This community is designed to connect middle and high school school principals from around the state both during our virtual meetings and as partners between meetings via email. Participants will engage in short, immersive PD sessions targeted to the needs of middle and high school school principals; e.g., student mental health and wellbeing, building a culture for learning, equitable access for all learners, collaborative leadership, AI, legal issues. Topics will be introduced by the facilitator and also suggested by the group. We will prioritize targeted PD and the sharing of problems of practice, so participants are asked to come prepared to discuss (confidentially) current situations they are facing or questions about leading a middle or high school community to optimize student outcomes. Participants will have the opportunity to share practices from their schools and to learn about a topic of priority concern for middle and high school principals.
The Middle & High School Principal Community of Practice will gather virtually once each month for 90 minutes. Participants who attend all 10 sessions and log their attendance will earn 15 PDPs in Administrative Leadership. Meetings will take place via Google Meets, on Thursdays, 1:00-2:30. Members of the Middle & High School Principal PLC can register for the November CES Annual Legal Issues Seminar at no additional cost, and will receive a coupon code for their registration to that event. There will be no PLC meeting in the month of November.
Our communities of practice are designed to offer participants a space to gather with one another and share individual expertise as practitioners. Accordingly, our regular routine will include the following:
- Welcome and review of agenda (5 minutes)
- Sharing problems of practice (40 minutes)
- Targeted PD session (25 minutes)
- Q & A about the PD topic (10 minutes)
- Closing with gratitude & feedback (10 minutes)