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The Bridge District Learning Network, supported by the Illinois ROE Lead Hubs and WestEd through a grant from the US Department of Education, offers professional development and coaching at no cost to district central office teams and is a year-long, voluntary opportunity for leaders to develop and/or modify systems and structures for principal support, principal retention, and principal development. The focus will be on aligning systems, removing barriers, and creating conditions for the development, recruitment, and retention of principals, specifically women and/or people of color. You can learn more about the Bridge District Learning Network here: https://bit.ly/BDLNFlyer
As the school year ends, we would like to reflect and celebrate your work as school leaders focused on equity and achievement in Illinois! WestEd and the Illinois Regional Offices of Education would like to invite you to our in-person convening on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Illinois school success is bolstered by excellent, diverse leaders capable of meeting students and teachers’ learning needs. This Bridge Project learning event brings together aspiring principals, district central office teams and state stakeholders in conversation about improving school leadership support.
In the wake of the pandemic, teacher shortages continue to present challenges for school districts as they work to find qualified and prepared teachers to fill K–12 classrooms.
Today, state education agencies (SEAs) are at various stages of conducting ESSA-required resource allocation reviews (RARs) to support local education agencies (LEAs) that serve a significant number of low-performing schools. In this Q&A, RAR project leads with the Region 15 Comprehensive Center (R15CC), Alicia Bowman and Tia Taylor, talk about what they have learned over four years of working with states to create processes that enable leaders to examine the connection between resource allocation and academic outcomes.
The Utah Principal Supervisors’ Academy celebrated learning together in July, 2023. The University of Utah has evaluated UPSA’s first year, and we will release the short report by September 30, 2023. Watch for the data!
The Arizona Principal Supervisors’ Academy launches on September 15, 2023, with an institute at the Phoenix Art Museum. 42 charter and public school supervisors from across the state converge with previous network members to launch this year of learning.
The Bridge Project launches on September 6, 2023 in Bloomington-Normal. Fifty-three aspiring principals who are all educators of color and women educators will join 12 school districts and state/national representatives in launching the network. This year, we will work collaboratively with Illinois ROE Lead Hubs, the Bridge Project prepares already-certified educators for the principalship and provides induction support in their first year. The project also works with districts, regions to improve access and strengthen the principal pipelines.
Working with the New Mexico Public Education Department, Comprehensive Center 13 @ WestEd co-led a principal evaluation design team in 2022-23. The design team reviewed principal and superintendent data on principal evaluation design, and then created a new principal evaluation approach tailored to New Mexico educators. Watch for more news about the pilot test!
The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) released three research briefs on the changing principal profession, which were written collaboratively between WestEd and AIR. The Leaders We Need Now series resulted from 22 focus groups with 180 principals, nationwide.