Our CEO Bob 查普曼 says good leadership and good parenting are identical.
Truly Human 领导 means sending people home safe, healthy and fulfilled.
If you’re a parent, you want the same things for your children. You want them safe, healthy and fulfilled. You want them to live lives of meaning and purpose.
良好的领导 and good parenting are both about taking care of the precious lives entrusted to you.
As this Sunday is Father’s Day in the US (and several other countries around the world), we’re sharing a video about a BW dad who clearly is a good example of both.
As the video above shows, BW President Kyle 查普曼 was recently honored as one of KIPP:圣. 路易’
2023年教育冠军. KIPP, which stands for Knowledge Is Power Program, is a national nonprofit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools educating elementary, 初高中学者.
About 10 years ago, Kyle moved back from the East Coast to his hometown of St. 路易要开一家新公司，BW 
福赛斯的合作伙伴. 同时, he was looking for a way to engage with and contribute to the community that had given him so much during
他的早年.
幸运的是, someone introduced him to KIPP and their work to overcome some of the area’s 教育al challenges. 当时, KIPP: STL had a single middle school that educated about 300 students in grades 5 through 8.
“One of the first people I met was KIPP: STL’s Executive Director Kelly Garrett, who invited me to stop by the school to see the kids in action,凯尔回忆道。. “What I saw on that first visit to a classroom truly inspired me. 的
我感觉到的活力, 学习的节奏正在进行, 老师和孩子们的参与, 墙上挂着大学的横幅.”
Despite his lack of experience and limited understanding of the issues surrounding St. 路易’ 教育al system, Kyle knew he was all in.
“I was ready to dive in and provide to as many kids as possible the gift of learning that I saw in that classroom on that first visit,他说.
Kyle joined KIPP: STL’s Board to lend his experience to an area he knew very well—growth. Although KIPP: STL’s single middle school was a high performing school, 它只供应大约300个孩子. Desiring to catch kids earlier in their
教育之旅, Kyle and the Board supported the effort to open elementary schools for kids in grades K through 4. 在那之后, they focused on starting a high school to keep students longer and help them successfully navigate their path to post-secondary
教育. 最终, an early childhood program was added to engage with the youngest KIPPsters as they embark on their 教育之旅.
Today, KIPP: STL has the ability to educate more than 3,000 kids from PreK through 12th 年级每年.
“Kyle was our Board chair in the final years of this very aggressive growth campaign,” said Garrett. “赌注很高, but Kyle never wavered in his support for our team and belief in KIPP's ability to achieve this vision. KIPP: STL
now educates 10% of all of the children in the City of St. 路易和, given the high rate of our graduates’ college completion, we are on track to double the number of public school students from the City of St. 获得大学学位的路易斯.”
Kyle also brought Barry-Wehmiller’s "Truly Human 领导" approach to leading the Board and supporting KIPP:圣. 路易. “His focus on people and on building an organization that puts people first was exactly the right message for us as
we finished out our growth plan,” Garrett shared.
“My work with KIPP represents some of the most fulfilling work I have ever done – it has forever changed me,凯尔想道。. “I am now more knowledgeable about the inconsistencies that exist regarding access to high-quality 教育–an
每个孩子都应该得到机会. And I am determined to continue helping the KIPP: STL team remain dedicated to ensuring that zip codes do not determine 教育al outcomes for our children.”
At the Champions Breakfast to award Kyle the honor, KIPP students and faculty showcased the vibrancy Kyle witnessed 
in the classroom on that first day—high energy
踢踏舞表演, a colorful collection of student art, impassioned speeches from students and graduates. But the biggest honor for Kyle that morning may have been the special guests in attendance--his family--who shared with us what makes
他们的父亲是个好领导. (Watch the video to hear their comments.)
良好的领导. 良好的家庭教养. Both focused on taking care of the precious lives entrusted to us. Both focused on helping them live lives of meaning and purpose. From the KIPP kids to his four kids, Kyle is helping make those hopes a reality.