Balanced Leadership for Student LearningTM
What makes a principal or school leader effective? What’s the best leadership style to improve student success? McREL’s analysis of effective principals and schools revealed a set of specific “Balanced Leadership” actions that leaders should take to help their students learn more and help their teachers increase their collective efficacy. We then created the Balanced Leadership professional learning program to help current and future principals, school leadership teams, and district administrators learn how to put these strategies and actions to work in their own leadership to drive higher levels of school performance.
We’ve helped more than 20,000 school leaders across the U.S. and around the world learn how, when, and why to enact Balanced Leadership in their schools to increase student learning, teacher efficacy, and school success. When working with school and district staff, our team of school leadership experts collaborate with them to fine tune our evidence-based professional learning program to match their specific contexts, strengths, and goals for leadership development and school improvement.
Contact us today to learn how we can support your school leadership team’s development.
Professional learning for transformative school leadership
Focus your leadership efforts on the right work at your school that will have the biggest impact on student success:
Inspire your teachers, support staff, students, parents, and community with a shared vision and purpose for your school.
Develop your school’s positive, engaging learning culture and collective efficacy.
Engage and empower your leadership team to define and drive success together.
Learn more about Balanced Leadership for Student Learning.
Contact us today to start a conversation with our team about your school or district goals,
and how our leadership development services can support your journey.
What superintendents and principals are saying . . .
“I highly recommend Balanced Leadership to any district.”
“Our achievement scores show that McREL’s research-based practices lead to improvement.”
“Balanced Leadership has become our culture. If I were to hire a new principal, I would send them to the training before they ever worked a day.”
“A tremendous learning opportunity for principals and district leaders.”
“I learned how to have a purposeful community at school and it made my life easier,
as everyone agreed on what we needed to do and accomplish.”
School leadership development for school improvement
Our team of former educators most often deliver Balanced Leadership through four one-day learning sessions spread out during a semester or a school year. We know that every school is different, so we can contextualize our sessions to meet your specific needs and goals, and we’ll create a scope of work that matches your schedule and budget. In addition to on-site professional learning sessions, our school leadership team can also deliver online learning and coaching to sustain your team’s momentum and continued growth.
