Webinar

Fourth Annual EdPrepLab Policy Summit

Date and time
Tue, January 23, 2024
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Add to Calendar 2024-04-17 15:30:08 Fourth Annual EdPrepLab Policy Summit Thriving Leaders, Thriving Schools: Policies for Effective School Leader Preparation Principals play a key role in K–12 schools, shaping student learning and teacher working conditions in ways that impact teacher effectiveness and retention as well as student achievement. Research shows that high-quality preparation and professional development can strengthen these impacts, a critical need in this moment when addressing staff shortages and learning recovery are at the forefront of education agendas. Principals’ access to high-quality preparation and professional development has improved over the last two decades, but there is still substantial work ahead before all principals have ready access to consistent, high-quality learning opportunities. So how can preparation programs support aspiring and current school leaders to create schools in which students and teachers thrive? The fourth annual EdPrepLab Policy Summit focused on preparing and developing effective school leaders for school transformation. This year’s virtual summit explored effective policy efforts that can help increase access to high-quality, comprehensive school leader preparation and development programs. Leading experts on educator preparation policy and practice shared examples and discuss research-based approaches to school leader preparation. Featured Speakers Danny Carlson, Chief of Staff, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education Rebecca Cheung, Assistant Dean, University of California, Berkeley School of Education Leadership Development programs Linda Darling-Hammond, President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute; Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University Aman Dhanda, Chief Engagement Officer, National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Will Jordan, Research Officer, The Wallace Foundation (moderator) Marjorie Wechsler, Principal Research Manager, Learning Policy Institute   EdPrepLab is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ibis Group, Skyline Foundation, Spencer Foundation, W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation, and Yidan Prize Foundation. Online EdPrepLab admin@example.com America/New_York public
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Thriving Leaders, Thriving Schools: Policies for Effective School Leader Preparation

Principals play a key role in K–12 schools, shaping student learning and teacher working conditions in ways that impact teacher effectiveness and retention as well as student achievement. Research shows that high-quality preparation and professional development can strengthen these impacts, a critical need in this moment when addressing staff shortages and learning recovery are at the forefront of education agendas. Principals’ access to high-quality preparation and professional development has improved over the last two decades, but there is still substantial work ahead before all principals have ready access to consistent, high-quality learning opportunities.

So how can preparation programs support aspiring and current school leaders to create schools in which students and teachers thrive?

The fourth annual EdPrepLab Policy Summit focused on preparing and developing effective school leaders for school transformation. This year’s virtual summit explored effective policy efforts that can help increase access to high-quality, comprehensive school leader preparation and development programs. Leading experts on educator preparation policy and practice shared examples and discuss research-based approaches to school leader preparation.

Featured Speakers

  • Danny Carlson, Chief of Staff, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education

  • Rebecca Cheung, Assistant Dean, University of California, Berkeley School of Education Leadership Development programs

  • Linda Darling-Hammond, President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute; Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University

  • Aman Dhanda, Chief Engagement Officer, National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)

  • Will Jordan, Research Officer, The Wallace Foundation (moderator)

  • Marjorie Wechsler, Principal Research Manager, Learning Policy Institute

 

EdPrepLab is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ibis Group, Skyline Foundation, Spencer Foundation, W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation, and Yidan Prize Foundation.

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Event Contact:
Steve Wojcikiewicz
Learning Policy Institute
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Nicole Wilbon
Learning Policy Institute
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