Program Overview
Our innovative, two-year fellowship program is designed to connect experienced North Texas area principals with like-minded peers, re-ignite their passion for the work, and provide them with the tools and resources to set and execute on a vision to improve their campus.
Principals participate in monthly workshops that provide high-quality leadership development, coupled with an immersive experience into the liberatory design process and support as they incubate and execute a 'big idea' action project designed to drive campus improvement.
Principals participate in monthly workshops that provide high-quality leadership development, coupled with an immersive experience into the liberatory design process and support as they incubate and execute a 'big idea' action project designed to drive campus improvement.
Design Thinking
PIC principals' idea development is rooted in the Design Thinking Process-- a methodology for solving complex problems by drawing on empathy to develop a desirable solution for the end user. Through the design thinking training, PIC principals learn to use logic, imagination, intuition and systemic reasoning to explore more innovative outcomes for their schools.
Principals developed prototypes to implement on their campus. Here are a few examples of their projects:
Principals developed prototypes to implement on their campus. Here are a few examples of their projects:
- Personalized Learning for Teachers
- Building Engagement Through Relationships & Restorative Circles
- Engage & Related: Building Relationships and Aligning Student Engagement Strategies to Student Needs
- Small Group Blended Learning in Core Classes
- Leading Through Adversity: Creating Systems that Foster a Sense of Belonging
- Celebrating Student Success Through Academic Goal Setting
- Reimagining Human Resources PD Through Virtual Engagement
Adaptive Leadership
PIC principals receive innovative leadership development training designed to deepen their learning, sharpen their leadership skills and empower them to be transformative leaders on their campus.
The professional learning curriculum is tailored to the life cycle of their action projects and includes topics such as:
The professional learning curriculum is tailored to the life cycle of their action projects and includes topics such as:
- Organizational change management
- Innovation and creative problem solving
- Embracing ambiguity and having a bias towards action
- Resilience coaching for challenging conversations & managing up
- Effective research methods & impact measurement
- Personal leadership mindfulness
- Self-compassion and leading with empathy
Well-Being
Peer Networking & Collaboration
PIC provides principals with the unique opportunity to connect with other like-minded peers and develop a support network of individuals from various districts across North Texas. Through PIC, principals are able to leverage the knowledge of others as they work collaboratively and effectively in a high-functioning, multi-stakeholder teams powered by a common goal of school improvement.
A key goal for PIC is to identify and test innovative and scalable strategies for other campuses to replicate. As leaders in their communities, PIC principals will have the opportunity to share their ‘big idea’ and outcomes with the broader North Texas educational community, and serve as a mentor resource for other local principals interested in replicating a similar idea at their school.
A key goal for PIC is to identify and test innovative and scalable strategies for other campuses to replicate. As leaders in their communities, PIC principals will have the opportunity to share their ‘big idea’ and outcomes with the broader North Texas educational community, and serve as a mentor resource for other local principals interested in replicating a similar idea at their school.
