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The Learning Principal: Living equity-centered leadership
Presenters: Frederick Brown, Rachel Harris, Kay Psencik and Azra Redzic
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Principals bear the critical responsibility of creating the conditions necessary for effective teaching and learning in their schools. During this discussion, The Learning Principal authors and practitioners will share research that clarifies the link between principal actions and results for students. Participants will exit the webinar with “leader-focused” tools and resources that can be put to use immediately. Participants of this webinar will: Examine assumptions that influence equity-centered leadership; Consider implications of research findings describing how principals affect students and schools; and Experience tools principals can use to strengthen learning teams and lead change.
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Presenters
Frederick Brown is Learning Forward’s president | CEO. Fred is an education visionary who knows firsthand that our nation’s schools need transformational change if we are to meet the challenges of the next decades. Fred advocates that every child deserves to reach their highest potential and every educator must have the opportunity to participate in exemplary, ongoing, professional learning programs to provide students the skills needed to meet their unique needs.
Supporting educators at all levels and improving student achievement are through lines of Fred's career. An elementary school teacher, a middle school assistant principal, and school principal, Fred saw firsthand the impact high-leverage instructional practices and school culture have on school success.
Fred is a frequent speaker on leadership and building high-quality learning in schools. He has co-authored two books that have made significant contributions to the field of education, demonstrating how a comprehensive approach to professional learning can be achieved so that everyone in a system is a learner, and how principals apply a learning lens to their many critical responsibilities to create a productive climate for learning and collaboration. "Becoming a Learning System" and "The Learning Principal -- Becoming a Learning Leader" are time-tested Learning Forward resources for schools and leaders.
Rachel Harris is currently principal of Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, and serves approximately 1,500 students. She has been a learning principal since she began her journey as a principal and became a member of Learning Forward’s efforts to build professional learning that effectively impacts teacher effectiveness so that all students thrive. She has also taken the lead in her district in coaching, mentoring, and supporting other principals so that all learn and work together.
Azra Redzic is currently the pre-k-5 humanities supervisor for Bristol Public Schools, in Connecticut (CT). She previously served as principal of Sanchez Elementary School in Hartford, CT, and built learning as the norm through an approach she called P.E.E.R., Perseverance, Enthusiasm, Exploration, and Respect for students and staff as they focused on learning as central to their success. She was active in Hartford Public Schools in building learning communities of principals so that all principals had the critical support they needed to be successful.
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