The Emerging Leaders Program pushes and stretches participants as leaders. They engage in challenging assignments, and they are asked to continuously reflect on themselves and show evidence of how they are improving their practice. The program asks a lot of participants but offers a tremendous opportunity to grow as a leader.

The program starts in the summer of 2012 and runs throughout the school year. To learn more about being nominated or nominating a candidate, please contact your local program office.

Program Elements

• A summer induction session and data-driven instruction intensive
• National webinars
• Local in-person sessions
• Applied learning assignments
• Video-taping leadership practice in action for sharing and feedback
• Formal and informal assessments to gauge progress

At the end of the program, participants will be ready to succeed in a variety of leadership roles within their school, district or charter management organization. New Leaders staff will provide feedback to participants on their future development as leaders and on their readiness to enter into the Aspiring Principals Program.