The Principals' Center

Navigating Complexity: A Leadership Program for Principals

• Hone and develop the leadership skills necessary to successfully lead schools through uncertainty and change. 
• Asynchronous and synchronous course design with heavy facilitation and peer learning support
• Approximately 15 hours over six weeks

• Realize your school’s vision of academic success through a professional development program designed to expand your repertoire of management skills and deepen your sense of efficacy as a school leader. 
• Asynchronous and synchronous course design with heavy facilitation, coaching, and peer learning support
• Approximately three hours of live sessions per day in addition to asynchronous activities

• Join a collaborative community of school leaders of color to explore ways to make school leadership even more effective by applying organizational development principles to real-time, shared practice problems facing today’s schools.
• Asynchronous and synchronous course design with heavy facilitation and peer learning support
• 10-week live online series will be comprised of bi-weekly 90-minute webinars

• Engage with expert faculty and leaders from across the country to reflect on the past year, assess what is needed for the year ahead, and make preparations to address urgent challenges.
• Asynchronous and synchronous course design with heavy facilitation and peer learning support
• Approximately three hours of live sessions per day in addition to asynchronous activities

• Online learning community and network for school leaders

• Learn to drive school change and help diverse stakeholders establish priorities and improve practice. 
• Part of the Certificate in School Management and Leadership
• Asynchronous, case-based course design
• Approximately 16 hours over 4 weeks

• Learn to identify existing challenges, incorporate and support innovation, and take a strategic problem-solving approach to planning and driving school improvement
• Part of the Certificate in School Management and Leadership
• Asynchronous, case-based course design
• Approximately 16 hours over 4 weeks

• Identify ways to manage and motivate staff, foster continuous improvement, and build leadership capabilities among individuals, groups, and teams throughout the school.
• Part of the Certificate in School Management and Leadership
• Asynchronous, case-based course design
• Approximately 16 hours over 4 weeks

• For K-12 educators interested in deepening their understanding of the intersections of race, identity, power, and privilege in our society and schools.
• Identify concrete strategies for building inclusive institutions and build your toolkit to teach it, model it, and practice it

• For K-12 educators and change agents directly responsible for leading or overseeing school turnaround efforts.
• Develop a theory of action for turning around under performing schools, and learn strategies for successful implementation.

• For principals and school leaders from government, independent, and catholic schools across Australasia
• Hosted in Sydney, Australia
• A leadership program designed to cultivate and strengthen the management and leadership skills of school principals in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia.

• School leaders and teams working in urban settings.
• Explore in-depth the leadership skills needed to set high expectations for all and to accelerate learning across classrooms.

• New or aspiring school leaders with 0-2 years of leadership experience.
• Join a cohort of emerging school leaders to unpack common leadership challenges, clarify your vision of an effective school, establish your core values, and develop the foundational skills of an effective school leader. 

• School leaders in their early careers with 1-5 years of leadership experience.
• Explore successful school improvement models and practice research­ based techniques that will make you a more effective manager of innovation and change. 

• Experienced school leaders with 5+ years of leadership experience.
• Reflect, stretch, and strengthen your leadership skills, examine challenges to raising student achievement, and work with experts in school leadership to master effective strategies for building successful schools.