Communities of Practice
Our CoPs use continuous improvement principles to address problems of practice among role-alike colleagues. CoPs will be confirmed in the fall when the needs of
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The 21st Century School Leadership Academy (21CSLA) is a robust, equity-centered professional learning experience for educational leaders – provided at no cost to you.
Offerings include:
We know your time is valuable. We promise to make each professional learning experience worth your while.
LAEP operates as the 21CSLA Regional Academy in:
District, site, and teacher leaders in these counties can join this exclusive, in-depth program to get free, practical professional learning.
A supportive, year-long program where leadership teams engage in localized professional learning, one-to-one and small team coaching, and communities of practice. Each team member receives at least 48 hours of free, high-quality professional learning over the course of the school year.
Programming is a mix of in-person (various locations) and virtual offerings.
Programming runs August through April. Check out our Program Guide (updated July 2023) for additional details here. While the application deadline has passed, if your team is interested in participating, please email CORE@laep.org and we would be happy to discuss options with you.
Develop a shared practice with role-alike colleagues from across the region by cultivating a collective sense of identity as equity-centered practitioners and a shared repertoire of resources, stories, artifacts, and tools.
Our CoPs use continuous improvement principles to address problems of practice among role-alike colleagues. CoPs will be confirmed in the fall when the needs of
More communities of practice coming soon!
If you would like to learn about new offerings as they arise or if you’re interested in the potential of us creating an offering based on your needs, contact us at core@laep.org.
Who: School/district leader teams Where: TBD When: Two full, back-to-back days in early 2024; dates TBD What: Educational leaders will be able to: A) analyze
More practical professional learning workshops coming soon!
If you would like to learn about new offerings as they arise or if you’re interested in the potential of us creating an offering based on your needs, contact us at core@laep.org.
21CSLA offers 25 hours of individualized leadership coaching for district, site, and teacher leaders. Coaching is built on relational trust and focused on equity-centered problems of practice using continuous improvement principles.
Individualized Coaching for the 23-24 Program is offered through the 21CSLA SoCal Leadership Collective or through signing up at the link below.
LAEP is proud to have been selected to operate one of seven state-wide Regional Academies through the 21CSLA (California School Leadership Academy) grant.
In partnership with the California Department of Education (CDE), California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE), State Board of Education (SBE), California Subject Matter Project (CSMP) and Regional Academies, 21CSLA will develop a robust, equity-forward approach to expand the capacity of California leaders at all levels.
Informed by improvement science, this initiative will improve instruction, schools, and districts to better meet the needs of underserved students. The end goal: Create more equitable schools for underserved pupil groups.
This partnership emphasizes the importance of improving instruction and achievement outcomes for English Learners; students with disabilities; low-income students; and other historically marginalized students.
Through its CORE model (Cultivating Organizational Resilience & Empowerment), LAEP provides school leaders with the trauma-informed knowledge and distributed leadership practices necessary to create a healthy school environment through coherence-building, stakeholder engagement, and empathetic and clear communication. Reach us at core@laep.org.
The partners operate within the California System of Support (SOS), which builds local capacity for education improvement and addresses disparities.
Interested in learning more about what might be possible for us to offer you or your team? Check out our previous offerings below, and contact us at core@laep.org to discuss the possibilities!
If you have questions or want more information, please contact Dana Shin at core@laep.org.