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NAESP Center for Innovative Leadership

Center Focus

The Center for Innovative Leadership works to highlight transformative and innovative practices and strategies that serve as a catalyst for shaping the long-term impact of school improvement efforts.

The Center works to create a network of leaders who are in pursuit of the highest and most meaningful results for children, families and communities.

Leaders engaged in the work of the Center for Innovative Leadership are typically interested in learning about and implementing non-traditional approaches to learning that have the potential to result in significantly different outcomes.

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Meet the Fellows

Liz Garden

NAESP Center for Innovative Leadership Fellow and Principal

lizgarden318@gmail.com

Henry P. Clough Elementary School

Mendon, MA

Scott McLeod

NAESP Center for Innovative Leadership Fellow and Professor of Educational Leadership

dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com

University of Colorado

Denver, CO

Resources

21 Keys for Positive School Climate and Culture
7/16/22
Session notes from “21 Keys for Positive School Climate Culture,” presented by Ryan Eckart and Keith Kuwik.
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Ways to Maximize Your Building Leadership Team
7/15/22
Session notes from “Ways to Maximize Your Building Leadership Team,” presented by Courtney Goodman.
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The Literacy Lever: Every Reader, Every Leader, Whatever It Takes
7/15/22
Session notes from “The Literacy Lever: Every Reader, Every Leader, Whatever It Takes,” by Brad Gustafson.
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Fearless Schools
7/15/22
Session notes from “Fearless Schools,” presented by Doug Reeves.
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How to Get All Teachers to Be Like the Best Teachers
7/15/22
Session notes from “How to Get All Teachers to Be Like the Best Teachers,” presented by Todd Whitaker.
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School Safety and You: Tools to Address Emerging Threats in the K-12 Community
7/15/22
Session notes from “School Safety and You,” by Kaitlin Seale, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Aimee Manjarres, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, …
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Connect and Engage at the Learning Lounge
7/8/22
Take time at the conference to learn from fellow educators and build relationships.
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Ask Simon Sinek
7/1/22
At the opening general session, thought leader and best-selling author Simon Sinek will be asking you “what’s your why,” and offering you strategies to pursue …
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A New Standard for Professional Learning
5/28/22
Revised Standards for Professional Learning ensure school leaders weave equity into every aspect of professional learning to improve educator practices and stu…
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When an Elementary School Principal Goes to the White House
5/5/22
Here’s how one principal used his seat at the table with the Secretary of Education and First Lady to share how his school needed—and put to good use—American …
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Why Assistant Principal Recognition Matters
4/1/22
A congressional resolution celebrating National Assistant Principals Week demonstrates the strong bond between policymakers and school administrators.
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5 Habits of Confident Women
3/26/22
Want to grow as a female school leader? Follow these five habits of confident women who define their own success.
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Women in Leadership: Find Your It Factor
3/26/22
Two female administrators discuss how nature versus nurture, overcoming barriers, and being a change agent all played into their confidence to grow as school l…
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5 Legislative Asks to Influence Education Policy
3/23/22
Use this messaging—and tailor it to tell your school’s story—as you meaningfully engage with policymakers on the decisions they need to make to ensure the futu…
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A Special Message from NAESP Partner Lysol
3/13/22
For over 130 years, Lysol, a Reckitt brand, has been a leader in fighting pandemics – starting with the cholera outbreak in 1890 in Germany then again in 1918 …
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Celebrating Heritage and History
7/30/21
In this Principals’ Voices in School Equity blog post, a principal explains his strategies to bring staff, students, and families together to form a more cultu…
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5 Ways Principals Can Make Federal Relief Money Matter More for Their Students
7/27/21
Spending decisions will play out in communities for years to come. Principals can help make sure these financial decisions do the most for the children and fam…
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Ruby Payne: Understanding the “Why” Behind Behaviors
7/22/21
In her keynote address, former principal Ruby Payne explained why discipline strategies in schools aren’t working—and how to use the knowledge of the “why” beh…
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Leading Schools With an Equity Lens
7/21/21
Lessons learned from the NAESP Pre-K-8 Principals Conference will help you start the new school year with a focus on leading schools with an equity lens.
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Dan Heath: Preventing Crises in Schools Before They Happen
7/21/21
In his closing keynote address, innovative business thought leader Dan Heath inspired attendees to think upstream, identifying—and solving—the issues schools s…
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