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The Power Of Connectivity

Multilayered program grooms assistant principals’ leadership skills

By Learning Forward
April 2011
Vol. 32 No. 2
Every teacher knows that exposure to new information is one small part in the teaching and learning process. Before students truly learn a concept, they must actively engage with material — discussing, sharing, seeing, and practicing it — to make it their own. In other words, they need to connect with concepts and have opportunities to apply them spontaneously. As we know, learning involves making connections — or what we call “the power of connectivity.” This powerful process is central to supporting children’s and adults’ learning and development. Here we share one powerful program that is built around connectivity. This program focuses specifically on professional development for assistant principals as they grow in their efforts to become more effective leaders and ultimately assume a principalship.

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Authors

Eleanor Drago-Severson and Janet Lynch Aravena

Eleanor Drago-Severson (drago-severson@tc.edu) is associate professor of education leadership and adult learning and leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. Janet Lynch Aravena (Janet@csa-nyc.org), a former New York City principal, is coordinator of the Advanced Leadership Program for Assistant Principals and coach/mentor for the Executive Leadership Institute of the Council for Supervisors and Administrators.

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