Formal Bio and Interviews 

A graduate of Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, PA, I was graduated from Yale College, where I earned my B.A. in English (cum laude). My M.A. is in the individual study of drama from the Gallatin Division of New York University. Currently, I am at work on an M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction at Bay Path University. I have worked in girls’ schools as a teacher and administrator for more than thirty years and am devoted to the social and emotional development of girls.

I began my tenure as Laurel’s tenth Head of School in 2004. At Laurel, I typically teach English in the Upper School and drama in the Primary. Particularly interested in the public purpose of private school, I am proud that both the NorthStar Collaborative and Laurel’s Center for Research on Girls, founded during my headship, use the School’s resources on behalf of girls at Laurel and beyond.

I serve on the of The Heads’ Network, One Schoolhouse and Headmistresses of the East. Deeply committed to mentoring women to independent school leadership, I have served on the faculty for the NAIS Institute for Aspiring School Heads and the Heads’ Network Leadership Seminar. My writing most often centers on the intersection of motherhood and school. In addition to a publishing in a variety of literary journals, I have also had work appear in Ed Week, Independent School Magazine, Community Works Institute Journal, and the NAIS Independent Ideas Blog and The Huffington Post.

Follow me on Twitter: @AnnKlotz

Interview with Creative Non Fiction: https://www.creativenonfiction.org/get-something-paper

NAIS Annual Conference 2016: Telling My Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYGPo5ZF-_s