Academic Leaders do their best work when they can connect with colleagues across schools to share goals, challenges, and successes.
This popular member benefit, which is included with schools' membership, offers Academic Leaders the chance to gather for informal conversations on topics they have in common with peers in similar roles in schools across the country.
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Each cohort group is led by a facilitator and gathers for several stand-alone 50-minute live video meetings. Participants can join for one conversation or for all of them.
Each cohort conversation focuses on growing in a competency-based approach to the challenges of academic leadership.Every meeting has a topic and a shared resource (shared via our members-only portal) to discuss that is suggested or selected by participants during a prior meeting. Topics are tied to the issues central to participants’ roles and to the cycle of the school year. Often, after the initial conversation, the members pivot to respond to a problem of practice brought by a member seeking inputs from the group. To ensure an open and free-flowing conversation, cohort sessions will not be recorded or shared. |
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Topics of conversation across the 23-24 Cohort series will include: Observation & Feedback; AI in Practice; Understanding School Finances; Hiring & Onboarding; Leading Difficult Conversations; Navigating First-Year Leadership; Change Leadership; Balancing Peership with Leadership; Alignment to Mission; Leadership for Inclusivity; and more! As always, we will be responsive to our members' needs and work to include topics suggested by the community.
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Department & Team Leadership
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This cohort is for those who lead a department or a team on campus. Participants will meet as a whole group for the first part of each meeting, then move into breakout groups for specific roles and department discussion.
- Cohort Dates (All Wednesdays): September 27, October 4, October 25, November 8, December 6, January 31
- All meetups will occur from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. ET
- Participation in the Cohort series is an Association benefit and is included with your school's membership
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Single-Division Leadership
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This cohort is for those who have a leadership role in a single division. Participants will meet as a whole group for the first part of each meeting, then move into breakout groups for specific roles and divisional discussion.
- Cohort Dates (All Wednesdays): September 27, October 4, October 25, November 8, November 29, January 31
- All meetings will occur from 12:00noon - 1:00 p.m. ET
- Participation in the Cohort series is an Association benefit and is included with your school's membership
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Assistant Head Leadership
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This cohort is for those charged with leading in the organization, leadership and development of the school.
- Cohort Dates (All Thursdays): October 5, November 2, December 7, January 11, February 9, March 7, April 4
- All meetings will occur from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
- Participation in the Cohort series is an Association benefit and is included with your school's membership
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Leadership for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Belonging
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This cohort is for those working towards more inclusive curriculum and pedagogy. Participants will meet as a whole group for the first part of each meeting, then move into breakout groups for specific roles.
- Cohort Dates (All Thursdays): September 21, October 19, November 2, December 7, January 25, February 15
- All meetings will occur from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
- Participation in the Cohort series is an Association benefit and is included with your school's membership
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“It was valuable hearing about specific examples of challenges and success, we were able to relate and offer suggestions.” |
