School Improvement Leadership Academy
The School Improvement Leadership Academy (SILA) is a two-year leader development initiative that provides comprehensive, evidence-based professional learning opportunities to leaders of high-need schools in 浪花直播 and New Jersey.
SILA was developed with funding from the Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant awarded to the 浪花直播 Center for Educational Innovation & Improvement (CEii). 浪花直播 and its partners at Learning Forward and the Center for Teaching Quality identified the need for an academy that strategically addresses the developmental needs of current sitting principals and assistant principals (APs) as well as prepare those APs aspiring to become principals. SILA focuses on developing three strands of leadership capacity, including (1) improvement leadership; (2) equity leadership, and (3) instructional leadership.
Project Goals
- Increase principal and assistant principal knowledge and capacity in three areas: Instructional Leadership, Equity Leadership, and Improvement Leadership.
- Improve principal and assistant principal competence with School Improvement Planning
- Prepare assistant principals to be effective principals
- Improve student achievement results and narrow achievement gaps, in literacy and mathematics
Expected Outcomes
- Measurable progress toward goals of School Improvement Plans related to student achievement in literacy and numeracy, social and emotional learning, and school safety and climate
- Improved leadership practices
- Increased principal retention
- Assistant principals promotion
- Improved student achievement outcomes in mathematics and literacy
SILA participants will engage in a rigorous 2-year academy model designed to increase school leadership capacity, to elevate the quality of school improvement planning and implementation and to advance student achievement outcomes. Through project participation, principals and assistant principals will have an opportunity to achieve micro credentials and 浪花直播 graduate credits as outlined in the curriculum summary below.
Year One:
- Participate in in-person 3-day Institutes at the University of 浪花直播 (transportation costs covered)
- Engage in 3- day long virtual seminars
- Participate in monthly 1 hour virtual webinars
Year Two:
- Participate in in-person 3-day Institutes at the University of 浪花直播 (transportation costs covered)
- Principals will institute improvement and equity change ideas and participate in monthly executive coaching sessions
- Assistant Principals will lead school improvement projects and participate in monthly AP fellowship seminars
SILA is offered at absolutely no cost to participants and offered substantial benefits, including:
- Six EdD level graduate college credits (applicable to the 浪花直播 EdD program or transferable to other programs)
- A $1000 stipend for program participation and completion
- Executive coaching from proven school leaders
- Networking opportunities with other school leaders across the region
- Learning from and with highly accomplished leaders and professors
- Content focused on evidence-based practices directly related to their everyday work as school leaders
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Project Partners
To achieve the goals of SILA, the CEii has teamed up with the following strategic partners:
MIRA Education: Mira Education is a design and implementation partner to P20 education organizations seeking sustainable innovation and improvement.
Learning Forward: The preeminent organization for promoting and developing high-quality educator professional learning policy, practice, research, and standards.
Policy Studies Associates: Accomplished partners in conducting research, policy analysis, program evaluation, and program planning.