Equity-Focused Leadership
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Equity-Focused Leadership
Personal Leadership

Professional Learning & Collaboration
Expanding Access to Leadership Development for Teachers
Developing teachers into leaders builds pipelines for high-quality leaders for high-need schools. Here’s how a network of schools in South Carolina is partnering with New Leaders to create career pathways.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Equity-Focused Leadership
Personal Leadership

Professional Learning & Collaboration
‘This Could Be Me’: Qualities of An Aspiring Principal
Research shows that students excel and schools thrive when they are led by diverse, committed, effective, and resilient leaders. Here are five qualities that drive teachers to become principals.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Personal Leadership
Voices From The Field

Equity-Focused Leadership
Women in K12 Leadership: Real Stories, Real Leaders—Part 2
We continue to share real stories of women leaders at every level who serve as powerful and positive forces for change. May they inspire you to step more into leadership too.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Equity-Focused Leadership
Power of Philanthropy to Shape Future School Leadership
Educators of color face unique challenges when advancing into school leadership. Yet, new public-private partnerships are removing financial barriers for aspiring principals. Learn how.
Resilient Leadership
Equity-Focused Leadership
Voices From The Field

Resilient Leadership
How to Build Collective Effort In Schools Right Now
Maintaining momentum is essential in schools and districts this time of year. Learn how one New Leaders alum is leading with his values and fueling collective effort across his network.
Voices From The Field
Equity-Focused Leadership
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Voices From The Field
Women in K12 Leadership: Real Stories, Real Leaders
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re sharing real stories of leaders at every level who serve as powerful and positive forces for change—and redefine what is possible in education.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Voices From The Field
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Equity-Focused Leadership
Promising Practices: How to Increase School Leader Diversity
We can do more to systematically improve the strength and diversity of our nation’s principals. Here’s what our research tells us—and here’s where districts and states are making an impact.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Voices From The Field
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Equity-Focused Leadership
How We Advance Racial Economic Equity
Our innovative model for principal certification—National Aspiring Principals Fellowship—is nationally recognized for its potential to drive economic advancement for Black educators in the next five to 20 years.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Voices From The Field
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Voices From The Field
A Safe Place for Growth: Black Women Leadership Series
In partnership with the Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women, our alumni gained valuable insight on the challenges and opportunities of leaning into their authentic leadership as Black women.
Instructional Leadership
Family and Community Engagement
Equity-Focused Leadership

Instructional Leadership
To Reverse NAEP Trends, Invest In Your School Leaders
Meeting student needs requires looking beyond short-term fixes toward long-term investments in leadership that enable system transformation for equity and excellence. Here are three investments that can jumpstart student learning.
Resilient Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Equity-Focused Leadership
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Resilient Leadership
How District Leaders Can Build (and Retain) Diverse Pipelines
Now is the time to diversify educational leadership at every level. With intentional actions, careful planning, and commitment, district leaders can build more equitable representation. Learn how.
Instructional Leadership
Equity-Focused Leadership
Resilient Leadership

Resilient Leadership
Leadership Qualities that Keep Great Principals in Their Roles
Headlines abound about a potential “principal exodus,” but many principals have stayed. This resiliency can be attributed to a well-honed set of leadership qualities.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Personal Leadership
Resilient Leadership

Equity-Focused Leadership
Finding Your Voice, Remembering Your “Why” as a School Leader
What is at the core of your leadership? Remembering your “why” can turn challenges into opportunities. Here’s what drives one former principal to help other leaders stay strong.
Instructional Leadership
Equity-Focused Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Instructional Leadership
How One District Partnership is Building a Pipeline of Future Leaders
New Leaders and Baltimore City Public Schools are committed to working together to prepare aspiring leaders, building and retaining a strong bench of talent. Here’s how our district partnership works.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Personal Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Equity-Focused Leadership
5 Proven Strategies for Equity-Focused Leadership
Read the second paper in our series on reshaping educational leadership for the future. Learn how school leaders can accelerate student learning and keep great teachers.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Personal Leadership
Voices From The Field

Equity-Focused Leadership
5 School Leadership Actions to Prioritize Joy and Student Learning This Year
Learn how one New Leaders alum and his team are building a learning environment filled with joy and a school culture where the adults and students want to be there.
Resilient Leadership
Equity-Focused Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Resilient Leadership
Resilience and Hope: Developing the Next Generation of School Leaders
How can we develop future school leaders of color to endure and thrive in today’s complex education landscape? Our National Aspiring Principals Fellowship offers a way forward.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Equity-Focused Leadership
Closing the Representation Gap: A Series of Papers
By diversifying teacher and school leader pipelines, we empower more students to realize their futures. Read the first in our series of papers on reshaping educational leadership for the future.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Personal Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Equity-Focused Leadership
5 Equity-Focused Education Thought Leaders to Learn From
Looking to trailblazers in the field can be inspiring and motivating. Check out these up-and-coming equity-focused thought leaders in education to discover new ideas and shape your own perspective.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Equity-Focused Leadership

Professional Learning & Collaboration
Principal Preparation: What We Know Works Best
Training to become a principal is a big step in your leadership journey. Here are the most important components to look for in principal preparation programs.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Voices From The Field
Personal Leadership

Equity-Focused Leadership
Representation Matters: Advice From One Black Female Leader to Another
Seeing yourself in leadership—also known as representation—allows students to imagine what they can become. The same is true for adults. Hear from one leader about why that matters.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration

Equity-Focused Leadership
Why Leaders of Color Make a Lasting Impact
New Leaders launched the National Aspiring Principals Fellowship in partnership with Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University. Learn more about why representation in leadership matters for students and our society.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Equity-Focused Leadership
Voices From The Field

Professional Learning & Collaboration
Providing Equitable Access to High-Quality Principal Preparation
Learn how one HBCU graduate is spearheading our new online principal preparation and master’s degree program via a first-of-its-kind partnership with Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University.
School Culture
Family and Community Engagement
Equity-Focused Leadership

School Culture
Shaping School Culture: Four Leadership Actions to Consider
Maintaining a positive school culture is a long game, and building relationships with your school community is a big part of that process. Here are some tips to ensure success.
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.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Voices From The Field

Equity-Focused Leadership
Introducing the National Aspiring Principals Fellowship
First-of-its-kind principal preparation and masters degree program designed in partnership with Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University to train the next generation of equity-focused principals.
Voices From The Field
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Equity-Focused Leadership
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Voices From The Field
Women's History Month: Elevating Leader Voices from the Field
Celebrating women’s voices and insights from education leaders at every level. From spreading joy in our schools to empowering principals and teachers to motivating women to step into leadership roles.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Instructional Leadership
Voices From The Field

Equity-Focused Leadership
Educators Must Spread Carter G. Woodson’s Legacy Over The Entire School Year
Woodson created the idea of celebrating Black history. His legacy demands school leaders to spread it before and after February.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Personal Leadership

Equity-Focused Leadership
Strengthening Your Equity-Focused Leadership: 6 Questions for Self-Reflection
The beginning of a new year is a great time to assess your commitment to being an equity-focused leader. Reflect on the work you’re doing by asking yourself these six questions.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Personal Leadership
Resilient Leadership

Equity-Focused Leadership
Leading While Black: Negotiating Race and Role in School Leadership
A career educator reflects upon the impact of negotiating his racial identity with his role as a leader—a critical balance that leaders of color need to be successful.
Instructional Leadership
Personal Leadership
Equity-Focused Leadership

Equity-Focused Leadership
The Qualities of a Great Principal
Behind every great teacher is a great principal. Here’s what we know—and what research confirms—to be the qualities of a transformational 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.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Voices From The Field

Equity-Focused Leadership
More than a Detour: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
A New Leaders alum and principal reflects on what cultural competency, Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) month, and representation in leadership mean to him as a school leader.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Distributed Leadership

Equity-Focused Leadership
Women Empowering Women to Lead
Motivating other aspiring leaders, particularly women and teachers of color, to stretch beyond their role enables them to influence positive outcomes for more students, more teachers, and more communities.
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.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Family and Community Engagement
Voices From The Field

Equity-Focused Leadership
How to Bring Your School Community Together to Advance Racial Justice
How to keep the dialogue going, focus on solutions, and engage your school community in addressing racism and rethinking the upcoming school year. One New Leaders alum shares her story.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Voices From The Field

Equity-Focused Leadership
Everybody Wants to Do Something: How Two Leaders are Hoping to Address Systemic Racism in Schools
Two New Leaders alumni and principals are rethinking the systems and structures that disproportionately impact Black students. Here’s what they are doing and how you can do it, too.
Equity-Focused Leadership
Voices From The Field

Equity-Focused Leadership
The Presence of Hope: How School Leaders Can Lead After the Loss of George Floyd
With the unjust losses of Black lives taken too soon, and social unrest from coast to coast, here is how education leaders can respond and advance equity in their schools.
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