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NAESP Pre-K-3 Leadership Academy™

The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP™) Pre-K-3 Leadership Academy® is a program designed to promote and build the capacity of national principals and directors to lead Pre-K-3 communities.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP™) provides high-quality professional learning and a resource program to meet the needs of elementary principals and Pre-K program directors serving children from age three to eight or Pre-K-Grade 3. The NAESP Pre-K-3 Leadership Academy® will advance the following two key initiative areas:

1. Provide a cohort of principals/directors access to an 11-month virtual training program (101 and 201 level coursework with associated lessons), the NAESP Pre-K-3 Leadership Academy™, a multifaceted and highly engaging blended professional learning curriculum and coursework aligned to the research and foundational competency publication Leading Learning Communities: A Principal's Guide to Early Learning and the Early Grades (Pre-K-3rd Grade).
   
   
2. Establish the NAESP Pre-K-3 Leadership Academy™ and a community of practice that will be supported by three in-person and/or virtual full-day education leadership programming and learning sessions to help principals and directors take theory, learning and content into practice. Participants will follow a series of blended coursework and create a Capstone Project aimed at improving practice in their schools and programs as well as demonstrate mastery of deeper-level content.

Together, these two key initiative areas will provide high-quality, job-embedded professional learning to support a cohort of principals/directors that will improve their instructional leadership skills in Pre-K-3 education. All content and focus of the learning will be aligned to NAESP™’s foundational competency guide, Leading Learning Communities: A Principal's Guide to Early Learning and the Early Grades (Pre-K-3rd Grade).

EVALUATION

The NAESP Pre-K-3 Leadership Academy™ will offer multiple methods for program participates to assess their learning. Initially, participants will complete an assessment of their current skills and practices. Then cohort participants will assess their knowledge and application of each competency in the Leading Learning Communities: A Principal's Guide to Early Learning and the Early Grades (Pre-K-3rd Grade). Program participants and advisors will also complete surveys following each in-person meeting and complete a final program evaluation noting the effectiveness of the NAESP Pre-K-3 Leadership Academy™ on their school, level of leadership and professional growth. Upon completion of the blended program coursework, advisors will guide participants through the development and implementation of a culminating Capstone Project focused specifically on each participant’s unique experiences and application of learning. The final in-person Capstone Project sharing meeting will be the culminating activity and add lasting value to the professional growth of each program participant.

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