What is Summer Leadership Academy?

Kickstart Next School Year with Confidence with EdConnective’s Summer Leadership Academy, a dynamic and collaborative learning experience designed for school leaders.

In three one-hour sessions, scheduled at your convenience this summer, leaders will grow together, guided by expert facilitators who bring real-world understanding and proven strategies to today’s education challenges.

Session Topics & Core Competencies

Leaders will explore practical ways to support and empower teachers by:
- Creating systems to listen and respond with empathy
- Building trust and respect through intentional relationships
- Identifying small, high-impact changes that reduce teacher stress
- Fostering a positive culture that prioritizes reflection
Walk away with tools you can use immediately to strengthen staff support and improve retention.
Duration: 1 hour
Leaders will explore practical strategies to strengthen the impact of professional development by:
- Understanding effective structures that drive adult learning
- Incorporating data to inform session design and facilitation
- Planning meaningful practice opportunities that lead to real growth
Walk away with tools you can use immediately to design engaging, purpose driven professional development.
Duration: 1 hour
Leaders will lay a rock-solid foundation for the upcoming school year by:
- Understanding the “why” behind team norms and their role in effective leadership
- Analyzing examples of strong and weak norms to identify best practices
- Creating and committing to norms and behaviors that support productive culture and implementation
Walk away with tools you can use immediately to foster team culture and drive meaningful collaboration.
Duration: 1 hour

Here’s how it works

3 Sessions, 1-hour duration per session
You choose 3 summer dates
Each session will begin with a large group topic introduction, and learning will include breakout groups for more intimate discussion and practice of the strategies learned. (See sample session flow at right)
Privately held for your school or district, EdConnective Summer Leadership Academy participation is unlimited within your district.
Participant’s guides will be provided for each participant, leveraged throughout the session individually, and kept as reference after the session concludes.
Hosted live online by EdConnective expert coaches.