The Emerging Leaders Program strengthens the leadership skills of talented teachers, coaches and assistant principals in partner districts and charter management organizations, putting participants on the pathway to the principalship while building leadership capacity across a system. Our newest program offering, the Emerging Leaders Program teaches participants powerful mindsets and skill sets to start driving achievement gains in their schools right away. If candidates live in one of our program cities, the Emerging Leaders Program is the primary pathway into the Aspiring Principals Program.
Curriculum
At New Leaders, we believe that educators need to practice new habits and methods of leadership in order to truly learn them. In the Emerging Leaders Program, participants are introduced to valuable new concepts and skills and put them into action in the real world of their schools. These skills include:
- Adult leadership: Motivating a team to believe in college success for all students and the team’s ability to realize this goal, building trusting relationships, giving constructive feedback, and leading effective meetings;
- Instructional leadership: Setting the expectation that college success is the target, guiding teams through a full data analysis cycle as well as observing and coaching teachers to improve instruction;
- Culture leadership: Building a learning orientation and sense of efficacy among team members and students focused on hard work and personal responsibility for one’s own development; and
- Personal leadership: Receiving feedback and self-reflecting to continuously improve
Selection Process
Successful candidates:
- Have a serious intention and desire to serve as a principal and are prepared to enter the principal preparation pipeline
- Are currently serving in a school where there are significant opportunities for them to lead a consistent team of adults focused on improving instruction and culture
- Are viewed as high-potential leadership candidates by their current school, district or charter management organization
- Have a record of student achievement results as a teacher, team lead, leadership team member or Assistant Principal
We are currently accepting nominations >>
Candidates must be nominated by a supervisor, New Leaders staff member or New Leader to participate in the program. Someone can nominate a candidate by completing the Recommendation Form. Once nominated, the application process begins with an eligibility screen and, if eligible, candidates will participate in a series of Admissions Activities. View our Requirements by Location >>
Contact Information
To learn more about the program in each of our cities, visit the Locations page for your city of interest, or contact a local office:
Bay Area
Kendall Tripathi Parker at bayareaelp@newleaders.org or (415) 296-6422.
Charlotte
Jennifer Brown at jbrown@newleaders.org or (980) 225-5205.
Chicago
Tim Carnahan at tcarnahan@newleaders.org or (312) 829-6011.
Maryland
Brittany Green at bgreen@newleaders.org or (443) 524-5945.
Memphis
Tisha White at twhite@newleaders.org or (901) 881-5122.
Greater New Orleans
Miesha Parker-Juluke at mparker-juluke@newleaders.org or (504-717-7537).
New York City/Newark
Melissa Posa at mposa@newleaders.org or (917) 464-4703.
Washington, D.C.
Keith Ferguson at kferguson@newleaders.org or (202) 315-2030.
New Leaders admits program participants of any race, color, and national or ethnic origin. For more information, please click here.
