Leverage Leadership Institute

All programming is in person. Intersessions are located in major US cities where LLI Platinum Leaders are doing their work.

Program Cost

We offer this highly-selective program tuition-free and only ask participants (or sponsoring organizations) to cover the cost of travel to/from sessions. At all in-person trainings and convenings,  Relay provides all hotel accommodations as well as breakfast, lunch and snacks.

Excellence in Execution

Video Submissions and Practice

First, you must “walk the walk” and show mastery of execution in your school(s). You will focus on developing mastery in specific levers of leadership, such as using data to drive instruction, leading adult professional development, delivering effective observation and feedback,  and creating positive school-wide culture.

You will film yourself implementing these practices in your home school(s) and will submit your videos and evidence of authentic implementation as assignments for feedback. During class sessions, you will analyze and discuss effective practices demonstrated by peers in your cohort. You will also receive individualized feedback and practice implementing that feedback to improve your practice. In between class sessions, you will receive coaching from LLI leaders and be paired with partners in the cohort to get additional practice providing and implementing feedback. Throughout the program, you will work to deeply implement the levers in your school(s) and earn consistently excellent ratings on the rubric(s) in order to achieve distinction.

During the fellowship, you will gain access to frameworks, cheat sheets, presentations, and other supporting materials that will help you further develop mastery across the levers.

Excellence in Execution

Developing your Skills as a Leverage Leadership Instructor

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Over the course of the fellowship, you will observe strong faculty in action, identify elements of outstanding adult learning, and work to develop your own, authentic, adult learning skills. If you are successful in presenting the levers of leadership and coaching others to develop their skills, you will become an approved Leverage Leadership Instructor. Through your work training principals, greater numbers of students and communities across the country will have the opportunity to benefit from highly effective school leadership.

Leverage Leadership Instructors will join a tightly-knit community of outstanding leaders who will receive ongoing development, support, and access to leading-edge changes in best practice leadership curriculum.

Anetra Cheatham's Story

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“Anyone who has engaged in the work of school turnaround knows its complexity. Our team's participation in the Relay programming was impactful because of how it helped us to prioritize our efforts and give consideration to the key moves we should make around change management. The clarity of the protocols removed so many questions and barriers to the tasks ahead while also serving as a roadmap to achieving our goals. Leverage Leadership Institute then took my practice to a whole new level as I was able to learn and grow from the expertise of practitioners with proven results. I am the leader my system needs me to be because of the Relay Leadership Programs.”

—Anetra Cheatham, Chief Innovation Officer, Beaumont ISD, Beaumont, TX

Step 1

First, if your district does not already have a partnership with Relay Leadership Programs, share and discuss this opportunity with your district/network leadership to ensure their support of your application. See admissions criteria below for more information and direct any questions related to eligibility to the Managing Director of the Leverage Leadership Institute, Kathleen Sullivan at ksullivan@relay.edu

Step 2

Next, complete the Relay admissions application, which includes education and employment information. You'll also need to provide these materials: 

• Resume
• Short essay
• Unofficial transcript
• Student results