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Aspiring Principals Program!
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Program Overview
Cohort 14

2. Table of Contents
New Leaders Overview
Aspiring Principals Program Overview
• FY15 Goals and Milestones
• Cohort 14 Resident Data
• FY15 APP Director Community
APP Core Documents
• Urban Excellence Framework
• APP Standards, Concepts, & Competencies
• 15 Actions
• Path to Transformational School Leadership
Resident Assignments and Learning Meetings
• Learning Cycle
• Assignments
• Learning Meetings
• Resident Minimum Requirements
Aspiring Principals Program Director Support Framework
• Support Directory

3. New Leaders Vision Statement
We envision a day when there is
educational excellence and equity
in America - where our country’s
public schools ensure that every
student is prepared for success in
college, careers and citizenship.

4. Mission Statement Core Beliefs
1. Every student can achieve at
high levels.!
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2. All adults must take personal
responsibility for student
learning and achievement.!
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3. Great schools are led by great
leaders.!
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4.With access to outstanding
public education all students
can unlock their fullest
potential in the classroom and
in life.!
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5. Delivering high-quality
education to all students is
critical to a just society.
Our mission is to ensure high academic
achievement for all children, especially
students in poverty and students of
color, by developing transformational
school leaders and advancing policies and

5. New Leaders
Core Values

6. Theory of Change
PRINCIPAL EFFECT
Highly effective principals are the leverage
point for turning around schools
MAGNIFYING PRINCIPAL IMPACT
Principals with skilled school leadership teams and
supervisors who enable them to lead can turn
around schools even better
To transform our public education!
system, we need a great many great!
school leaders.

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Aspiring Principals Program!
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Aspiring Principals Program Directors
Goals and Milestones

8. New Leaders Programmatic Vision
Tightly Aligned to the
Urban Excellence
Framework
We teach our New Leaders
how to build the school
practices that our evidence-
base proves drives student
learning in high-poverty
schools
Deep Practice: Frequent
Practice, Observation,
Feedback and Reflection
Leadership skills are built
through repeated practice
followed by high-quality
feedback and personal
reflection.
Rigorous Evaluation
Focused on the results that
participants drive at their
school site– proof that New
Leaders’ program participants
improve other adults’ practice
that leads to increase student
learning.
Differentiated,
Personalized, and
localized
All program participants
understand and own their
learning goals. Curriculum is
differentiated to meet the
learning needs of the
participants and is delivered
“just-in-time, just-enough, and
just-for-me”.
Builds the capacity of
leadership at
participants’ school sites
Participants in New Leaders
programs develop and grow
the instructional and
leadership practices of the
adults around them.

9. PERSONAL
• A personalized and differentiated learning experience that will prepare you for the principalship and match
your skills and experience to your Residency site
The Aspiring Principals Program - Overview
The New Leaders Aspiring Principals Program aims to provide a specific, differentiated and
relevant Residency experience, giving each Resident the opportunity to deeply and
purposefully practice the actions of a transformational urban school principal.
LOCAL
• A localized learning experience so you are prepared to succeed in your Residency and ultimately as a
principal in your particular city
AUTHENTIC
• An authentic experience that allows for deep and consistent practice of transformational leadership practices
RIGOROUS
• A rigorous approach to assessment that ensures an objective and instructive evaluation of your work,
measuring your performance against a high bar of excellence

10. Aspiring Principals Program
Program Goals

11. Aspiring Principals Program
APP Goal #1:
Provide partners with high-quality school leaders
who are prepared to drive dramatic student achievement results in schools
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Metric(s):
• # or % of Residents endorsed as ready for the principalship
Add APP Org wide goal
APP Program Goals APP Organization Wide Goals
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Demonstrate impact on School practices and student outcomes at
the school site.
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Metric(s):
• XX% make significant progress towards, meet or surpass all of
their SMART goals [internal only]
APP Goal #3:
To develop the knowledge and skills of participants in leading adults
to drive student achievement gains.
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Metric(s):
• XX% of Residents demonstrate proficiency, or grow at least one
level, in all competencies from the first they are assessed to the
last time they are assessed (exclude any competencies for which
assessments will not be able to capture growth) [internal only]

12. Cohort 14 Resident Principals

14. Aspiring Principal Program Directors
Maria Hopewell !
Baltimore
Lydia Glassie!
Bay Area
Ed Morris, Jr!
Chicago
Elizabeth Gonzalez !
Chicago
Ellen Reiter!
Chicago
LaWanda Hill!
Memphis
Nicole Williams!
New Orleans
Linda Sherwood!
Prince George’s County
Michelle Edwards!
Washington, D.C.
Vacant!
E.D. of APP
May Mark!
Program Manager
Joanna Maccario !
New York City/Newark
APPD C14 SummerFun Lunch:
Joanna, Lydia, Ben Fenton,
Linda, May
Nicole, Elizabeth, Maria, Ed
(behind Michelle), Michelle

15. APPD Critical Friends Groups
Maria
Hopewell
Elizabeth
Gonzalez
DC APPD
Lydia
Glassie
Nicole
Williams
Linda
SherwoodLaWanda
Hill
Ed Morris
Joanna
Maccario

16. APP Director Community of Practice &
In-Person Training Homepage
Access Community of Practice and In-Person training resources and materials
(Click on title to access resources)

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Aspiring Principals Program!
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Aspiring Principals Program Director
Core Program Documents

18. The Urban Excellence Framework
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School Culture
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Aligned Staff
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Teaching & Learning
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Personal Leadership
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Operations & Systems
The New Leader APP Program Standards can be downloaded at:!
The Urban Excellence Framework
The Urban Excellence
Framework™ is New Leaders for New
Schools' strong stance on the most
effective principal actions and school
practices for driving the kind of dramatic
change in urban public schools that will
be necessary to ensure that every student
is prepared for success in college, a
career, and citizenship.!
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New Leaders is rooted in the unwavering
belief that this goal is both necessary and
possible through strong school
leadership. We have come to understand
that one of a principal's primary jobs is
to diagnose their school's needs and
match them to effective strategies that
drive student success. The UEF™
reflects our best understanding of what
that match looks like in our highest-
gaining schools.

19. New Leaders Standards
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The New Leader APP Program Standards can be downloaded at:!
APP Standards and Competencies
New Leaders Standards for the
Aspiring Principals Program define
what Residents need to know and be
able to do by the end of the
residency to lead schools in
preparing students to be successful
in college, careers, and citizenship.!
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Standards: high-level statements of
what Residents need to know and be
able to do to lead schools in
preparing students to be successful
in college, careers, and citizenship !
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Concepts: high-level themes
embedded within each standard!
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Competencies: more specific
statements within each concept
regarding what Residents need to
know and be able to do to lead
schools in preparing students to be
successful in college, careers, and
citizenship!
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20. New Leaders Standards
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The New Leader APP Core Competencies can be downloaded at:!
5 Core Competencies
The 5 Core Competencies
represent the leadership
practices that New Leaders
views as high leverage for
school leaders. These 5 core
competencies will be embedded
consistently throughout
Resident assignments and will
be assessed more frequently
than others.

21. 15 Leadership Actions
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The 15 Leadership Actions printout can be downloaded at:!
15 Leadership Actions

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Path to Transformational School Leadership

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Steps to Meeting Program Standards
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24. APP Scope and Sequence
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The APP Scope and Sequence can be downloaded at:!
APP Scope and Sequence

25. APP Master Rubric
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The APP Master Assessment Rubric can be downloaded at:!
APP Master Rubric

26. The Pathway to Action Plan
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A Blank Pathway to Action form can be downloaded at:!
Pathway to Action Plan

27. UEF School Diagnostic
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A Blank School Diagnostic can be downloaded at:!
School Diagostic Rubric
Diagnostic Overview: The learnings in
the Urban Excellence Framework (UEF) are
divided into five major categories that are
central to school improvement. Underneath
each category we find a subset of key
levers that leaders push to guide
improvement within their schools. Key
levers include multiple concepts, which
highlight more granular areas of focus
within the lever. The UEF describes how
principal actions and school practices
evolve and build across three stages of
development. These observable school
practices/structures serve as the foundation
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The School Diagnostic is an assessment
tool that helps to guide a principal’s work
by assessing the school on critically
important levers in the UEF. This
assessment includes a strong diagnosis of
school practices within each lever and is
designed to reveal strengths and
inconsistencies. This diagnosis is essential
to an effective goal-setting and strategic
planning process, which ultimately leads to
school improvement measured by increased
student achievement and stakeholder
satisfaction.!

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Resident Learning Experience
Assignments & Assessments

29. The APP Learning Cycle
Achieving
Mastery
DEEP
PRACTICE
&
REFLECTION
ResidencySite
FEEDBACK
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REFLECTIO
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entor Principal, Director
and/or Peers
ASSESSM
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By
Director
REPEATED
PRACTICE
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REFLECTIO
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Residency
Site
INTRODUCE/
EXPLORE CONCEPT
Learning Sessions
GUIDED
PRACTICE
In Session
How the Residency experience will shape our Residents’ leadership development skills this year
The APP learning cycle represents the
process by which Residents
demonstrate proficiency of leadership
concepts learned during the
Residency year through practical
application.

30. Resident Assignment Cycle
School Profile/
Making the Case
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Team Leadership
(Phase One)
Mini
Observation 1
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Team
Leadership 1
LM1 LM2 LM3
Mini
Observation 2
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Team
Leadership 2
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School Profile 2
LM1 - Learning Meeting One // LM2 - Learning Meeting 2 // LM3 - Learning Meeting 3
Before Learning
Meeting 1
After Learning
Meeting 1
After Learning
Meeting 2

31. Post Optional Learning Meeting One Assignment Guide
School Profile/
Making the Case
Strategic Planning
APP Diagnostic Rubric
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APP Pathway to
Action Plan
School Profile Rubric
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School Profile
Observer Form
Team Leadership
(Phase One)
Not formally assessed
(will be discussed as a part of LM1)
Facilitative
Leadership
Team Leadership 1
Assignment Handout
Assignment Resources Course Strand
Supporting Documents
and Resources
Optional Learning Meeting 1 Resources: Director Guidance Document

32. Post Learning Meeting One Assignment Guide
Mini Observation 1
Observation and
Supervision of
Instruction
Mini-Observation
Rubric
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Mini-Observation
Template
Team Leadership 1
Team Leadership
Rubric
Adult and Team
Leadership
Assignment Resources Course Strand
Supporting Documents
and Resources
Learning Meeting 1 Resources: LM1 Coaching Guidance, LM1 Rubric, APP SMART Goals Guidance

33. Learning Meeting 2 Resources: LM2 Coaching Guidance, LM2 Rubric, “On track/off track” Guidance document,
LM2 Sample Resident Agenda
Mini Observation 2
Observation and
Supervision of
Instruction
Mini-Observation
Rubric
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Mini-Observation
Template
Team Leadership 2
Team Leadership
Rubric
Adult and Team
Leadership
Assignment Resources Course Strand
Supporting Documents
and Resources
School Profile 2
(EOY Diagnostic)
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Prep for LM3
Strategic Planning
APP Diagnostic
Rubric
Post Learning Meeting Two Assignment Guide

34. Learning Meeting Three - APP Director Guidance
Learning Meeting 3 Resources: LM3 Coaching Guidance, LM3 Rubric, Endorsement Recommendation Guidance
Document, LM3 Sample Rubric
Resident
Minimum
Requirements
Webinar
Attendance
Coaching
Treatment
Units
Similar to last year’s Performance
Meetings, Residents are required to
track Resident Minimum Requirements
and are asked to submit this information
four times during the Residency year.
Session attendance and assessment
completion information will be tracked
electronically into city specific forms.
One-on-one coaching support will be captured
with each Learning Meeting by conceptualizing
sessions in terms of ‘coaching treatment units’.
One treatment unit consists of a feedback
session in keeping with the above definition that
is less than 2 hours. There will be a field to
capture this information within the Qualtrics
link for each Resident’s Learning Meeting
reviews. APP Directors will be prompted to
indicate the number of one-on-one coaching
treatment units that were held since the last
Learning Meeting (or, in the case of the first
Learning Meeting, since the beginning of the
Residency Year).
Residents are required to attend all
scheduled virtual webinars.

35. Resident Minimum Requirements: APPD Guidance
What?
Similar to last year’s Performance Meetings, Residents are required to track Resident Minimum Requirements and are asked to submit this
information four times during the Residency year. Session attendance and assessment completion information will be tracked electronically
into city specific forms.
Why?
This information is collected for a variety of reasons, including Endorsement Decisions, Resident accountability, Program Evaluation, and
Funder Reporting. The responses that Residents enter into the electronic form are then reviewed by the APPD for accuracy once at the end
of 2014 Summer Foundations and during each Learning Meeting.
How?
Links to the electronic forms will be available to Residents on Canvas in respective Learning Meeting sections in advance of each meeting.
The form will list each in-person and virtual session and assignment that took place during the specific time period with a drop down menu.
Residents will select one of the following options based on their attendance / assessment completion. These responses will be collected
into a single Google Spreadsheet for each city. Links to these spreadsheets are at the bottom of this document.
In-Person and Virtual Session!
The list of options for each in-person or virtual session will include the
following:
• Attended - attended the entire session
• Made up session - missed the session bout attended approved
make-up session
• Missed - Did not attend the session or make-up the session
• N/A - not applicable
• no in-person session in that week
• for APP Intensive attendees only
Assignments!
The list of options for each assignment will
include the following:
• Complete
• Incomplete
Residents will be responsible for filling in this
information online, via Google Form, before each
Learning Meeting and once following the end of
Summer Foundations. Residents will be provided with
a document that lists each session and assignment to
assist them with their tracking.
Tracking Time Period Tracker Due from Residents
Local Induction to end of Summer
Foundations
August 8th
Summer Foundations to Learning Meeting
1
Before Learning Meeting #1 (specific dates are city driven)
Learning Meeting 1 to Learning Meeting 2 Before Learning Meeting #2 (specific dates are city driven)
Learning Meeting 2 to Learning Meeting 3 Before Learning Meeting #3 (specific dates are city driven)

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Aspiring Principals Program!
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Aspiring Principals Program Director
Support Framework

37. If you need help with:
Supporting Residents!
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Weekly seminar ideas!
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Balancing city and national needs
Aspiring Principals Program
Director Community
Ellen Reiter
Chicago
Ed Morris, Jr.
Chicago
Elizabeth Gonzalez
Chicago
Michelle Edwards
Washington, D.C.
Lydia Glassie
Bay Area
Maria Hopewell
Baltimore
LaWanda Hill
Memphis
Nicole Williams
Senior Director,
New Orleans
Joanna Maccario
New York City/Newark
Linda Sherwood
Prince George’s County
Aspiring Principals Program
APP Core Documents Homepage
Canvas Homepage // Salesforce Homepage
APPD Community of Practice Homepage
Weekly Program Bulletin

38. If you need help with:
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Reach out to Kaitlyn Mittian for all
questions regarding Assignments and
Learning Meetings. !
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Reach out to Paul Barnhardt for all
questions regarding content including
Foundations and webinars.
Content and Assessment Team
Ashley Jackson
Program Manager
Lakisha Covert
Senior Director,
Content & Curriculum
Kaitlyn Mittan
Director of
Quality Assurance
Vera Torrence
Senior Director,
Content & Curriculum
Denise Corbett
National Director of
Assessment
Paul Barnhardt
Director of
Content Alignment
Scott Neil
Senior Director,
Content & Curriculum
Sherrell Peters
Program Manager,
Instructional Design
Mary Rice-Boothe
Executive Director,
Content & Assessment
Lacey Robinson
Senior Director,
Content & Assessment
APP Nationally Developed Content
APP Nationally Developed Content
APP Nationally Developed Assessments
Winter Foundations 2014 Content Calendar

39. Questions Quick-Guide
Questions on: Reach out to:
APP Content Paul Barnhardt
APPAssignments and
Learning Meetings
Kaitlyn Mittan
Resident Endorsement Denise Corbet
Technology: Wiki,
Qualitrics, Salesforce,
Canvas
Business Solutions
Foundations Books Kendall Tripathi-Parker
Resident Minimum
Requirements
Nia Tyler
Coaching units Mark Bailey
Managing Progress to
Goals
Marianna Valdez
Community to Practice Nick Patterson

40. Questions on Content or Assignments or Learning Meetings?
Reach out to individuals noted below on the Content and Assessment Team.

41. Questions on Wiki, Salesforce, Qualtrics, and Canvas?
Reach out to Business Solutions! Email bizsol@newleaders.org for all questions.

42. Questions on Progress to APP Goals, Resident Data, Session
Surveys, Minimum Requirements Tracking, Coaching Units
Reach out to Research and Evaluation!

43. Questions on the Program Bulletin, Foundations, Synchronous
Webinars, and Books?
Reach out to Program Operations