Small
Small-Medium
Medium
Medium-Large
Large
MaxWidth
Extra-Large
We believe professional learning is a key lever for leaders to create conditions for high-quality teaching and learning and safe and supportive school environments. Our approach focuses on maximizing time, tools, processes, and facilitation skills to support leaders in executing their school vision. Our partners value our tailored and job-embedded approach to professional learning design, which ensures content relevancy and application through convenient adult learning experiences.
ELSD builds partnerships of statewide and school district networks focused on exchanging research and building practical solutions to the pressing issues of talent retention, systems coherence, and leader career development.
ELSD offers statewide Principal Supervisor Academies for central office administrators.
ELSD provides in-person and online leadership coaching to principals and central office administrators that take an evidence-based, blended approach. We also provide structured training for effective leadership coaches.
ELSD leads statewide and district teams to design leadership evaluation, residency, and coaching tools, and consults with states on policies supporting the principal workforce.
We believe that district, state, and national decisions about educational leadership supports should be informed by good data. ELSD conducts leadership research and evaluation studies for school districts, charter management organizations, and state departments of education to build that crucial data for decision making .
ELSD researchers conduct large-scale impact analyses that document the effects of school leadership improvements on principal retention, instruction, and student performance. Our research designs adhere to What Works Clearinghouse guidance.
ELSD researchers conduct fast-response, descriptive studies that provide principals, their supervisors, and central office administrators with good data for decisions.
ELSD has developed leadership measurement tools like the Leadership Learning Conditions survey, Principal Supervisor 360, and Fast Feedback observation tools. Our research team supports school districts and charter management organizations to implement these tools.
