Leadership: An Evolving Vision

Stretch and strengthen your leadership skills as you sharpen your personal vision as a school leader.

Overview

Leaders at every stage of their careers need opportunities to learn, renew, and become more sophisticated leaders of school change. Leadership: An Evolving Vision provides school leaders with an opportunity to reflect on their performance while they acquire new skills and learn new strategies to strengthen their leadership. 

Participants in this program examine challenges to change and work with experts in school leadership to master effective strategies for increasing organizational effectiveness, improving student performance, and fostering positive school cultures. 

Program Details

This in-person workshop is held on the Harvard Campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Through plenary sessions, facilitated group discussions, and personal reflection, you’ll develop a customized improvement agenda for yourself and your school. You’ll return to your school revitalized and prepared to tackle the challenges ahead.

This program provides a unique opportunity to study with experienced colleagues from across the United States and around the world, build lasting connections with other veteran school leaders who share similar challenges, and support each other during and beyond the program experience.

Learning Goals

• Connect theory to practice as you examine leadership practices that enhance organizational performance and enable sustainable change
• Discover new methods for improving individual, group, and school performance
• Learn specific strategies for fostering a positive school culture, valuing diversity, and communicating effectively with constituents
• Study proven techniques for increasing personal growth and improving relationships with colleagues and staff
• Explore organizational processes that improve the learning and life chances of children under your charge

Who Should Attend

• Experienced principals, heads of school, assistant principals, assistant heads of school, and department heads with at least five years of leadership experience
• Experienced leaders interested in thinking more strategically about their schools and districts

Fees & Policies

Full tuition is due by the indicated payment deadline, which you may find above or on the program’s community page. While a purchase order confirms enrollment, full payment is still required by the payment deadline. Please note that failure to pay by the payment deadline will result in your withdrawal from the program. Click here for more information on payment, refund, and withdrawal policies.

Tuition includes all instructional materials required for participation in the program. The Harvard Graduate School of Education reserves the right to change faculty or cancel programs at its discretion. The school is not responsible for any planning expenses incurred.