Alessandra LandiniAlessandra Landini is the Principal of the I.C. A. Manzoni in Reggio Emilia, with a PhD in Human Sciences, thesis in Physics Education from the Department of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and a Master Degee in Organization and Management of Multicultural School Institutions from Alma Mater, Bologna. Her scientific education research project studies a vertical science curriculum based on storytelling and the use of metaphor, between early childhood and secondary school. Adjunct Professor in Special Pedagogy at UNIMORE, as a General Didactics’ expert, she provides integrative teaching activities at the university. She collaborates with the "Metaphor and Narrative in Science" research center. Other areas of research focus on the use of narrative formative evaluation for ECE, primary and secondary schools and on teacher training as a community of practice that cultivates educational co-responsibility by co-designing and integrating innovative didactic in school and museum settings. Since 2020, she has been studying a Vertical curriculum of Heritage and Citizenship K-13, which leads teachers and students to immerse themselves in the city's territory and its cultural heritage and School leaders to express diffused leadership by the school institution contributing to the creation, development and sustainability of learning democratic ecosystems. She is a Member of the Board of Directors of Preschools and Infant-toddler Centres, Istituzione of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia. In A.A. 2025-26 she is a Fulbrighter, SIR in residence, at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, USA. Read More Read Less