Instructional Leadership Professional Development

Program Participants

Instructional Leadership Professional Development (ILPD) is ideal for instructional leaders at the school level who are responsible for coaching and developing classroom teachers, and who assist in the design of schoolwide systems (e.g. assistant principals, deans, instructional coaches, and more). ILPD is designed to complement Relay’s National Principal Academy Fellowship. This aligned approach allows an entire leadership team to develop their skills in the same core instructional levers.

Program Focus

Research has shown that an aligned, focused school leadership team can have a powerful impact on their school community. ILPD is designed to strengthen the efficacy of school-based leaders by improving their knowledge, skills, and ability to implement instructional leadership practices that will have the greatest impact on student learning.

ILPD participants will learn, practice, and plan, ideally alongside their principal, to develop common student-centered instructional leadership skills. We delve deeply into areas such as:

• Centering the Student: Strengthening awareness and strategies to systematically increase opportunity and remove barriers for students.
• Instructional Rigor: Building deep knowledge of the rigor required by grade level standards, and supporting teachers in aligned instructional planning that meets students’ needs.
• Coaching: Building skills in observation and coaching, to better support all teachers.‍
• Data-Informed Instruction: Leading teachers to analyze student work, identify gaps in their current understanding, and then plan effective instruction to close those gaps.

Program Experience

ILPD is a 4-day program (2 half-days of virtual orientation and 3 days in-person), held during the summer.

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Participants will benefit from:

• Expert faculty: Learn from experienced practitioners who have demonstrated effectiveness in the field.‍
• A network of peers: Join a national network of instructional leaders who can help support each other through implementation of their Relay learning and problem-solve critical challenges.

About Partnership

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Maya's Story

“One thing I learned at Relay was the importance of collaboration with your teachers. Planning together can ensure they see you as a partner and not just an evaluator. Using the meeting protocol I learned in ILPD can ensure everyone stays on topic and is focused not just on teacher moves but also student outcomes.”

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