Principal Leadership Academy (PLA)

Program Overview

The Principal Leadership Academy focuses on the professional development needs of campus administrators as instructional leaders. Research has identified the strength of the individual campus administrators in their instructional leadership roles as the most important correlating factor in the transformation of continuous improvement.

Benefits of Academy

Based on the premise that school leadership significantly influences best practices, the Leadership Academy provides opportunities for principals and assistant principals to:

Examine critical school issues
Create and nurture a school culture that supports learning for all
Access national and international authors and researchers
Develop instructional leadership and management skills necessary for today's complex educational environment
Investigate ways to transform theory into practice for improving student achievement
Network with participants from diverse educational settings for exchange and learning about challenges confronting today's leaders
Explore ways to expand existing resources and utilize current resources more effectively

Academy Design

Features include seven (7) sessions of professional development devoted to strengthen leadership and management skills. Content will focus on all aspects of campus instructional leadership to improve student achievement. Each session will examine one or more of the Texas Principal Standards, key themes and issues of school administrators.
Participants learn from their peers to examine effective strategies and techniques to address the challenges they face. The cohort based training allows principals to learn from and interact with national authors and researchers on school leadership.
Upon completion of the academy, participants will have earned up to 75 hours of professional development credits.

Participants

Participants with five (5) or more years experience as a campus administrator who are selected by the district superintendent or his/her designee.

Fees

The comprehensive program fee includes all sessions, instructional materials, refreshments and a certificate of participation. Payment is communicated annually to district superintendents as part of the commitment process for the Package of Administrative Services.

Service	CONTACT	PHONE
Principal Leadership Academy	Sandra Moore	972-348-1044

Training Workshops

WORKSHOP (by Invitation Only)		DATE	TIME
Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites		09/2020/11	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
ROPES Course	Section 1	10/10/2011	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Section 2		10/11/2011	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Section 3		10/12/2011	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Section 4		10/13/2011	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Section 5		10/14/2011	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Section 6		10/1820/11	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Section 7		10/19/2011	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
STAAR Leadership		11/9/2011	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Legal Issues		12/01/2011	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
The Principal: Leadership is…		01/25/2012	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Maintaining Focus in a Multi-faceted World		02/08/2012	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Leadership Matters		04/12/2012	8:30 AM - 4:00 PM