Principal Leadership Academy I 2023-24

School administrators navigate the dynamic complexities and subtleties of their schools every day. They promote, facilitate, and lead efforts to achieve both tangible and intangible results throughout the school community. Their roles are crucial for school and student success. This course will provide district and school administrators with the depth of learning and coaching skills needed to bring the critical functions of instructional leadership to life. Participants will focus on the following topics in the workshops throughout the year:

•  Developing into a successful instructional leader
•  Understanding effective observation and feedback practices
•  Aligning instruction to educator effectiveness tools
•  Expanding skills and strategies for working with adult learners
•  Prepping and supporting teacher practice that leads to student learning
•  Creating an instructional leadership plan to propel the work forward

DAY 1  ONSITE:  "Well-intentioned" Instructional Leadership vs. "Highly-effective" Instructional Leadership - Part I (September 7, 2023)

Participants will examine how leader's thinking might affect his or her leadership behaviors and how these beliefs impact the larger school community. Principals will learn how to create an environment where students are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

DAY  2 ONSITE:  "Well-intentioned" Instructional Leadership vs. "Highly-effective" Instructional Leadership - Part 2 (October 17, 2023)

After these sessions, principals will have a better understanding of what it means to be the instructional leader. Principals will finish the session by creating an action plan for themselves to become instructional leaders.

DAY 3 ONSITE: Observation, Feedback Practices & Professional Learning Communities - Part I (December 5, 2023)

Participants will be introduced to the tools and strategies needed to create embedded professional learning that supports building capacity of all teachers. They will have opportunities to: create action plans, establishing best practices, aligning Curriculum? Instruction? Assessment, protocols, and practice giving feedback for positive change

VIRTUAL SESSION –Check in - Assessing Our Impact (January, 2024 TBD)

Participants will examine how leader's own leader's thinking might affect his or her leadership behaviors and how these beliefs impact the larger school community. Principals will learn how to create an environment where students are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

Participants will be introduced to the tools and strategies needed to create embedded professional learning that supports building capacity of all teachers. They will have opportunities to: create action plans, establishing best practices, aligning Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment protocols, and practice giving feedback for positive change

DAY 5 ONSITE: Summative Measures of Success: How do we know our work has been effective this year?  (April 17, 2024)

Participants will finish by establishing systems and structures that will support ongoing professional learning. Session will be dedicated to reflecting on the year - what worked and where is there room for growth? Principals will update action plans with series of steps for continuing work toward capacity building.

VIRTUAL SESSION –Check in - Celebration & Calibration  (April, 2024 TBD)

In the spirit of Collaborative practice, this session will be dedicated to visionary thinking and planning. When school leaders collaborate, there can be an immense effect on the ultimate result: increased student achievement.

Onsite Meeting Location:

Gilbert Public Schools Professional Growth Classrooms

Building F, Cactus Room

140 S. Gilbert Rd.

Gilbert, AZ 85296

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