LLA Fellowship
Empowering Leaders to Improve Outcomes
Students deserve excellent and equitable schools, highly effective teachers and leaders, and welcoming and culturally responsive school communities that foster their growth as intellectuals and individuals. LLA empowers school leaders to create these conditions through our flagship Fellowship program.
Developed with research-based best practices, the Fellowship combines rigorous professional development with individualized coaching—helping sitting and aspiring principals to improve outcomes, increase opportunities, and disrupt inequity in underserved communities. The integration of coaching and professional development supports Fellows in implementing new learning immediately and effectively in their schools, culminating in transformative change.
Fellows strengthen their instructional expertise, improve their executive management skills, and join a continually expanding network of mission-driven leaders who collaborate across sectors to transform our communities.
The Fellowship Includes:
Comprehensive Assessments
Fellows will undergo a 360 Degree Leadership Assessment to capture their strengths and areas for growth. At the start and end of the year long Fellowship, each Fellow’s assigned Leadership Coach will conduct an in-person school review to asses school instruction and culture.
Individualized Coaching
Fellows will receive up to 150 hours of 1:1 coaching from their assigned Leadership Coach (LC). The role of the LC is to both push and support Fellows, so they are able to continue to create and sustain a culture of achievement in their school after the fellowship year.
Individualized Development Plan
Fellows will work directly with their Leadership Coach to create an Individualized Development Plan (IDP) that provides a targeted course of action for increasing their leadership capacity. Data and LLA's Standard of Excellence for School Leaders rubric will be used to create the IDP.
Leadership Retreats
The initial Cohort Retreat in May is an opportunity for Fellows to build a cohort community and to begin the Fellowship year grounded in key learning. The Winter Retreat in January provides Fellows the space to review their 360-survey feedback and reflect on their Equity Impact Initiative.
Intensive Summer Institute
Fellows will gather for a series of professional development sessions. Topics include: Creating Inclusive and Equitable School Communities, Excellent Instruction, Leading Strategically, Strategic Planning, Data Driven Equity, Social Identity, Social Bias, and Social Justice.
Professional Development
Monthly PD sessions are designed to achieve specific learning objectives, aimed at strengthening instructional expertise and coaching strategies, building executive management skills, and strengthen equity-centered leadership capacity to ensure a culture of achievement in their school community.
Equity Impact Initiative
Each Fellow's EII will be designed to improve instruction and disrupt inequity in their school. LLA will reference a research-based theory of practice and set of indicators, aimed at increasing student achievement among students - in particular students who have been historically marginalized.
Deadlines
Qualified candidates greatly outnumber the spaces available, so we recommend applying as early as possible.
BPS Aspiring Principal Deadline
12/06/22
Aspiring Principal Deadline
12/19/22
Sitting Principal Deadline
1/9/23
Decisions Sent
3/30/23
“My LLA Leadership Effectiveness Director has really helped me to put into practice our beliefs, but also to figure out who I am, what I want for Boston, what I want for our kids, and what I want for Catholic education. The cross-sector work is so important, and it is just scratching the surface of what’s beginning for Boston.”