Leadership Coaching for system, site or out of classroom teacher leaders who seek to grow in their profession and to transform their schools and systems so that they are equitably serving all students; especially those who are historically marginalized.
Leadership coaching in the 21CSLA Alameda Regional Academy is an intensive, highly individualized form of professional learning that is rooted in principles of adult learning and driven by the needs and context of the leader. Leaders have the opportunity to engage in the most customized form of support that is informed and driven by their self-determined learning goals.
Our Coaches do not prescribe solutions; instead, they seek to facilitate and guide learning and growth, building on the leader's reflection and assets. In effect, what the coach provides is structured, supported opportunities for the leader to think about their experiences, knowledge, hopes and goals; this, rather than merely experiencing and reacting to daily stimuli. Our coaching process helps create new knowledge, shifts attitudes and beliefs and can lead to lasting change.
Each participant is thoughtfully matched with a personal coach who will mediate their growth and development as educational leaders. Coaches have experience at the site and/or systems level and matched with participants accordingly.
In areas you’ve identified as needs, your personal coach will help you:
- Interrogate issues of equity in your school, with an emphasis on serving vulnerable and historically underserved student populations
- Identify equity-explicit problems of practice as they arise in the return to campus
- Create and implement plans of continuous improvement
- Reimagine your systems by taking inventory of what has changed as a result of the pandemic and what is now possible
