Voices From The Field
Patricia Otway-Drummond
New Leaders Alum, 2011
New Leaders Alum, 2011

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Resilient Leadership
Voices From The Field

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.
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Voices From The Field

Professional Learning & Collaboration
Stepping Up: Advice & Insights For Aspiring Principals
Considering starting on the path to principalship? With the help of a few New Leaders alumni, we’ve put together some insights to consider as you’re thinking about your next step.
Voices From The Field
Distributed Leadership
High-Performing Teams

Distributed Leadership
Celebrating Assistant Principals
In honor of National Assistant Principals Week, learn from one New Leaders alum how her work as assistant principal is fueling a sense of ownership in her school.
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.
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.
Observation & Coaching
Professional Learning & Collaboration
Voices From The Field

Observation & Coaching
3 Reasons To Work With a School Leadership Coach
Virtual coaching allows more school leaders access to coaching when it’s needed most. Coaching in a virtual environment is resource-effective, provides trusted thought partnership, and focuses on your leadership goals.
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.
Resilient Leadership
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
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.
Instructional Leadership
Observation & Coaching
Voices From The Field

Instructional Leadership
Back to School: How small changes can lead to big wins for school leaders
A New Leaders alum reflects on the power of small changes to enhance her leadership and coaching style. After a year of disrupted learning, these tips can deliver big wins.
Personal Leadership
Instructional Leadership
Voices From The Field

Personal Leadership
Believe
Leading through crisis requires that we magnify students' strengths and put them on a path toward success. Learn how one New Leaders alum and principal did just that.
Family and Community Engagement
Voices From The Field

Family and Community Engagement
Partner
How can you reimagine the roles parents play as we build more equitable schools? Partnership is one of four key leadership shifts we’re exploring this July.
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.
Instructional Leadership
Distributed Leadership
Voices From The Field

Instructional Leadership
Distributed Leadership: Empowering Teachers to Make a Lasting Difference for Students
A New Leaders alum and coach reflects on distributed leadership: “I knew if I created a partnership with my team, we could build the culture our students needed to thrive.”
Instructional Leadership
Remote Learning
Voices From The Field

Instructional Leadership
Back-to-School: Making Virtual Instruction Relevant in a Pandemic
New Leaders alum and assistant principal rethinks their curricula to zero in on student voice and identity. “One thing we have control over is how we engage students in learning.”
Goal Setting & Action Planning
Remote Learning
Voices From The Field

Goal Setting & Action Planning
Setting Our Students Up for Success in 2020
In-person instruction? Remote? Hybrid? The options are swirling. One New Leaders alum and principal reflects on the power of our Transformational Leadership Framework to ground his leadership choices.
Goal Setting & Action Planning
Remote Learning
Voices From The Field

Goal Setting & Action Planning
Transforming Schools for a New Reality in the Year Ahead
Educators are deep into planning this summer. Here’s how one New Leaders alum and principal is engaging all voices in creating a new vision for their school community.
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.
Goal Setting & Action Planning
Remote Learning
Voices From The Field

Goal Setting & Action Planning
Rethinking What’s Ahead: How One Principal is Looking Back to Move Forward
Now more than ever, education leaders need time to pause, reflect, and rethink how they want to lead moving forward. One New Leaders alum and principal shows us how.
Adaptive Leadership
Remote Learning
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.
Personal Leadership
Social-Emotional Learning
Voices From The Field

Personal Leadership
“It Feels Good to Be Heard.” How Three Principals are Caring for Vulnerable Students and their Families
Three New Leaders alumni and school leaders speak to how they are protecting the learning of their most vulnerable students and caring for the well-being of families during this crisis.
Instructional Leadership
Remote Learning
Voices From The Field

Personal Leadership
“Give Yourself Some Grace." How One Principal is Redefining Virtual Instruction
A New Leaders alum and principal is creating a brand-new blueprint for instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out what is working well for students, staff, and families.
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.