Professional Development for School Leaders

A Professional Development Partner

Effective professional development is designed to meet local needs, to build local capacity, and is ongoing and job-embedded. The NTC offers a variety of trainings that can be delivered stand-alone, but is most interested in partnering with districts to build comprehensive, professional leadership development plans that link workshop content to district goals and initiatives and that support implementation through participation in Professional Learning Communities.

We are a team of highly experienced K-12 teachers and administrators, supported by an academic and research staff, committed to public service and school improvement. The programs described herein are offered in a variety of configurations. We will work with you to adapt our resources to meet your needs.

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Principal Induction

• New Administrator Program (NAP) & Coaching Leaders to Attain Student Success (CLASS)
• Leadership Institute

Principal Professional Development

• Improving Student Achievement Through Teacher Observation and Feedback (ISA)
• Improving Student Achievement Through Supervision for Best Practices (ISA-BP)
• Improving Student Achievement Through Supervision of Quality Instruction of English Language Learners (ISA-ELL)
• Principal Practicuums to Improve Student Achievement

Leadership Coaching

• Coaching Leaders to Attain Student Success (CLASS)
• CLASS Network of Leadership Coaches

Systemic Approaches to School Improvement

• A Systems Approach to Data-Driven Collaboration
• Building, Facilitating, and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities
• Supporting Principals as Instructional Leaders: A Workshop for Central Office Teams

New Administrator Program (NAP) & Coaching Leaders to Attain Student Success (CLASS)

The NTC provides a comprehensive principal induction program tied to certification in California, and supports other states and Local Education Agencies (LEA’s) in designing and implementing their own programs. The NTC can provide training for leadership coaches, coach certification, an on-line formative assessment system for novice administrators, and a variety of other resources.

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Leadership Institute

The NTC offers a ten session seminar series that focuses on the knowledge and skills essential to site leadership. This Leadership Institute brings practical tools, processes and protocols designed to support the demands on the site administrator. This institute is designed to complement the New Teacher Center New Administrator Program coaching model and is also part of the ACSA-NTC Alternative Clear Credential Program offered in California.

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Improving Student Achievement through Teacher Observation and Feedback (ISA)

Principals play a critical role in teacher development, yet they often receive little preparation for this role. Traditional models of teacher supervision have a poor track record in supporting teacher learning. The NTC’s ISA workshops teach participants to observe teaching and learning through the lenses of standards and student achievement, and to provide teachers with coaching that produces results. ISA workshops are highly interactive and are built around genuine classroom artifacts and video.

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Improving Student Achievement Through Supervision for Best Teaching Practices (ISA-BP)

This workshop focuses upon research-based best teaching practices. Participants review research, observe video lessons, and use a variety of observation tools to analyze teaching practices that produce results. Participants apply new concepts and tools to the supervision process and practice coaching and feedback skills.

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Improving Student Achievement Through Supervision of Quality Instruction of English Language Learners (ISA-ELL)

Participants review current research around programs and practices that meet the needs of English Language Learners (ELL’s). They explore the role of site administrators in supervising best practices in teaching ELL’s. Participants observe a variety of lessons and use new tools and techniques to deepen coaching and feedback skills.

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Principal Practicuums to Improve Student Achievement

As a follow-up to ISA workshops, the NTC facilitates small cohorts of principals as they observe in district classrooms, share observations and practice teacher coaching skills. These practicum sessions function as professional learning communities as principals apply tools and concepts they have learned through ISA.

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Coaching Leaders to Attain Student Success (CLASS)

CLASS is a three day training designed to prepare individuals to support new and experienced principals. Participants practice Blended Coaching Strategies as they address the needs of principals who are taking on tough school improvement challenges.

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CLASS Network of Leadership Coaches (CLASS Network)

The CLASS Network provides school leadership coaches with an ongoing community of practice composed of individuals engaged in the work of coaching school leaders. The Network is geared towards certification of CLASS coaches and the continuous development of coaching knowledge and skills.

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A Systems Approach to Data-Driven Collaboration

This workshop is an introduction to systems and continuous-improvement processes as they apply to school improvement from the classroom to the central office level.

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Building, Facilitating and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities

Professional Learning Communities (PLC) are the engines that power ongoing school improvement. The NTC builds the capacity of teachers and administrators to lead and participate in PLC’s that become integral to school and district culture.

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Supporting Principals as Instructional Leaders: A Workshop for Central Office Teams

This workshop brings central office teams together to assess current practices against those of highly effective central office systems, and to develop aligned action plans to improve central office support for the exercise of site level instructional leadership.

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