WCPSS 2024 Summer Leadership Conference

We are losing leaders in education. There. Let’s just name it. And not just Superintendents or Principals, but anyone in the school system trying to make changes that have a positive and observable impact where it matters the most–in classrooms with students. Department heads, team leaders, instructional coaches and even our “unofficial leaders” - those good folks who choose to put their hands up to volunteer to be a part of something that sounds like a good idea for kids. Despite an unending will from leaders across the system to meet the needs of the children in our classrooms, the already sky-high demands placed on the school system (pushed even higher in the post-pandemic era) have made leadership feel more like survival at all levels. As a result, as leaders we often find ourselves ‘drifting’, moving from crisis to crisis, struggling to know whether we are making a difference, and wondering “Is all of this worth it?”. Here’s the good news. It is worth it. Leaders DO make a difference. A big one. At all levels. We just need to make it easier for ourselves to SEE that we make a difference. To make the impact of our leadership observable while concurrently building the collective efficacy of those who lead, teach and learn in our schools.