Professional and Personal Bio
Joshua Cole is a recipient of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award for Excellence in Education. His collaborative processes for promoting the understanding of differences has helped organizations build stronger and more supportive communities. Joshua’s distinct delivery of exploration activities provides a myriad of self-reflective and relationship-building experiences to foster teamwork. His ability to create a space for people to productively and meaningfully engage in dialogue helps facilitate transformational change.
Born in Michigan and growing up in a working-class home, Joshua learned the value of hard work and the need to embrace teamwork to be successful in a global society. Teaching in rural Michigan, inner-city Detroit, suburban Richmond, as well as internationally in Australia, has equipped him with a local-to-global perspective of people and the communities in where they learn, live, and work. His experience of over 25 years, includes roles as teacher, principal, professor, and director in PreK12, higher education, and nonprofit.
Joshua is the founder of A New Angle, an educational resource to help educators live out their purpose by reaching their full potential. He is the author of The Character Club, a children's book focused on social emotional learning strategies for students and educators. His recent book, Clearing Your Road: A Parable of Educational Leadership includes seven lessons learned from his grandfather to help other leaders become the best version of themselves.
Joshua is married to his wife, Heather, and they have two sons.
Born in Michigan and growing up in a working-class home, Joshua learned the value of hard work and the need to embrace teamwork to be successful in a global society. Teaching in rural Michigan, inner-city Detroit, suburban Richmond, as well as internationally in Australia, has equipped him with a local-to-global perspective of people and the communities in where they learn, live, and work. His experience of over 25 years, includes roles as teacher, principal, professor, and director in PreK12, higher education, and nonprofit.
Joshua is the founder of A New Angle, an educational resource to help educators live out their purpose by reaching their full potential. He is the author of The Character Club, a children's book focused on social emotional learning strategies for students and educators. His recent book, Clearing Your Road: A Parable of Educational Leadership includes seven lessons learned from his grandfather to help other leaders become the best version of themselves.
Joshua is married to his wife, Heather, and they have two sons.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University
Dissertation: Richmond Public Schools: Post-Court Mandated School Desegregation (1986-2006)
Internship: U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
Master of Education in Administration/Supervision (PreK-12), Wayne State University
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (PreK-6), Central Michigan University
Dissertation: Richmond Public Schools: Post-Court Mandated School Desegregation (1986-2006)
Internship: U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
Master of Education in Administration/Supervision (PreK-12), Wayne State University
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (PreK-6), Central Michigan University