First Ring Leadership Academy | Cleveland State University in Partnership with the First Ring School Superintendents Collaborative

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Cleveland State University is committed to customizing each participant's program so that whatever they need academically to become effective school leaders will be made available. One feature of the Academy is its strong link between leadership theory and best practices made possible through the powerful partnership established between Cleveland State University's College of Education and Human Services and the First Ring School Superintendent's Collaborative.

Academy members experience a non-traditional performance-based curriculum wrapped around the ISLLC standards. The Academy offers eleven, 20 hour sessions over 15 months. New knowledge and leadership skills are applied in home districts between sessions. Twenty-two graduate credits are earned through Cleveland State University. In the First Ring Schools, student mobility, achievement gaps, and racial and economic diversity challenge learning and testing. In addition, Academy sessions require that participants have release time from employment responsibilities.

The First Ring Leadership Academy is about inspiration and transformation, not remediation. The standards-based (ISLLC) curriculum supports transformation through its reflective processes. At the end of the 15-month Academy program, participants will have ample evidence by which to assess their transformation as leaders.

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