Thursday, February 26, 2026 12:00pm – 1:00pm PT
Rupture As a Means To the End You Said You Wanted, is an invitation to dialogue around the explicit actions and considerations that exemplify this form of courageous leadership. Together we will give voice to the real and particular fears, risks, and benefits of leading organizational transformation. So, “What are you willing to do to catalyze organizational transformation knowing that relational rupture may be necessary?”
dr. nives wetzel de cediel is Director of Field Placement and Supervision in the Berkeley Teacher Education Program (BTEP) program. She directs field supervision for pre-service teacher education candidates. In addition to her role in the BTEP, dr. nives is a lecturer in the Principal Leadership Institute (PLI). Her work is centered on arts integration and creativity in educational leadership. dr. nives supports PLI students to reinvision their perspectives on equity in leadership through engagement with Theater of the Oppressed and the use of metaphor to reflect on and communicate leadership learning experiences.
dr.nives is a graduate of the inaugural cohort of the Leaders for Equity and Democracy (LEAD) program. Her research focuses on embodied and arts based learning and development for teacher educators; those who teach, supervise and coach pre-service k12 teachers. She is a natural and anointed Courageous Leader!
Paired with and informed by her teaching in the PLI and BTEP programs, nives coordinates k12 school and Bay Area community partnerships around building learning communities, antiracist pedagogy and practice, parent and family engagement, visual and performing arts for transformation, and focused recruitment, support, and retention of African American teacher education candidates. nives is a member of an international teacher education advisory group led by the Arctic University of Tromsø, Norway and includes the University of Auckland, New Zealand and UC Berkeley’s School of Education.
Prior to joining the BSE, dr. nives worked as a middle and high school teacher and professional development facilitator for 20 years. She has taught in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland Unified School Districts. CCASN is also deeply fortunate to have dr. nives as the latest addition to the CCASN Faculty Collaborative Advisors!
