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Deborah Tyler Dione Christy Associate Executive Director Director Professional Learning Principal Leadership Development

About NAESP The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), is the only national association dedicated to serving elementary and middle level principals and leaders. With nearly 20,000 professional members, our sole purpose is to help principals, their teachers and their school succeed. NAESP advocates for the support principals need to be successful 21st century leaders who can achieve the highest results for children, families, and communities. We save you time, connect you with your colleagues and bring you the “best of the best” resources and professional development opportunities along with a full list of valuable member benefits – like professional liability insurance, and full-time advocates who advance the interests of all principals on Capitol Hill, in the White House and Department of Education, on issues ranging from teachers and principal evaluations to Common Core implementation. The National Panel of New Principals is an NAESP signature program. Learn more about becoming an NAESP member.

About the Panel NAESP’s new principal panel is the first and only national program dedicated to gathering and sharing the experiences of new principals in rural, urban and suburban schools across the country. The panel is open to NAESP members and non-members. Who Qualifies : Elementary and middle-level principals in their first or second year as a principal (Note: Refers to the number of years in the principalship, not the number of years at a specific school). What Panelists Do : Panelists participate in four to six online surveys each year on a relevant topic. Each survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete. What Panelists Get : Helpful information and rewards! After every survey, panelists receive the survey results and resource recommendations from their peers. AND, participants completing multiple surveys will receive a special Thank You gift from NAESP or one of our sponsors. Participating in the panel is completely free, requires a very small time commitment and provides you with valuable rewards! Enroll in the panel today. The panel is in the news! Check out EdWeek’s recent article here !

Who’s on this year’s panel? 25% of the respondents to this survey were brand new principals – just starting your first year. And 75% are comparatively old pros, with at least a year under your belts. Gen Xers are still the majority, but Millennials are on the rise! • 3% are under 30 years old • 34% are in your 30’s • 46% are in your 40’s • 17% of you are over 50 What are your schools like? • About half your schools now include Pre-K • Almost two-thirds – 64% – of you are leading Title I schools

Did you hit the ground running this year? Most of you opened your schools feeling pretty well prepared… Overall, 72% of panelists gave yourselves scores of 7 or higher on a 10 point scale. Welcome news for first year principals – experience adds up quickly, and it’s clearly smoother the second time around! There was a positive difference between first and second year principals on this measure: While only 22% of first year principals gave themselves an 8 or higher on the readiness scale, that number increased to 49% of principals who’ve had an extra year’s experience.

Your biggest schoolwide challenges are focused squarely on your students The frequently cited challenges were academic achievement, closing the achievement gap and addressing student discipline and behavior. Top challenges (identified up to 3) • Student academic achievement • Closing the student achievement gap • Student discipline and behavior • Budgetary concerns • Parent engagement • Special education issues • Student wellness/mental health • Teacher quality issues

INTRODUCING Virtual Book Talk For Early Career Principals

NAESP Virtual Book Talk NAESP Virtual Book Talk for Early Career Principals is a free professional learning community (PLC) that serves as an online webinar forum, learning resource and collaboration space for early career principals to connect and learn more about key topics from school principal authors-education expert leaders in the field of education and school leadership.

NAESP Virtual Book Talk Purpose and Goals Connect early career principals with principal author- education thought leaders in an online PLC book talk webinar community. The Featured Author Book Talk provides promising school leadership and education perspectives and opportunities that include personal stories, real examples tied job embedded situations, and step-by-step adaptive thinking and solutions. • Principal Leadership In Action • Student academic achievement • Closing the student achievement/opportunity gap • Teacher quality issues

NAESP Virtual Book Talk Purpose and Goals NAESP Virtual Book Talk offers a follow-up component of 2-3 online professional learning community (PLC) sessions with Featured Principal Author-Expert Education Leader, immediately after each featured book talk webinar, and early career principals who join the NAESP National Panel of New Principals (NPNP). This opportunity is an up, close and personal PLC cohort connection to address participants’ ideas and problems of practice for deeper learning.

NAESP Virtual Book Talk Leading for Impact and Equity January 26, 2017; 4:00 p.m. EST

Dr. Sarah Fiarman currently serves as Senior Lecturer in the School Leadership Program at Harvard Graduate School of Education. “In Becoming a School Principal ,” Sarah E. Fiarman describes her first few years as a School Principal committed to enacting a powerful vision of leading and learning. Drawing thoughtfully on the literature of school reform and change leadership, Fiarman discusses the following: • empowering teachers • building trust • addressing racial and economic inequities • supporting a culture of continuous learning • highlighting thornier issues such as learning to use authority skillfully, dealing with resistance, and managing supervision and evaluation. Harvard Press Education The book talk addresses common challenges and highlights missteps as well as successes.”

“A contributing author to several leading books on school reform and instructional improvement, Fiarman engages readers in a lively, frank, and revealing conversation about building the vision and capacity to provide effective instruction for all students and the intensely personal process of learning to lead.” - Harvard Education Press How to Order Book: “ Becoming a School Principal ” is available from Harvard Education Press and at Amazon and other online bookstores. Save 20% when you order from Harvard Education Press – mention code: BASP17 at: http://hepg.org/hep-home/books/becoming-a- school-principal

NAESP Virtual Book Talk Renegade Leadership: A Surprisingly Simple Framework for Meaningful Change March 14, 2017; 4:00 p.m. EST

Dr. Brad Gustafson is an 2016 National Distinguished Elementary Principal and Author. School Awarded 2015 Local Government Innovation School in Minnesota.

How to Order Book: “ Renegade Leadership: Creating Innovative Schools for Digital Learners ” is available on Amazon at the link below: https://www.amazon.com/Renegade-Leadership-Creating- Innovative-Digital-Age/dp/1506334210/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_ Bdcrb_topie=UTF8

NAESP Virtual Book Talk Building Creative Capacity in Schools May 1, 2017; 4:00 p.m. EST

Richard Gerver is one of the clearest and most passionate voices for radical change as education successful and revolutionary school principal. Drawing thoughtfully on strategies that he used when he was brought in as head teacher and school principal to turn around Grange Primary School in the UK, Gerver shares how he implemented a vision for a school system that supports educators a and caters for every child; a system that helps nurture self-confidence, self-worth, creativity through arts, innovative thinking, team-working and communication skills – all key social-emotional, cognitive (academic and collaborative) skills and employability skills that children will need in the fast- moving world of technology and information they are growing up in. The book talk is co-hosted with Cheryl Sterman, Director of Education at Crayola. They address core questions for next generation leaders, arts leadership and student learners, and education perspectives to explore as school leaders.

Richard Gerver is one of the clearest and most passionate voices for radical change in education for high levels of student achievement. Gerver is known for his success as revolutionary school principal in the United Kingdom. Gerver has transformed the way we view high expectations and creating achievement schools for future ready students. Order Book Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creating-Tomorrows-Schools-Today- Education/dp/1855393948