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Visions for Public Schools Leadership Development Programs
(LDP) play an essential role in supporting NYC’s
public school principals by providing a 4-year leadership
development continuum. LDP provides opportunities for
teams of school staff to develop as instructional leaders
and engages selected principals, in their 2nd through
5th years, in an instructional leadership development
process that addresses the unique challenges and demands
of each year. There are two distinct leadership development
programs within the New Visions’ continuum, each
providing service to a specific designated population
within the New York City school system: |
Leadership
Coaching
Through a one-on-one coaching relationship with a
retired principal, supplemented by participation in
professional learning communities with other principals,
the Leadership Coaching Program (LC) provides second-year
principals with the opportunity to grow as instructional
leaders, to learn how to successfully navigate the
unique challenges of the second year, and to strengthen
the academic rigor of their schools. |
Scaffolded
Apprenticeship Model
Based on an apprenticeship model, Scaffolding Apprenticeship
Model (SAM) focuses on supporting school leaders in
building a team of school professionals who are collectively
responsible for school improvement. This program directly
addresses the need to create a pool of capable, certified,
future school leaders. Ultimately, this approach to
leadership development creates a critical mass of
change agents at every level within a school, each
accountable for advancing the work of improving instruction
and student outcomes while developing a viable succession
pipeline for staff. |
GOALS
New Visions for Public Schools’ goal is to
create exemplary instructional leadership models that
serve as examples for other schools across the system.
The Leadership Development Program achieves this by:
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Creating program models that are practical, attainable
and affordable
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Providing expertise,
support, resources and networks
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Assisting schools to assess and utilize resources
within the school and within the community
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Providing principals with ongoing assessment
of their performance that informs their development
and practice
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Supporting other ongoing systemic reform efforts
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Providing leadership development models that
are diverse in design and address the multiple levels
of instructional leadership readiness of its participants
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Engaging principals and school leaders in initiatives
that are designed to have demonstrated capacity
to improve the achievement of students
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Facilitating the establishment
of networks that can be sustained at the school
level and within the system |
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Becoming a COACH
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Coaches
for the Leadership Development Programs are selected
from applications submitted by retired principals,
who have demonstrated effective leadership of
a public school for a minimum of five years. In
addition, applicants are expected to have received
training in current best practices of teaching
and learning, and leadership, as well as possess
knowledge of current research findings in education.
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If there is a need
for coaches, a Request for Applicants is posted
on New Visions for Public Schools’ website.
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The selection process entails an application,
and a screening process (reference check, review
of the principal’s school report card, and
an interview). |
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