Support for Alaska's Early Career Principals
This unique program is designed to provide early career principals in Alaska (in their 1st or 2nd year as lead or assistant principal) with a collegial cohort engaged in networking, skill building and mutual support across the state.
2024-2025 Program Application
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WHY JOIN?
- Participate in ongoing professional learning focused on the dispositions and tools early career principals need for success
- Connect to a network of new principals across the state
- Find support with an Alaska-based, seasoned principal who will serve as your professional mentor
- Learn strategies to communicate effectively with your staff and navigate difficult conversations
- Explore how to use school data for continuous improvement.
- Earn optional college credit
Participants can expect to spend about 3 hours per month in program activities.
Program Cost: There is no cost to principals and school districts for ASLA training, registrations, and materials.
School districts agree to pay travel costs to the three face-to-face events.
PROGRAM DESIGN
Monthly individual mentoring for Lead Principals - Each cohort member will be paired with an Alaska-based, seasoned principal who will serve as your professional mentor. Required interactions twice per month will focus on themes of leadership and problems of practice (minimum one hour per month total time commitment)
Monthly group mentoring for Assistant Principals - APs join in on our monthly mentoring sessions with expert leadership coach, Maria Ramadane. One hour per month time commitment.
Face to Face Meetings - Program participants are required to take part in three in-person meetings throughout the year. Anticipated in-person meetings are:
Alaska Principals Conference: September 26-28, 2024 in Anchorage
RTI MTSS Effective Instruction Conference: January 24-26, 2025 in Anchorage
Alaska School Leadership Institute (ASLI): Date to be determined. May 2025 in Anchorage
Topical Webinars - Participants will have 3 or more webinar opportunities throughout the year on 'Hot Topics' in K-12 ed, K-12 advocacy and data driven instructional leadership
Book Studies and Ongoing Discussion Group - Participants will participate in facilitated discussions around a leadership text
Thank you to our partner organizations. The Alaska Association of Secondary School Principals, Alaska Association of Elementary School Principals, The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development and the University of Alaska College of Education.
This program was developed with the assistance of Supporting Effective Instruction, Title II, Part A federal funds from the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development, awarded to the Alaska Council of School Administrators. However, this program does not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education & Early Development, nor endorsement by the Federal Government.