Ann Chlebicki, “Innovative School Leadership Initiative” form the US Department of Education ($4,903,710 over 5 years, 2013-2018). Innovative School Leadership Initiative is a partnership between CSUDH and the Los Angeles Unified School District to improve leadership, instruction and student achievement in 30 low-performing, charter or semiautonomous high schools by providing four years of comprehensive professional development to 30 principals and up to 180 teacher-leaders in their schools. Members of these school leadership teams who are aspiring leaders, as well as any charter principals who lack one, may earn administrative credentials through an alternative pathway. ISLI includes one-week summer sessions, online certificates in topics requested by school leaders, online book discussions, project conferences, and practicums in which school leadership teams apply their learning by designing and implementing projects in their own schools to improve teacher practice and school climate. Also, principals will be mentored by highly trained school leaders who participated in CSUDH’s two prior SLP-funded projects.
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