Leadership – Stride Professional Development Center

Leadership Courses

Leadership matters. Students excel in schools and classrooms with effective leadership that builds capacity for student learning. Our courses support current leaders as well as aspiring teacher leaders particularly focused on building culture and systems that lead to positive school outcomes.

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Leadership
1.0 Hours
Stakeholder Language

When you communicate with confidence, stakeholders will fully understand the message you convey.  This course teaches you how to adjust your message to the...

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Leadership
1.0 Hours
Stakeholder Connection

Connecting stakeholders to the work of the local school is vital to student success. This course helps you identify your critical stakeholders and how...

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Leadership
1.0 Hours
Stakeholder Communication

Each stakeholder performs a significant role in connecting with your school. But who are your stakeholders, and what influences do they have? Enroll in this...

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Leadership
1.5 Hours
Vision for Leaders

Have you created and implemented a vision that will solidify your organization’s impact? Learn how to identify and create a well-crafted vision that will...

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Leadership
0.5 Hours
Effective Meetings

Gain strategies for leading effective meetings to improve your communication leading to better success and achievement.   Meetings are the rare times when your entire...

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Observation and Feedback

Clock Hours: 1.0

A course that gives leaders ideas and actions to help improve observation dialogue for instructional improvement.

Leadership Free Resources

Stakeholders' Influence Workbook Template

from course: Stakeholder Connection

The full course offers instructions to help you best use the resource.  It will guide you (and others) in considering who your stakeholders are, what they want, and how they can each influence your school.  

Dos and Don'ts of Meetings

from course: Effective Meetings

Effective meetings are important and this course offers strategies, tips, ideas, and templates on how to make that happen.

Check-In Template

Template with sample questions you can use for a check-in.

Sample Coaching Questions

Coaching leverages collective wisdom to prevent impulsive
preferences from undoing the intended purpose.

Observation & Dialogue Tips

Leaders can use this summary as a reminder for scripting, scoring, and dialogue to help with instructional coaching.

The Stride PD wants to save you time! We have curated a list of useful resources that we believe support your professional growth in this focused, learning topic. While we do not own this material, we have included it here so that the Stride PD Center can serve as your “one-stop shop” for continued learning!
 
Principals and Effective Schools  | The Wallace Foundation
Schools need leaders not managers | Journal of Leadership Education 
Hot topics for school leaders | National Governor’s Association 
Is My School Better Because I Lead It? | School Talk with Principal Kafele
Improving School Leadership Toolkit |  Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development