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

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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.
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.
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.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Observation & Coaching
Resilient Leadership

Professional Learning & Collaboration
What Kind of Professional Development Best Supports Principals Right Now?
As district leaders work to address principal shortages, one strategy tops the list of retention efforts: providing high-quality K-12 professional development. Here’s how to support the learning opportunities principals are seeking.
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Professional Learning & Collaboration
Equity-Focused Leadership
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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.
Resilient Leadership
Goal Setting & Action Planning
Observation & Coaching

Resilient Leadership
What Does Resilient District Leadership Look Like In Action?
Hear from two district superintendents on the proven strategies they used to cultivate resilience in their school leaders and the communities they served—both during the pandemic and now.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Personal Leadership
Resilient Leadership

Professional Learning & Collaboration
How Education Leaders Can Restore, Retool, Recommit Now—And All School Year Long
Now is the time to recommit to your passion as an education leader—and to building your resilience, too, in this new school year. Here are resources to get you started.
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.
Resilient Leadership
Voices From The Field
Observation & Coaching

Resilient Leadership
How to Invest In and Retain Effective Principals
In this era of the Great Resignation, when 40% of principals anticipate leaving their roles, district leaders need to develop resilient leaders who can meet the challenges ahead. Here’s how.
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The Relationship Between Resilient Leaders and Resilient Students
Even with the many effects on student well-being, the pandemic showed that students are also capable of incredible resilience. Here’s how to continue to foster and learn from that resilience.
Goal Setting & Action Planning
Distributed Leadership
Resilient Leadership

Goal Setting & Action Planning
Six Actions to Keep Moving Your School’s Vision Forward
When you’re navigating challenges, your school’s shared vision can serve as a great reminder to keep focusing on what’s important. Here are six ways to keep it at the forefront.
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Voices From The Field

Resilient Leadership
Dear School Leader: Please Hang On
From navigativing pandemic-related challenges to staffing shortages, education leaders are struggling to maintain their own well-being. We asked our New Leaders alumni to share what keeps them moving forward.
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.
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.
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Personal Leadership
Social-Emotional Learning

Resilient Leadership
Great School Leadership Includes Self-Care
Education leaders need to not only practice self-care but model it for the people they lead. Here are ways to get more confident in strengthening your self-care muscles.
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.
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