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Raise Your Hand Texas hosts a yearly reunion conference for principal leaders who attended the RYHT Leadership Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Each year these principal leaders gather to reconnect and network but also to assess what they've learned and what they've implemented.
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Refresh, Reassess,Retool, Reconnect!
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Five Ways the Harvard Leadership Program Reunion Conference Helps Principals Continue to Grow
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Build Community1.
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Principals have a lonely job.
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On their own in their schools, they often
work in silos by themselves.
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By bringing them back together six months after their
Harvard experience, RYHT helps them…
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Compare notes on how particular ideas worked in specific contexts, whether urban, suburban or rural, or elementary, middle or high school
Make connections and build a long-term support network that includes diverse school leaders from around the state
Draw upon their fledgling support network and help it thrive
Reconnect around their work, and talk to each other as peers
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Build on What They Know
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In addition to giving principals a chance to compare notes and
share ideas, the Reunion Conference reunites principals with instructors and allows them
to jump on where they left off, so that they may…
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Revisit ideas and reassess strategies to retool them for given contexts
Continue to develop new perspectives on existing challenges and opportunities
Learn new and relevant skills to further what they learned at Harvard
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Improve Decision-making
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For instance, the session led by Professor James Honan will
focus on…
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resourcesHow to make decisions about managing
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Making financial and human resources decisions based on the case study method
Using a metric developed by foundations and philanthropy to assist with financial decision making
Creating a decision-making guide
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Broaden Horizons 4.
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The career-readiness session will help principals
Focus on what students need to know to pursue a career
Gain ways to think about multiple pathways to success, whether through a traditional four-year college, community college, military, or the job-market
Broaden their perspective and look at a wider landscape of student opportunity
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Additional sessions will focus on helping principals
Integrate technology into the classroom to improve student achievement
Engage in a 21st century approach to collaboration
Turn mediocre teachers into good ones
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Refresh and retool5.
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In conclusion
The Reunion Conference helps RYHT Leadership Alumni...
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Pick up where they left off and dive deeper into the content
Try innovative approaches in schools and then check back in to share their experiences with professors and peers
Reconnect with their community of peers and colleagues
Learn new skills and competencies
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happens...There’s a synergy that
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whole
… when school leaders are reminded that they’re part of a greater
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differenceThe interactions really make a
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