Adaptive Leadership
Patricia Otway-Drummond
New Leaders Alum, 2011
New Leaders Alum, 2011

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Observation & Coaching
Adaptive Leadership
High-Performing Teams

Observation & Coaching
How One District Leader Is Strengthening Her Leadership
“Everyone needs support with problem solving,” reflects Gina Sudaria, superintendent of Ravenswood City School District. Discover how her partnership with a New Leaders executive coach is helping her make transformational change.
Adaptive Leadership
Distributed Leadership
School Culture

Adaptive Leadership
Five Insights for Leading and Managing Change in Your School
School leaders are change agents. Leading large-scale change requires a particular set of tools in your leadership toolbox. Here are five strategies to sharpen your change management skills.
Goal Setting & Action Planning
Adaptive Leadership
Resilient Leadership

Goal Setting & Action Planning
4 Leadership Questions to Boost Your Retention Rates
Research shows that turnover among principals and teachers is interconnected. So are the solutions. Here are four questions to help inform district and school retention plans.
Instructional Leadership
Adaptive Leadership
Family and Community Engagement

Instructional Leadership
School Leaders: 6 Ways You Made a Difference in 2022
In the midst of the challenges school leadership entails, don’t forget how much you and your leadership are needed. Here are just a few of the reasons why you’re so appreciated.
Personal Leadership
Adaptive Leadership

Personal Leadership
Harnessing Optimism, Handling Overwhelm: Strategies for the New School Year
Whether you’re a seasoned school leader or a first-time principal, a new school year is a one-of-a-kind mix of optimism and overwhelm. We’ve got some tips to help you manage.
School Culture
Social-Emotional Learning
Adaptive Leadership

School Culture
How School Leaders Can Create the Conditions to Support Teacher Self-Care
Encouraging true self-care for faculty and staff often means finding solutions to the more systemic challenges that cause stress and overwhelm. Here are a few actions to consider.
Voices From The Field
Adaptive Leadership
Personal Leadership

Voices From The Field
From Aspiring Principals to Transformational Leaders
Six New Leaders alumni share their leadership journey and offer insights, advice, and strategies for education leaders to transform our schools and districts for the better.
Goal Setting & Action Planning
Adaptive Leadership
Family and Community Engagement

Goal Setting & Action Planning
Next Year Won’t Be A “Normal” School Year—So Let’s Plan Accordingly Now
Here’s how to get out in front of next school year by planning proactively to support the needs and build on the strengths of students, staff, and families.
Adaptive Leadership
Family and Community Engagement
Personal Leadership

Adaptive Leadership
Words of Wisdom From Leaders Leading Through Adversity
Gain insights from school leaders who led through past national crises as you continue to navigate the demands of leading schools in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting.
Adaptive Leadership
Distributed Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration
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Adaptive Leadership
5 Ways To Keep Your Teachers During “The Great Resignation”
The educator shortage isn't new, but it's increasingly concerning as more teachers leave the profession. Here are five actions you can take to reverse this trend in your school.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Adaptive Leadership

Equity-Focused Leadership
Shining a Light On Inequity In Education: Actions You Can Take
Become aware of the most common and well-researched inequities in schools and how equity-focused leaders can disrupt them so all students have access to a high-quality education.
Adaptive Leadership
Voices From The Field
Family and Community Engagement

Adaptive Leadership
How One School Leader is Keeping Her Teachers
In an era of the Great Resignation and educators leaving the field en masse, one school is seeing the opposite trend: almost 100% teacher retention. Here's how.
Adaptive Leadership
Resilient Leadership
Goal Setting & Action Planning

Adaptive Leadership
Resolve to Subtract (Not Add) to Improve Student Outcomes in 2022
Rather than adding more programs and initiatives, here are three ways education leaders can support teachers to focus their energy where it matters most: meeting the needs of students.
Adaptive Leadership
Personal Leadership
Voices From The Field
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Adaptive Leadership
Ground Zero: What I Learned About Leadership in My First Week as Principal
9/11 changed how one school leader saw the role of the principal and reinforced the deliberate dance between the “person” and the “position” of being a school leader.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Instructional Leadership
Adaptive Leadership

Equity-Focused Leadership
Five Differences a Great School Principal Makes
Great principals build great schools. The difference a good principal makes is lasting—for students, teachers, families, and communities. Here are the top five ways good principals create great schools.
Adaptive Leadership
Observation & Coaching
Distributed Leadership

Adaptive Leadership
Empowering Principals to Empower Their Schools
Two former principals and current leadership coaches (as well as New Leaders alumni) share three essential supports that made a transformative difference in their leadership.
Adaptive Leadership
Equity-Focused Leadership
Social-Emotional Learning

Adaptive Leadership
Confronting History in Real Time: A Principal’s Role
School leaders are instrumental to the endurance of our democracy. Here is how you can prepare and support teachers to lead ongoing discussions that reinforce our nation’s democratic values.
Adaptive Leadership
Voices From The Field

Adaptive Leadership
Plan B and C and D: How Two Principals are Hoping to Avoid the Summer Slide
Two New Leaders alumni and school principals discuss how they plan to advance summer learning, overcome communication challenges, and adapt their leadership to move forward in new ways.
Adaptive Leadership
Resilient Leadership

Adaptive Leadership
“What Defines Us as Leaders Now?” How District Leaders Wrestle with Equity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Like districts across the country, Guilford County Schools is experiencing a heightened awareness of inequity amid the pandemic. Here is how their top leaders are planning to address it.
Adaptive Leadership
Resilient Leadership
Voices From The Field

Adaptive Leadership
“We Will Get Through This Ordeal Together." How One Principal is Motivating His School to Stay Connected
“I can’t tell what day it is,” Principal Felipe Jackson reflects. Learn how this New Leaders alum is leading through crisis and motivating his school to get through the pandemic together.