Michael Fellin is Crescent School’s 10th Headmaster. He was appointed to this position in 2014.
Mr. Fellin began his teaching career at Neil McNeil High School in 2000, where he served for over 10 years as a teacher, chaplain, department head, and vice-principal. In 2009, Mr. Fellin was awarded a Premier’s Award for Teaching Excellence by the Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Education. He moved to Crescent in 2011 to serve as Assistant Head of Upper School.
Mr. Fellin has been a member of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition (IBSC) since 2007 and is an IBSC Board Trustee. The IBSC is a not-for-profit organization made up of member schools dedicated to enhancing the education, well-being, and development of boys worldwide. He also serves on the Board of the School Participatory Action Research Collaborative (SPARC), a research consortium among faculty and students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and school leaders, faculty and students at a cohort of leading independent schools. The purpose of the collaboration is to systematically mobilize student insights and voices to improve school culture, policy and practice. Other past Board positions include Northmount School in Toronto and the Catholic Teachers’ Guild.
Mr. Fellin is a graduate of St. Michael’s College School in Toronto. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in English and Education from Glendon College at York University, a Master’s degree in Divinity from Regis College at the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. in Theology and Education from the University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto, which he completed in 2023.
Michael and his wife, Heather, have three children: Fionn ’24, Cara, and Ava.