The Leadership Academy
Project Title
As a final grant to support curriculum-based professional learning with school leaders
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
The Leadership Academy is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that was launched in 2003 to build the capacity of educational leaders, at every level of the system, to confront inequities and create the conditions necessary for all students to thrive. A central problem for schools is that a student’s demographic characteristics continue to be a predictor of their academic achievement, especially as achievement gaps continue to persist for students across races. The Leadership Academy’s mission is to develop, support, and empower school principals and district administrators to become culturally responsive leaders. A part of culturally responsive learning environments requires the need for teaching with high-quality instructional materials supported with curriculum-based professional learning and coaching. Through this final grant, The Leadership Academy will continue to integrate curriculum-based professional learning resources and tools into their culturally responsive leadership approach.
Project Title
For a project to integrate curriculum-based professional learning into their culturally responsive leadership framework, services, and resources
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
A central problem for schools nationwide is that a student’s demographic characteristics continue to be a predictor of their academic achievement, especially as achievement gaps continue to persist for students across races. The Leadership Academy recognizes that the work of leading for equity in school systems is not an easy charge. Their mission is to develop, support, and empower district members to become culturally responsive leaders. They believe this is the key level for creating positive change through leveraging the skills, knowledge, and beliefs to disrupt racial and economic inequities in the classroom. A part of culturally responsive learning environments requires the need for teaching with high-quality instructional materials supported with curriculum-based professional learning and coaching, as well as goals-based evaluation to teachers and school staff to ensure equity of opportunities and outcomes for all students. Through this grant, The Leadership Academy will integrate curriculum-based professional learning into their culturally responsive leadership approach.
Project Title
For project support of planning and initial district engagement of the Family Engagement Community of Practice
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
8 months
Description
Although creating true partnerships with families to support student success and socio-emotional development is critical to building equitable education systems, most schools in America have not been designed to promote family-school partnerships. Through this planning grant, The Leadership Academy will partner with Learning Heroes to create a community of practice with three districts to co-design and implement family engagement strategies with their communities. Communities of practice will support leaders in building a vision for how to lead effective engagement strategies. The Leadership Academy and Learning Heroes will also design a suite of services, including professional learning sessions for leaders, walk-through observation cycles, and strategic consulting to districts to determine how central offices can support leaders and teachers in engaging families.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
15 months
Description
Academic disparities in classroom experience and educational outcomes have long pre-existed the current circumstance of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Leadership Academy recognizes that the work of leading for equity in school systems is not an easy charge. Their mission is to develop, support, and empower district members to become culturally responsive leaders. They believe this is the key lever for creating positive change through leveraging the skills, knowledge, and beliefs to disrupt racial and economic inequities in the classroom. Through this renewal grant, The Leadership Academy will expand their professional learning and coaching supports and develop and disseminate resources to build leader capacity on culturally responsive instruction.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
15 months
Description
There is currently a shortage of education leaders with the skills, knowledge and beliefs to disrupt racial and economic inequities in order to ensure that each student and educator are part of a system that is intentionally built for them to achieve academic, social, and emotional success. This type of school leadership is the essential lever for transforming schools, especially as these inequities are heightened during the current COVID-19 pandemic. As schools work to continue K-12 instruction through remote learning, New York City Leadership Academy (NYCLA) will develop and support education leaders in the school, system, and state levels, and empower them to transform their leadership in ways that accelerate learning for every student across the system. Through this grant, NYCLA will focus on: a) providing professional learning to partners converting services to remote learning where necessary, b) refining their leadership development, and c) shifting the national conversation towards disrupting inequities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Project Title
For a project to develop tools and professional learning for school leaders focused on the use of standards-aligned, culturally relevant instructional materials and support for engaging families
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
15 months
Description
School leaders and district personnel such as leadership coaches and principal supervisors are central to improving student outcomes. They ensure teachers get the supports they need to excel, and engage families by building strong relationships with them. New York City Leadership Academy (NYCLA), an organization that has provided professional learning to 4,200 school and system leaders across thirty-three states, offers professional learning services school and system leaders need to do this work. Through this grant, NYCLA will: (a) develop professional learning materials so that school leaders can engage parents, and support standards-aligned and culturally responsive instruction, (b) refine professional learning materials for district leadership coaches and principal supervisors, (c) build NYCLA’s internal capacity to develop new content, and (d) share learnings with the field.
Project Title
For development of flexible learning models and general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
6 months
Description
The New York City Leadership Academy (NYCLA) is a national organization that focuses on preparing educational leaders to support all children for college, career, and life success. In particular, NYCLA aims to engage school and district leaders and assist them in designing, adapting, and implementing programs aimed at promoting equity and social justice for racial/ethnic minorities and children from low income families. This grant provides general operating support and support for NYCLA to design, develop, and market a complement of new services and tools that will allow the organization to scale its offerings more broadly and establish a more cost effective delivery structure. This includes virtual Executive Coaching, a New Principal On-boarding Leadership Institute, and a suite of Equity Leadership Simulations. The Wallace Foundation will join the Corporation in supporting this work.
Project Title
For general support and project support to develop and market a flexible learning model to prepare school and district leaders that integrates equity and blended learning experiences
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Many of the 15,000 school and district leaders across the United States do not have adequate access to professional development due to financial and human resources constraints. Additionally, many smaller and rural districts lack the number of aspiring principals necessary to support in-house leadership development programs, and their geographic location makes in-person leadership development impractical or cost prohibitive. Online education and regionally-based, multi-district learning experiences can serve as an effective response to these challenges. This grant will support the New York City Leadership Academy (NYCLA) to develop and market its new Flexible Learning Model (e.g., in-person, online, blended learning, access to tools/resources) to meet school and district market needs for personalized leadership development services. NYCLA’s research indicates that the market demand for leadership development is high and supports the diversification of NYCLA’s service portfolio to include leadership development experiences that are varied in terms of pricing, timing, degree of interaction, learning approaches, learning medium, and location.
Project Title
For strategic planning
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
6 months
Description
New York City Leadership Academy (NYCLA) is a nationally recognized non-profit organization that develops and supports outstanding educational leadership, particularly school leaders, as the lever for improving teaching and learning. NYCLA accomplishes this by working with state and local education agencies, universities, non-profits, and schools to build their capacity to develop and support their own leaders. This grant provides support for NYCLA to carry out a strategic planning exercise critical to ensuring long-term sustainability, including examining the budget; planning for multi-year requests and identifying new innovations and partnerships; and promoting the ways in which their focus on principal effectiveness both promotes student achievement and forwards equity in teaching and learning.