 “To generate the much needed momentum and urgency for change, people need to fully understand the ‘why’ behind the journey they are beginning.”
– Tony Wagner, Change Leadership
In Spring 2008, nearly 250 individuals applied for the first cohort of Houston A+ Challenge's Regional Principal Leadership Academy.
From this pool of candidates, Houston A+ Challenge selected a cohort that consists of 20 highly motivated, highly qualified individuals -- nine assistant principals, six classroom teachers and five content coaches/mid-level educators. We are pleased to introduce them to you here.
Academy interns began their three-year journey on June 16 with a week of Critical Friends Group training, which provided tools and strategies for creating instruction-focused professional learning communities on their campuses.
On June 24, Houston A+ Challenge hosted a kickoff dinner with special guest Tony Wagner (co-director of Harvard University's Change Leadership Group), who spent the next day in private conversation with the cohort.
Six public school districts are hosting Principal Interns for the 2008-09 school year: Aldine, Houston, Humble, Spring and Spring Branch ISDs and YES Prep Public Schools.
The Regional Principal Leadership Academy is made possible through the generosity of Houston Endowment, The Brown Foundation and corporate donors, and through formal partnerships with the six host districts. Rice University, Region 4, the University of Houston, and Teach for America Houston have been thought partners throughout our development and launch of the Academy.
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