Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders

We invest in Philadelphia’s education leadership with a conviction that this investment will return dividends for Philadelphia’s schoolchildren.

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With inspiring interviews of #NeubauerFellows, compelling data on PASL's Fellows’ impact, and updates on our extensive programming, PASL is thrilled to share our 2024 Annual Report. Learn about our year of growth and change in #PhillySchools at: https://t.co/bKhhGVf95l

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Congrats to our Legendary 8! Last week, PASL hosted our third Institute in our 2024 #NeubauerFellow program. With inspirational speakers, hands on learning, and deep dives into data and leadership, this two-day event gave space for Fellows to strengthen their leadership skills.

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Thursday featured Sharifa Edwards, M.Ed with a dynamic session on talent recruitment and PASL’s own Dr. Edwin M. Quezada, Adrienne Reitano, Ph.D., and Latanya Simmons presented on utilizing data-informed leadership. Thank you presenters & #Legendary8 for advancing #PhillySchools!

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PASL just closed our two-day Winter Institute for 2024 #NeubauerFellows. @MMcCullum_iLead presented on growing strong and cohesive instructional leadership teams and Amanda Aiken, Ed.L.D. spoke about leveraging leadership strengths and maximizing talent pipelines.

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Mastbaum High School—led by Cohort 7 #NeubauerFellow David Lon—is seeing results with a Ninth Grade Success network instituted in some #PhillySchools. This focus on early high school has been associated with a 12 percentage point increase in on track 9th graders!

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The Philadelphia Tribune’s school of the week Dec. 17 was Fanny Jackson Coppin, led by principal and #Neubauerfellow Kelly Espinosa! The Tribune emphasized the school’s success in reducing learning gaps in math and reading. Congratulations Kelly!

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Eagles players supported #Phillyschools holiday celebrations! Each student was to receive a gift funded by their holiday music album. Player Jordan Maita even led students at Kirkbride, home of #NeubauerFellow Rebecca Julien, in singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!

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As we close our year, we take a moment to reflect and celebrate all that the PASL community has accomplished, and the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in our journey. Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season and a happy, healthy New Year.

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Thank you PASL for the opportunity to discuss the recruitment and retention of Black teachers! Proud to represent @templecehd

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PASL’s #BlackEducator Pipeline series—created to improve Black educator recruitment and retention—is underway! Yesterday, our #NeubauerFellows & Senior Fellows joined @TempleUniv Dean @drmwshealey, who discussed advocacy, policy & #BuildingCommunity with #Educator prep programs.

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The #GreenFamilyFoundation has an opportunity for #Philadelphia-area high school seniors to earn up to $20k for college! This scholarship is accepting applications through March 2, 2025. We encourage #PhillyschoolsPrincipals to share with their students!
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Our #PhillyschoolsPrincipals participated in a wonderful Senior Fellow Institute session on December 12! The session, led by Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, focused on culturally responsive instruction and multicultural education through conversation, video & even hands-on Play-Doh art!

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Last week, Cohort 8 #NeubauerFellows participated in our Cross Cohort Consultancies, visiting host fellows’ schools to observe classrooms, learn & give feedback. We thank Principals Luis Garcia, Rosalie Doherty, and Nicole Patterson for hosting their fellow #SchoolPrincipals!

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PASL recently hosted an amazing Black Educator Pipeline session with our #NeubauerFellows! Our #PhillySchools principals discussed recruiting educator activists and strengthening the Black educator pipeline.  We appreciate the contributions of our speakers and faculty members.

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Cohort 1 #Neubauer Fellow Sharif El-Mekki, president of the @CenterBlackEd, which focuses on Black teacher representation, was recently featured by the Word In Black racial equity fund as one of 6 leaders pushing for fair education. Congratulations Sharif!

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Last week, #PhillySchools principals explored the essentials of how to create a strong culture of learning and psychological safety! Together with Matt Kelley and Hannah Tran of PASL—as well as our #ANet partners—the principals also engaged in self-assessment and coaching.

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“Students are more than data points.” Last week, #PhillySchools principals joined PASL’s Director of Research and Evaluation to discuss reviewing and interpreting key data to gain insights into student performance and develop actionable next steps to foster school growth.

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PASL hosted another ILA session this week! Our #PhillySchools principals learned about creating a strong learning culture and sense of psychological safety in schools. Matt Kelley and Hannah Tran of PASL worked with #ANet coaching partners to maximize the session's usefulness.

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“We have to do something different, and I want to make sure that what we do is grounded in data.” - PASL Cohort 8 #NeubauerFellow

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PASL held a new event in the Data Driven Leader Series this week! The session, led by our Director of Research and Evaluation Adrienne Reitano, informed our #NeubauerFellow principals about student assessment data and how knowledge of it can be used to improve student outcomes.