NAESP Center for Middle-Level Leadership

Center Focus

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The Center for Middle-Level Leadership focuses on providing the exceptional skills and support that middle-level administrators need to lead outstanding schools with high levels of student achievement.

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The Center works to connect aspiring and experienced middle-level leaders with pertinent information and resources that promote their work with young adolescents transitioning from elementary to high school.

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Leaders engaged in the work of the Center for Middle-level Leadership are typically interested in creating learning processes and environments designed to meet the unique needs of young adolescents.

Get Involved

Middle-Level Meetups

Are you an NAESP member leading a middle school looking to connect with peers, discuss challenges, and share resources? Held every other month via Zoom, Middle-Level Meetups will help you grow your professional learning network and equip you with strategies to implement within your schools. Registration is open to current NAESP members and includes access to the Center for Middle-Level Leadership’s Community of Practice. Topics will include self-care, cultural responsiveness, enrichment, integrated SEL, and more. Come learn with us!

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Join the Community of Practice

Learn, grow, and connect with peers when you join the Center for Middle-Level Leadership Community of Practice.

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Meet the Fellows

Dr. Todd Brist
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Dr. Todd Brist

Principal
Watertown Middle School
Watertown, SD
Jessica Cabeen

Jessica Cabeen

Principal
Austin Online Academy
Austin, MN

Resources

  • Webinar Wednesday: Transform The Norm: Rethinking How Teachers Teach & Principals Lead

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    What if we as educators reimagined what our classrooms could look like, sound like or be like…..to help prepare our students for the 21st century we must mov…

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  • Moving Through the Middle

    Principal, , Volume 100, Issue 5

    Supporting successful transitions into and out of the middle grades.

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  • Middle-Level Meetups

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  • Middle-Level Meetups

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  • Middle-Level Meetups

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  • Middle-Level Leadership Fellow Application Open

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    NAESP is excited to announce that we have an opening for a fellow in our Center for Middle-Level Leadership due to Kevin Armstrong being elected vice president…

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  • Middle-Level Meetup

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  • Middle-Level Meetup

    Are you an NAESP member leading a middle school looking to connect with peers, discuss challenges, and share resources? Held every other month via Zoom, Middle…

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  • Middle-Level Meetup

    Are you an NAESP member leading a middle school looking to connect with peers, discuss challenges, and share resources? Held every other month via Zoom, Middle…

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  • Middle-Level Meetup

    Are you an NAESP member leading a middle school looking to connect with peers, discuss challenges, and share resources? Held every other month via Zoom, Middle…

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  • Middle-Level Meetup

    Are you an NAESP member leading a middle school looking to connect with peers, discuss challenges, and share resources? Held every other month via Zoom, Middle…

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