Leading Learning
Leading Learning
Offered as a course within the Certificate in School Management and Leadership (CSML), Leading Learning is organized into four modules focused on developing the school structures, systems, supports, and culture that lead to excellent teaching and learning in every classroom, for every student.
Leading Learning participants will:
- Develop whole-school systems that align with your instructional vision to support all students.
- Create strong data- and action-driven systems and structures focused on students’ academic and character development.
- Design professional learning and leadership opportunities to develop teachers and improve teaching and learning.
- Navigate change in and around your school and empower your teams to meet students’ evolving needs.
Course Syllabus & Calendar
View modules and deadlines for upcoming editions of this course. The syllabus and calendars are downloadable.
- Leading Learning Course Syllabus
- February 2024 Course Calendar
- June 2024 Course Calendar
- July 2024 Course Calendar
Faculty
Mary Grassa O'Neill, CSML Faculty Co-Chair, Senior Lecturer on Education; Faculty Director, School Leadership, HGSE
Monique Burns Thompson, CSML Faculty Co-Chair, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, HBS
Deborah Jewell-Sherman, Gregory R. Anrig Professor of Practice in Educational Leadership, HGSE
Drew Echelson, Senior Lecturer on Education, Faculty Director, Doctor of Education Leadership Program, HGSE
Euvin Naidoo, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, HBS
John J-H Kim, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, HBS
Rick Weissbourd, Senior Lecturer on Education, Faculty Director, Human Development and Psychology, HGSE & HKS
Willis Emmons, Senior Lecturer and Director of the C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning, HBS
The course also features engaging case studies of the following practitioners:
- Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Founder and former CEO and Chairwoman, Care.com
- Gina Hubbard, Principal, Joseph J. Greenberg Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
- Jody-Anne Jones, Principal, North Star Academy Clinton Hill Middle School, Newark, NJ
- Stephanie Porta, Principal, Centennial High School, Columbus, OH
- Michele Trawicki, Principal, Marcy Elementary School, Menomonee Falls, WI
- Bernie Noe, Head of School, Lakeside School, Seattle, WA
Course Details
World-class Harvard faculty research adapted to the PreK-12 school context | |
100% online and interactive | |
Features case studies of leaders from a diverse cross-section of schools and businesses from across the country | |
Global peer network of school leaders | |
Develop a toolkit and solutions that are tailored to improving your school |
Learn more about our transformative learning experience for PreK-12 school leaders.