Instructional Leaders Professional Development

Studies show that the most significant predictors of successful schoolwide, programmatic SEL are not staff buy-in and catchy materials. The most significant predictors are the belief in the significance of schoolwide SEL instruction and the actions to ensure fidelity of implementation and assessment of SEL practices by the campus leaders. Leading Systemic SEL guides campus leaders to facilitate, support, and assess schoolwide, programmatic SEL instruction for whole school success.

NOTE: Purchase of The UDL for SEL is required for this session*

Feedback is essential to student engagement, performance, and overall success; however, the same is needed by educators. Studies show that many leaders struggle with providing effective feedback that results in instructional improvement outside grassroots coaching programs or extensive matrices. The CRAFT Protocol: Leaders Edition comprises four critical questions to promote reflective practices, including educator self-assessment and collaboration for improvement across grade level and content teams.

Today’s leaders are faced with addressing societal and ethical issues impacting students, staff, and families. It is no longer acceptable to compartmentalize the impact of race, ethnicity, culture, linguistics, disability, and social injustice on our abilities to function in the learning environment. As leaders, we must be Change Agents. This poignant session guides leaders to facilitate courageous conversations and work collaboratively with staff to create accessible, equitable, and inclusive environments for all.

Did you know that one of the top reasons educators leave campuses or the field of education altogether is due to a lack of positive, meaningful connections with other staff? Meaningful Mentorship outlines the components of effective and meaningful mentorship programs, the pitfalls of mentor-mentee mismatching, how to create your own campus mentorship program, and facilitating reverse mentorship for lasting and meaningful connection and staff retention.

Special education is quite possibly the most nuanced and challenging program in education. From staff turnover to resistance from general education teachers to data and documentation, leading SPED requires knowledge beyond what it takes to avoid litigation. SPED Leadership Essentials outlines the history of Special Education law and policy, how schools perpetuate the divide between general education and special education, and how to best support special education staff and students in elementary and secondary environments.