New Leaders, Inc.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
As schools and systems look to support students and families as they recover from the instructional, social, and emotional toll of the pandemic, school and system leaders must have access to evidence-based, job-embedded professional learning that support accelerated instruction and centers racial equity. NewLeaders’ leadership development programs support both school systems in building diverse pipelines of equity-minded leaders who champion instructional excellence, as well as support school leaders in building their capacity to implement policies and practices that advance equity and accelerate learning outcomes. Through this final grant for general support, New Leaders plans to (a)implement their core programs in districts, (b) research and refresh their Transformational Leadership Framework, the backbone of their professional learning programs, (c) build capacity of program staff to deliver redesigned programs to partners, and (d) disseminate learnings and advocate for continued investment in exceptional, equity-driven education leadership.
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For a project to continue implementation of the Leadership Networks in Oakland Unified School District and Shelby County Schools
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
15 months
Description
School and district leaders have the responsibility to promote classroom practice that supports high levels of student learning and to support and manage educator teams to establish a vision for instructional excellence and equity. New Leaders uses this vision as the fundamental foundation of instructional leadership so that all leaders and teachers on a team are aligned on the high-quality instruction needed to achieve better student outcomes. To sustain this vision and build on the strong foundation of their first year of programming, New Leaders will continue to provide Leadership Networks to align the practice of principal supervisors, principals, and instructional teams at schools and networks in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and Shelby County Schools (SCS). Through this renewal grant, New Leaders will oversee and implement: a) program launches, b) leadership walks and differentiated coaching, and c) asynchronous webinars and community of practice sessions.
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For a project to design, implement, and evaluate Leadership Networks of school districts
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
With increased efforts to move college and career-ready standards into high-quality implementation, often the role of district leaders and school principals is ignored. New Leaders thinks that aligned leadership and instructional practices built through coherent and consistent professional learning are critical to improving student outcomes. Through this grant, New Leaders proposes to implement Leadership Networks of school districts that will provide integrated, consistent, and evidence-based leadership support at the school and system level. Through these Leadership Networks, New Leaders will work with principal supervisors, principals, and teacher leaders to align instructional leadership language, structures, and practices across clusters of schools in districts.
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For a project to modify their program-specific model to a competency-based model that utilizes blended learning opportunities for school and district leaders
Date
Dec. 07, 2017
Duration
15 months
Description
New Leaders is a leading national nonprofit focused on improving our education system by focusing on leadership. For seventeen years, New Leaders has selected, developed, and supported aspiring school leaders to transform underperforming schools and improve student outcomes in the nation’s highest-need communities. With prior Corporation support, the organization has evolved to now develop leaders at all levels: teacher leaders, assistant principals, aspiring principals, seated principals and their teams, and principal supervisors. Through this project the organization will work to shift their model, from a program-specific model to a competency-based model, intended to provide districts and charter management organizations with tailored, flexible, cost-effective leadership development opportunities that meet their evolving needs. New Leaders will also explore strategies to include new blended learning opportunities for their partners. Finally, the new program model will help increase the organization’s financial sustainability through its associated revised business model that will increase the amount of fee-for-service revenue.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2016
Duration
18 months
Description
New Leaders is one of the country’s largest and most effective principal training organizations. Since its founding in 2000, New Leaders has trained more than 1,800 school leaders in district and charter schools throughout the country. External evaluations of the organization’s work have found that students in schools led by principals trained through New Leaders’ flagship program, Aspiring Principals (APP), outperform their peers specifically because they have a New Leader Principal. Since 2011, New Leaders has evolved from offering only new principal training to providing a variety of programs to support educators along the leadership continuum, from teachers to principal supervisors. This grant will provide general operating support for New Leaders to implement activities related to its 2020 Vision and to support the organization’s growth from 1,800 school leaders at the end of 2015 to over 3,000 school leaders by the end of 2020, all working to prepare children for success in college, careers, and citizenship.
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For mini-case studies profiling school leaders who have successfully implemented the Common Core State Standards
Date
Sep. 17, 2015
Duration
10 months
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For general support
Date
Jun. 12, 2014
Duration
18 months
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2012
Duration
25 months
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Toward the development of a learning plan to increase principal effectiveness and student achievement in secondary schools
Date
Jun. 12, 2008
Duration
4 months
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Project Title
Toward a reform strategy to increase principal effectiveness and student achievement in urban secondary schools
Date
Jun. 12, 2008
Duration
54 months