Our Work

Our Approach to Transformative Leadership

We help develop transformative education leaders - those who are student-centered, hold high expectations, and are innovative, nurturing, and engaging.

To consistently provide each student access to the learning opportunities they need to excel, schools need strong leaders. Through immersive professional learning and our groundbreaking approach to coaching, we focus on developing teacher leaders, school leaders, district and system leaders, and aspiring leaders, helping them to become:

Student-centered leaders who align their decisions and actions to prioritize student strengths, needs, and goals, ensuring high-quality, meaningful learning experiences that prepare every student for lifelong success.
Leaders who hold high expectations for their students and for themselves — encouraging students to reach ambitious goals with the right balance of challenge and support, while also continuously refining their own leadership skills.
Innovative leaders who transform learning environments and systems through new ideas, adaptability, and evidence-based strategies that expand opportunities for student success.
Nurturing leaders who create supportive environments where every student feels valued, encouraged, and prepared to achieve their goals.
Engaged leaders who cultivate authentic relationships, shared goals, and continuous growth through collaboration, vision, and systems thinking.

Our work empowers education leaders to become changemakers. With academic rigor and the importance of building opportunities for all students at the heart of everything we do, we help transform leaders, accelerating learning for every child and changing the way they experience school.

“The Leadership Academy was a transformative experience for me, helping me better connect to my belief system and my values. I was equipped to go into a school that was low performing, where well intended, loving teachers and staff needed to rethink expectations for children. I knew what it meant to bring teachers with different perspectives to the table to be able to strengthen and to build from where they are.”

– Marisol Rosales, former Senior Deputy Chancellor, NYC Public Schools

We offer research-based hands-on, job-embedded learning experiences and deep group instruction to maximize development, and guide leaders, developing their ability to lead their own staff in similar work. A strategic approach is essential for making authentic and sustainable growth and change. We help leaders and their teams assess systems, policies, and practices, and use those findings to prioritize needs and develop and implement longer-term strategies. We provide and customize professional learning that develops leaders equipped with the knowledge and resources to be intentional about creating classrooms, schools, and systems where every child has what they need to succeed.

Working With Us Might Include:

HQIM Professional Development
As more districts shift to high-quality instructional materials, we're helping leaders upgrade professional learning practices to match.

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Leadership Coaching
Through our unique approach, we help new and experienced coaches create the conditions for successful coaching relationships.

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Leadership Pipelines
Our research- and standards-based aspiring principals program is a national model for building leadership pipelines.

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Customized Professional Learning
We create customized professional learning focused on culturally responsive leadership for our partner school systems.

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Our Approach to Transformative Leadership

We help develop transformative education leaders - those who are student-centered, hold high expectations, and are innovative, nurturing, and engaging.

Working With Us Might Include:

HQIM Professional Development

Leadership Coaching

Leadership Pipelines

Customized Professional Learning

Success Stories

How Coaching Helped One Leader Make Transformative Change

The Leadership Academy Shares Two Decades of Coaching Expertise in New Book

The Leadership Academy Alumni and Partners in Conversation with New York State Board of Regents Chancellor

The Leadership Academy Hosts Celebration Commemorating 20 Years of Developing Transformative Leaders

Lead Education Officer and President featured on The King Center’s “Beloved Community Talks” series

Lead Executive Officer & President Nancy Gutiérrez challenges “Leave to Succeed” mindset in revolutionary new book

Tomorrow’s Principal podcast recorded live at SXSW EDU 2023

The Leadership Academy Lead Executive Officer & President receives Distinguished Alum award

The Leadership Academy’s Dr. Anthony King appears on Inclusive Leadership Webisode Series