Assistant Principal

APTLA Graduates First Cohort Assistant Principal and Teacher Leaders Successfully Apply Engagement Principles

By Dr. Ann Stucke, Director, PAGE Professional Learning

School teams from across Georgia ity building through collaboration. are the first graduates of the PAGE Strong feedback from participants Assistant Principal and Teacher affirms the initiative’s effectiveness. Leadership Academy. The 107 assistant “The PAGE professional learning principal and teacher leaders spent two experiences in APTLA have shaped my years growing their understanding of thinking as a next-generation leader: student and staff engagement and capac- a school leader focused on designing engaging work for students, as well as develop‘APTLA [has] shaped my ing teacher leaders,” says Leah Green, assistant thinking as a next-generation leader.’ principal at East Newton Elementary School (Newton County). – Leah Green, Assistant Principal, Teacher leader Ashley Wallace of Carroll County’s East Newton Elementary School (Newton County)

Central High School says her school has now changed its approach to collaborative planning. “We are [using] norms and protocols to maximize efficiency to allow teachers to spend time designing engaging lessons,” she says. “The work is designed around and for student success.”

Should your school consider participating in the Assistant Principal and Teacher Leadership Academy? Here’s

Congratulations to the 107 graduates of PAGE Assistant Principal and Teacher Leader Academy.

what a few other participants say:

“A great strength of PAGE APTLA is the positive atmosphere,” says Will Zwingmann, assistant principal at Glanton-Hindsman Elementary School (Carroll County). “With all of the changes and the upheaval in education, it is nice to attend sessions that emphasize positive results from student growth and engagement through motivation.”

Stephanie Nash, assistant principal at Morgan County Primary School, says that in her school “student engagement has improved and teachers are more cognizant of how lessons are planned.”

Amy Stewart, assistant principal at Sonoraville High School (Gordon County), says that through APTLA, “a core group of teacher leaders have become empowered to design highly engaging units of instruction.” Furthermore, administrators, working collaboratively with faculty, are designing compelling learning experiences for students, faculty and parents.

The Assistant Principal and Teacher ‘Student engagement has improved.’ – Stephanie Nash, Assistant

Principal, Morgan County Primary School

Leadership Academy begins another two-year initiative this fall. To inquire about sending a team (one assistant principal and two teacher leaders), please contact Ricky Clemmons at rclemmons@pageinc.org or call 800-3346861 or 770-216-8555, ext. 161. n

Lowndes High School teachers Casey Page (left) and Treva Gear (right) with Assistant Principal Stacy Dickey.

‘We are maximizing efficiency to give teachers time to design engaging lessons.’ – Ashley Wallace, Teacher Leader, Carroll County Central High School

Photography by Lynn Varner and Meg Thornton