🌳 Admin Arbor Leadership Series
Rooted & Ready: A School Leader’s Guide to Starting Strong
Live Webinar Series for Site & District Leaders
🗓 Dates: July 29 • July 30 • July 31
🕑 Time: 2:00 – 2:45 PM (30 min content + 15 min Q&A)
đź“Ť Location: Live via Zoom
🎯 Theme: Starting the School Year Strong (as a Leader)
đź’¬ Session Topics:
July 29 – Trust Takes Root: Building Staff Trust Through Communication, Follow-Through & Transparency
Start the year by strengthening the foundation of your leadership: trust. In this session, we’ll explore how to launch the year with intentional team meetings, create space for staff input, and distribute leadership in ways that empower—not overwhelm. We’ll also unpack what true transparency looks like, including how to share key documents like tiered intervention plans and site budgets in a way that fosters collective ownership and clarity.
July 30 – Plan with Purpose: Building Internal Timelines & Policy Systems That Ground Your Leadership (with a Leader’s Checklist)
Behind every calm, confident school leader is a well-built planning calendar and clearly articulated policies—ones that go beyond public-facing events to capture the true work of leadership. This session walks through how to map internal timelines for initiatives like graduation, data cycles, family engagement, progress monitoring, and key school events. We’ll also cover legal reporting deadlines and essential policy checklists to ensure nothing slips through the cracks. You’ll leave with practical tools to keep your year grounded, organized, and proactive.
July 31 – Positive Partnerships: Communicating Expectations to Families with Empathy & Clarity
The beginning of the school year sets the tone for the entire year—and strong family communication is a powerful way to build trust and prevent conflict. In this session, we’ll explore how to communicate expectations around behavior, attendance, and key policies while keeping the message focused on student success and support. You’ll learn how to share tough truths with warmth, how to make policies feel human-centered, and how to launch the year with families as true partners in your school community.