Great school systems need a bench of strong school leaders. Principal pipelines are the single most effective district-level strategy for improving student learning, research has found. The Leadership Academy partners with system leaders to improve or develop every aspect of effective pipelines, from leadership standards development to pre-service preparation to ongoing professional learning through coaching and mentoring.
Leadership coaches make us better versions of ourselves. They provide perspective, help us see aspects of ourselves we might not be aware of or want to see, and motivate and support us to do our work more effectively. A strong ...
Leadership coaching helps education leaders take on adaptive challenges that require shifts in mindset and behavior and keeps leaders in their jobs longer and making progress. The most impactful coaches help school and system leaders identify and address inequities in ...
New principals face a unique set of challenges in their earliest years in the role. Assimilating to a new school environment while acting as instructional leader, strategist, problem-solver, visionary, and change-maker results in a steep learning curve for new school ...
Creating learning environments for students that reflect their life experiences is central to their ability to be successful as learners. When education leaders are culturally responsive, they help foster classroom spaces where students experience academic success, feel valued and seen, ...
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 ...
The Leadership Academy’s flagship, research- and standards-based Aspiring Principals Program is a national model for building leadership pipelines. To help aspiring leaders develop the skills they need to be effective principals who foster educational equity, the program takes an experiential learning approach, with a ...
The Leadership Academy’s professional learning series for teacher leaders and assistant principals focuses on helping them deepen their leadership skills, particularly in instruction, while receiving real-time feedback and the opportunity to practice situational problem-solving. The series can be designed for ...