Administrator Leadership Academy

 

 

Your school district cannot afford to miss out on this one-of-a-kind opportunity!

 

Here's your chance to take part in a revolutionary new approach to leadership and learning.

 

The Administrator Leadership Academy is unlike any conference you have ever attended. What makes this event so revolutionary? School administrators are welcomed into an intensive, collaborative learning environment that spans five multi-day sessions throughout the year. You have the opportunity to engage with fellow administrators and nationally recognized instructors in a manner you just can't replicate at a typical conference. Pull up your sleeves and tackle your most urgent issues with us. You'll uncover solutions you would never have imagined sitting in your office. This highly participatory event is a must for school administrators who want to face with confidence today's challenges in public education.

 

Rest assured, the costs of NOT being at the Administrator Leadership Academy are far greater than the costs to attend. Make a smart investment in your school district and in your future.

 

The Mission The Administrators' Leadership Academy is to increase the relational leadership skills and organizational knowledge of current administrators such that they have the capacity to develop systems of schooling that provide an opportunity for ALL students to be successful both socially and academically.

 

 

Human Performance Factors

These factors impact the relational capacity of a school and address issues pertaining to developing safe learning environments, developing self-managing classrooms, and building productive relationships through acquisition of relational leadership skills.

 

Participants in the Academy learn to:

1. Identify individual constraints and develop a plan to address these constraints to increase the administrator's capacity to lead their schools to greatness.

2. Develop relationships and processes that build high-performing, self-managing administrative and teaching teams that work toward common goals.

3. Model key relational skills and behaviors for school and staff members so that they in turn can model them for students.

4. Develop a positive relational school culture that results in enhanced student achievement and decreased discipline referrals and absenteeism.

5. Open lines of communication to give and receive feedback effectively.

6. Develop specific skills and techniques for conflict resolution.

7. Acquire the skills to make good hiring decisions.

 

 

System and Operational Design Factors

These factors impact processes that provide quality educational experiences for students and address issues pertaining to planning, curriculum, instruction, assessment, and targeted professional development.

 

Participants in the Academy learn to:

1. Identify the skills needed for students to be "college ready" so that effective strategies can be implemented that develop the intellectual capacity, social skills, and academic competencies necessary for students to be successful at the university level.

2. Understand the structures, processes/protocols, and systems that are required in their districts and on their campuses to create a true "college ready" culture.

3. Recognize and overcome system and operational constraints. Apply specific tools and strategies to develop, implement, manage, facilitate and evaluate campus-wide strategic and operational plans.

4. Set priorities to focus organizational resources.

5. Create a common instructional language in order to calibrate instruction and to create a system to monitor and evaluate instruction.

6. Develop school cultures that embrace access for all, and equity in student opportunities and development.

 

 

Who should attend: This training is appropriate for all building-level and central office administrators. It is an ideal opportunity for collaboration and attending as a team is encouraged.

 

 

Commitment: Participants will be required to participate in five multi-day trainings throughout the year