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Networking to Strengthen School Leaders
Leadership | Pre-K-12
Education can be a lonely profession. School leaders have to make tough calls and smooth over difficult situations every day, often without anyone to commiserate with or bounce ideas off of. The word “networking” often brings to mind awkward introductions at a conference, but when done correctly, networking connects you with mentors, collaborators, and friends who thaw your sense of isolation and guard you from burnout and stagnation.
In this course, you’ll explore both the personal and professional dimensions of networking. On the professional front, you’ll learn how to assess the strengths and weaknesses of your current network; how to find or build professional networks that will challenge and encourage you; and why networking benefits not only you, but also your school as a whole. You’ll also see how networking benefits you personally to become a more inspired, passionate school leader who feels supported and has the bandwidth to support others as well.
Using the techniques from this course, you’ll be able to build a network of fellow educators who will strengthen your leadership skills and reawaken your passion for your job.
Connections to Practice
This course provides the following classroom connections:
- Reflect on leadership practices
- Examine potential professional and personal networking opportunities
- Collaborate with school personnel to build networks
- Understand the importance of networking regarding schools and personal leadership growth
Course Objectives
In this course, participants will:
- Evaluate the purposes for networking.
- Communicate traits of networking that can benefit a school or school leader.
- Collaborate with others.
- Devise a plan for how to best build a personal network.
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- Train your staff in as little as eight hours or delve deeper into complex topics in our longer courses.
- Replace in-person PD days with 100% online, self-paced training teachers can complete virtually.
- Get PD tailored to your school's unique needs with our customizable content and flexible solutions.
- Offer higher education rigor and quality designed to give your teachers targeted, relevant training they can apply immediately.
- Increase buy-in and morale by providing teacher choice while maintaining school/district oversight and strategic alignment.
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We intentionally plan and build our course offerings to solve real problems in education. We regularly update our existing catalog and develop new courses based on schools’ needs, trends in K–12 education, and continual feedback from educators. Depending on your needs, you can train your staff in as little as eight hours with our short courses, or delve into complex topics in our longer ones.
Our course writers are content experts with extensive subject matter credentials and classroom experience. They work closely with our development team to build an experience that is relevant, highly practical, and aligned with industry standards. Courses are not just filled with innovative techniques, but also illustrate how to apply these tools in practice. With each course, teachers develop tangible products such as lesson plans or assessments that they can use immediately in their classrooms.
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