Leadership Changes Everything
Patricia Otway-Drummond
New Leaders Alum, 2011
New Leaders Alum, 2011

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School Culture
Personal Leadership
Equity-Focused Leadership

School Culture
Empowering Students: How School Leaders Can Foster Student Voice
Students are the foundation of our schools—so it makes sense that they have a say in their education and their school culture. Consider these strategies to cultivate and elevate student voice throughout their school career.
Personal Leadership
Adaptive Leadership
School Culture

Personal Leadership
How to Build Self-Awareness & Improve Your K12 Leadership
Self-awareness, sometimes called a ‘hidden superpower,’ is essential for K12 leaders to cultivate. Learn how to do the inner work, so your leadership actions (external work) deliver better student outcomes.
School Culture
Instructional Leadership
Personal Leadership

Personal Leadership
Four Ways to Prioritize School Culture & Instruction From the Start
This time of year, you want to hit the ground running with instruction—but you also want to ensure your school culture is welcoming and inclusive for everyone. Here’s how to do both.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
School Culture
Family and Community Engagement

Professional Learning & Collaboration
How Education Leaders Can Restore, Retool, Recommit Now & All School Year — Part 2
Recommitting to your passion as an education leader—and to pursuing your own professional learning—are the building blocks for success in this new school year. Here are resources to help.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
School Culture
Goal Setting & Action Planning

Professional Learning & Collaboration
Strong Retention & Engagement Begin With Successful Onboarding
Investing in solid onboarding not only helps new school hires feel supported from the start, it also creates long-term belonging, which is key to retention. Level up your school onboarding with these strategies.
Resilient Leadership
High-Performing Teams
Adaptive Leadership

Resilient Leadership
Cultivating Resilient Mindsets: 5 Actions for School Teams
When we talk about resiliency, it’s usually through the lens of our students. However, it’s important to nurture resiliency among our teachers, staff, and ourselves, too. Here’s how to build more resilient school teams.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Instructional Leadership
Personal Leadership
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Professional Learning & Collaboration
“I Want to Be a Better Leader Than I Am Right Now.”
Meaningful professional development is a key reason principals stay in their roles. Here’s what that looks like in Vancouver Public Schools—and how it is motivating one principal to keep growing.
Family and Community Engagement
Goal Setting & Action Planning
Equity-Focused Leadership

Family and Community Engagement
Building Trust: Four Actions to Elevate Family Engagement
When families and schools trust one another and work together, students achieve more—and everyone feels like they’re on the same team. Consider these actions to level up your family engagement strategy.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Voices From The Field

Professional Learning & Collaboration
What’s Next? Strategies to Advance Your Leadership in K12 Education
Want to do more for the students in your community? Here are tried-and-true ways K12 educators and leaders can explore opportunities to step into more leadership roles and amplify their impact.
Goal Setting & Action Planning
Adaptive Leadership
Personal Leadership

Goal Setting & Action Planning
Four Questions to Step Up Your School Vision for Next Year
Summer is a perfect time to take a look at your school vision and make sure it still resonates. Here are a few questions and resources to guide you.
Adaptive Leadership
Personal Leadership

Adaptive Leadership
5 Ways to Cultivate More Joy Next School Year
Student achievement, rigorous curriculum, a positive culture—elements of high-performing schools—are easier to achieve when joy is present in your school and in your leadership. Here’s how to find more joy.
Voices From The Field
Equity-Focused Leadership
Adaptive Leadership

Voices From The Field
New Thought Leadership for Improving our K12 Schools
Hear from three key leaders—New Leaders CEO, our chief financial and strategy officer, and a fellow from our National Aspiring Principals Fellowship—on how we can transform schools for the better.
Personal Leadership
High-Performing Teams
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Personal Leadership
How Celebrating Your School’s Wins Leads To More Wins
We invite you to restore, retool, and recommit with us this summer. Start by celebrating everything you and your team accomplished last school year—because doing so can set the tone for the fall.
Voices From The Field
Distributed Leadership
Equity-Focused Leadership

Voices From The Field
A Time of Growth: Looking to Next School Year
Mott Haven Academy Charter School is the first of its kind to serve students and families impacted by the child welfare system. Discover what is motivating Haven Academy for next year.
Instructional Leadership
Adaptive Leadership
Equity-Focused Leadership

Instructional Leadership
School Leaders Need a Plan to Lead for Literacy
Great literacy instruction requires more than great teaching—it requires great leadership. Learn how to apply a 4-part action planning process to chart a course forward for your school or district.
Adaptive Leadership
Distributed Leadership
High-Performing Teams

Adaptive Leadership
How One School Leader Is Valuing Her Teachers
Teacher retention is a pressing issue this time of year. Learn how one New Leaders alum is putting systems in place to value and retain her top talent.
Voices From The Field
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Voices From The Field
Building a Legacy of Transformational Leadership
This spring, over 50 New Leaders alumni and current New Leaders participants gathered in Memphis, Tennessee. Learn how one district and local foundations are supporting the development of leaders at every level.
High-Performing Teams
Personal Leadership

High-Performing Teams
High-Performing Teams Begin with Great Team Members
A team isn’t merely a group of people—it’s a group of individuals with a variety of important leadership qualities. Consider these four characteristics as you’re assembling your next team.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Equity-Focused Leadership
Personal Leadership

Professional Learning & Collaboration
Step By Step: I Am Ready to Be a School Principal Now
The path to school leadership is always unique. Discover why one New Leaders alum is excited to step into the principal role for next school year.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Equity-Focused Leadership
Guiding Latinx Educators Towards a Path to School Leadership
Hear from nonprofit leaders, school and district leaders, and two Latinx educators pursuing principalship on what more we can do to boost more equitable representation in schools.
High-Performing Teams
Distributed Leadership
Personal Leadership

High-Performing Teams
4 Reflection Questions to Build More Effective Teams
Reflection is essential for growth as a leader and team member, but reflection also makes teams stronger. Develop successful teams with these four reflection tips.
Voices From The Field
Equity-Focused Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Voices From The Field
Ready to Lead: Our Inaugural Fellowship Cohort Graduates
The inaugural cohort of the National Aspiring Principals Fellowship is principal-ready and looking to lead. Go behind the scenes of their leadership seminar and see what the Fellowship does best.
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