Liz Wontor-Leach is a music education specialist at Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy in Chicago. In this role, she empowers K-8 students to love and appreciate music and the fine arts. Liz became a music teacher because she strongly believes in the importance of nurturing students as creative thinkers. Liz’s ultimate goal is to cultivate innovation in her classroom and through her students. She serves on her school’s instructional leadership team where she collaborates with colleagues to create professional learning cycles for fellow teachers around powerful practices such as small-group differentiation, UbD, and the Common Core. In addition to her school-based leadership position, Liz serves as a fine arts lead teacher for Network 8, a cluster of schools within CPS. Liz graduated from Murray State University with a BA in Music Education and Harrington College of Design with an MA in Interior Design.
