To be great leaders and make change that is sustainable, education leaders require ongoing high-quality professional learning. One-time professional learning opportunities can be good entry points to the work, but they rarely offer the in-depth, effective professional learning leaders need to make real change in schools. Research and our own experiences in the field tell us that high-quality ongoing professional learning helps leaders deal with challenges that require shifts in mindset and behavior, like addressing inequities, and keeps leaders in their jobs longer and making progress. The Leadership Academy has coached more than 2,500 leaders across the U.S.
Leadership coaching helps education leaders take on adaptive challenges. It provides education leaders with perspective, helps us see things we might not be aware of, and supports us in doing our work more effectively. A strong coach can help develop ...
District-level education leaders face an ever-expanding set of challenges in their roles and require opportunities for pause and reflection. To enact meaningful change, leaders must step back from their normal routines and re-center themselves in building community and strengthening critical ...
High-quality instructional materials (HQIM) help students to meet their highest potential and learn how to collaborate, investigate, and solve complex problems. As more districts shift to HQIM, teachers need access to effective professional development that best prepares them to successfully ...
Over more than two decades, our coaches have supported thousand of school leaders. The Leadership Academy’s in-person and virtual coaching supports principal performance and leadership growth for school leaders at different stages, including early-career principals, principals leading turnaround efforts, and ...
If you want your team members to become better teachers, principals, or district leaders, they need professional learning experiences that will stick and enable them to truly shift their practice. Facilitating that kind of learning means moving away from the ...
School turnaround is a complex process that requires strong leadership and effective teamwork. Building Transformational School Leadership Teams is designed to build the capacity of school and system-level leadership to galvanize and lead teams in support of school transformation. The ...