Goals
The overarching program goal is to give participants a learning experience that will, when combined with a formal principal preparation program, equip them to lead an excellent school.
The overarching program goal is to give participants a learning experience that will, when combined with a formal principal preparation program, equip them to lead an excellent school.
- Teach participants best practices in school leadership that increase student achievement and build school culture
- Develop participants' leadership skills to address the unique challenges principals face in rural regions
- Build a powerful national network of aspiring school leaders in rural communities
- Expose aspiring leaders to high-performing schools in rural communities across the country
Programming
- One week of intensive professional development in the summer of 2014 (late June or early July- dates coming soon!) located in the the community of Gallup, New Mexico
- Three weekend retreats throughout the year that consist of exposure to new rural communities, visits to Schools to Learn From, and continued competency and values based leadership development.
- Monthly cohort calls to continue the learning, support each other in our work, and tackle leadership challenges
- Partnership with a rural principal mentor
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