Now Accepting Applications!
Deadline: August 1
Our next cohorts will be held in the Twin Cities metro area and Southeast Minnesota (based out of Austin), respectively. Scroll down for more information and a tentative schedule. When you’re ready to apply, complete this application form:
Additional Information
- Info sheet about the MN Principal’s Academy available here. [PDF]
- Cost is $3500 per participant (can be paid over two fiscal years).
- Questions? Contact Katie Pekel, Academy Director.
Tentative Schedules, 2021-23:
Note: these are tentative dates and will be highly subject to change. This should give you an idea, however, of how the cohort meetings will be structured.
Twin Cities Cohort 1 (TC1)
- August 12, 2021: Introductory meeting
- September 23-24, 2021: Unit 1, The Educational Challenge
- October 14-15, 2021: Unit 2, Principal as Strategic Thinker
- November 18-19, 2021: Unit 3, Elements of Standards-Aligned Instructional Systems
- December 9, 2021: ALP Intro and Program Evaluation Overview
- January 20-21, 2022: Unit 4, Foundations of Effective Learning
- March 3-4, 2022: Unit 5, Leadership in the Instructional Core I (Lang Arts & History)
- April 14 , 2022: ALP Research Literature Day
- June 16-17, 2022: Unit 6, Leadership in the Instructional Core II (Math & Science)
- August 3, 2022: U of M—Leadership for Multilanguage Learning
- August 4, 2022: U of M—Teacher Evaluation
- September 22-23, 2022: Unit 7, Coaching for High Quality Teaching
- October 13-14, 2022: Unit 8, Promoting the Learning Organization; ALP Strategy Measurement Finalization
- December 8-9, 2022: Unit 9, Teams for Instructional Leadership
- January 12-13, 2023: Unit 10, Ethical Leadership for Equity
- February 2, 2023: ALP Writing / Presentation
- February 23-24, 2023: U of MN—Culturally Responsive School Leadership
- March 30-31, 2023: Unit 11, Driving and Sustaining Transformation
- May 4-5, 2023: Unit 12, Final Simulation and ALP Presentations
Twin Cities Cohort 2 (TC2)
- August 12, 2021: Introductory meeting
- September 16-17, 2021: Unit 1, The Educational Challenge
- October 28-29, 2021: Unit 2, Principal as Strategic Thinker
- December 2-3, 2021: Unit 3, Elements of Standards-Aligned Instructional Systems
- December 16, 2021: ALP Intro and Program Evaluation Overview
- January 13-14, 2022: Unit 4, Foundations of Effective Learning
- February 24-25, 2022: Unit 5, Leadership in the Instructional Core I (Lang Arts & History)
- April 15, 2022: ALP Research Literature Day
- June 23-24, 2022: Unit 6, Leadership in the Instructional Core II (Math & Science)
- August 4, 2022: U of M—Leadership for Multilanguage Learning
- August 5, 2022: U of M—Teacher Evaluation
- September 29-30, 2022: Unit 7, Coaching for High Quality Teaching
- October 27-28, 2022: Unit 8, Promoting the Learning Organization; ALP Strategy Measurement Finalization
- December 1-2, 2022: Unit 9, Teams for Instructional Leadership
- January 19-20, 2023: Unit 10, Ethical Leadership for Equity
- February 3, 2023: ALP Writing / Presentation
- March 2-3, 2023: U of MN—Culturally Responsive School Leadership
- April 6-7, 2023: Unit 11, Driving and Sustaining Transformation
- May 4-5, 2023: Unit 12, Final Simulation and ALP Presentations
Austin Cohort
- August 13, 2021: Introductory meeting
- September 30-October 1, 2021: Unit 1, The Educational Challenge
- October 25-26, 2021 (possibly October 18-19): Unit 2, Principal as Strategic Thinker
- November 15-16, 2021: Unit 3, Elements of Standards-Aligned Instructional Systems
- December 6, 2021: ALP Intro and Program Evaluation Overview
- January 17-18, 2022: Unit 4, Foundations of Effective Learning
- February 28-March 1, 2022: Unit 5, Leadership in the Instructional Core I (Lang Arts & History)
- April 12, 2022: ALP Research Literature Day
- June 13-14, 2022: Unit 6, Leadership in the Instructional Core II (Math & Science)
- August 1, 2022: U of M—Leadership for Multilanguage Learning
- August 2, 2022: U of M—Teacher Evaluation
- September 19-20, 2022: Unit 7, Coaching for High Quality Teaching
- October 10-11, 2022: Unit 8, Promoting the Learning Organization; ALP Strategy Measurement Finalization
- December 5-6, 2022: Unit 9, Teams for Instructional Leadership
- January 9-10, 2023: Unit 10, Ethical Leadership for Equity
- January 30, 2023: ALP Writing / Presentation
- February 20-21, 2023: U of MN—Culturally Responsive School Leadership
- March 27-28, 2023: Unit 11, Driving and Sustaining Transformation
- May 1-2, 2023: Unit 12, Final Simulation and ALP Presentations