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Special Report

How Principal Professional Development Is Evolving

November 3, 2021
Steve McManus, the Upper School Principal of the Friends School of Baltimore, helps a student complete her independent work during his modern history class on Sept. 24, 2021.
Steve McManus, the Upper School Principal of the Friends School of Baltimore, helps a student complete her independent work during his modern history class on Sept. 24, 2021.
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Professional development for principals and administrators can’t be limited to one-off traditional lectures and seminars that look at the job in a vacuum.

This special report looks at fresh ways to frame continued professional learning for school leaders that draws on real-world and classroom experience, leverages school and district resources, and teaches them how to draw valuable lessons from managing the turbulence and day-to-day crises that confront them.
Coverage of principals and school leadership is supported in part by a grant from the Joyce Foundation, at . °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ retains sole editorial control over the content of this coverage.
Coverage of leadership, summer learning, social and emotional learning, arts learning, and afterschool is supported in part by a grant from The Wallace Foundation, at . °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ retains sole editorial control over the content of this coverage.