Principalship is designed to provide school leaders with the skills they need to positively impact academic success for their students, the cultural climate of their schools, and the professional learning and retention of their teachers.
Focus Area
In the first three years, new principals need to develop their leadership skills. The Principalship focus area offers a series of learning experiences and supports that equip new leaders to meet the specific demands that come with serving as a building principal. New principals prepare for success within our distinct phases of principalship implementation and adoption.
Professional learning starts in the BL Lab. District administrators get a complete view of Principalship progress inside the platform dashboard of learning metrics. Principals access learning experiences, engage with their coach, and track progress towards their outcomes. Try out self-directed professional learning courses for educational leaders to build on learning throughout the school year.
Close the implementation gap and ensure district-level innovation truly translates to change in practice, by centralizing all your high-quality professional learning resources for educators, leaders, and administrators in one platform.
New school leaders launch their professional learning journey with an experienced leadership coach. Together, they work to determine their areas of growth and create a plan for what Principalship success looks like.
Executive Coaching for New Principals | Virtual
Leaders work towards their goals throughout the school year with support and advice from a personalized executive coach.
Deepening Your Principalship Journey | In-Person
I understand current challenges being faced and can explore various research-focused solutions to help mitigate them moving forward
Once the principal and coach identify Principalship goals, it’s time to practice. Designed with new leaders in mind, Virtual Workshops offer targeted learnings in a collaborative environment.
Developing a Strengths Based Approach to Leadership | Virtual
I use strengths-based leadership in my practice and evaluate its effectiveness through ongoing reflection and refinement.
Building an Equity Mindset for an Inclusive School Culture | Virtual
I use equity as a lens to evaluate programming in my leadership practice, mitigate resistance as needed, and enact strategies to ensure equitable outcomes for stakeholders.
Enriching PLCs in Your School | Virtual
I use data and feedback from stakeholders to drive progress in student learning outcomes.
Strategies to Maximize Teacher Evaluation Systems and Tools | Virtual
I leverage trust and transparency to maximize the use of teacher evaluation systems and tools to facilitate educator growth.
Supporting Early Career Teachers | Virtual
I use growth-centric tools and strategies to empower teacher development.
Comprehensive Principalship professional learning plans feature personalized Coaching and dedicated resources for new leaders. The confidence in standard one-off workshops has declined. Educators are not effectively achieving new goals after a singular PD Day. By scaffolding support throughout the year, our team celebrates your progress and provides participant data to prove meaningful changes in principalship practice.
Outcomes connect each BetterLesson learning experience to tangible, impactful change. For Principalship, we focus on helping new principals achieve the following distinct leadership outcomes.
Outcome: I use strengths-based leadership in my practice and evaluate its effectiveness through ongoing reflection and refinement.
Outcome: I use equity as a lens to evaluate programming in my leadership practice, mitigate resistance as needed, and enact strategies to ensure equitable outcomes for stakeholders.
Outcome: I evaluate the effectiveness of PLCs and refine PLC structures within my school.
Outcome: I leverage trust and transparency to maximize the use of teacher evaluation systems and tools to facilitate educator growth.
Outcome: I implement the use of wellness strategies in various contexts as needed to maintain my personal, social, and emotional well-being and guide others in doing the same.
Outcome: I use calibration techniques strategically to guide educators in using evidence-based feedback to facilitate self-reflection and growth in practice.
Outcome: I use growth-centric tools and strategies to empower teacher development.
Outcome: I use effective human capital management strategies to anticipate staffing needs, identify successors for key roles, and target growth opportunities for educators.
Study strategies to identify, engage, and empower key faculty members and define the goals of any PLC.
Support teachers to uncover feedback through questioning and coaching that encourages ongoing change in practice.
Learn methods for leaders to integrate and practice social-emotional learning competencies across classrooms, schools, families, and communities.
Accelerate growth in your schools and stay ahead of the curve.
