accomplishment you are most proud of and why.

What are the unique qualities or experiences that you believe you will bring to the PSi cohort?

As a program that believes that transformative change is necessary for schools to meet the needs of all students, we plan to engage in uncomfortable conversations. Tell us about your experience in engaging in difficult, uncomfortable conversations. Are you ready and willing to sit with discomfort and engage in these difficult conversations over the course of the year, and how do you know you are ready and willing?

How confident do you feel in your ability to manage your time and your personal and professional obligations if you add PSi to your work next year?

Feel free to share with us any other information you’d like us to know, or questions you have.

Submit your Resume

When your application is complete, please EMAIL your up-to-date resume to operations@psicreativeleadership.org.

A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.

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