John W. McCluskey, a teacher, council carrier, activist, and trainer, is the Principal of Horizons K-8, an innovative public option school in Boulder, CO, and co-founded the Colorado Center for Council Practice in 1996. A teacher, advisor, and administrator since 1989, John has been involved both personally and professionally in the practice of Council since 1991 and joined forces with the PassageWorks Institute as a Lead Faculty Trainer in 1998. He has held many councils for youth, educators, men, couples and civic groups, and has been instrumental in bringing Council as a practice into many public and independent schools in Colorado and beyond.