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Network With the
Centers for Advancing

Leadership

The NAESP Centers for Advancing Leadership have
networking opportunities for every NAESP member, no
matter their career stage.
Innovative Principals Circle: Now in its second year,
the Innovative Principals Circle is all about amplifying,
connecting, and lifting up innovative principals across the
nation. Led by Rachael George and Adam Welcome, fel-
lows of the NAESP Center for Innovative Leadership, IPC
gives participants a forum to problem-solve, learn, and
grow together to become better leaders.
Middle-Level Meetups: Hosted by Kevin Armstrong
and Jessica Cabeen, fellows of the NAESP Center for
Middle-Level Leadership, Middle-Level Meetups help
middle-level leaders grow their professional learning
networks and equip them with strategies to implement in
their schools.
Coffee and Cultural Conversations: The NAESP Center
for Diversity Leadership, led by fellows Ryan Daniel and
Edgardo Castro, focuses on promoting best practices and
sharing resources related to cultural responsiveness and Conversation and
inclusion. To put this focus into action, the center created
Coffee and Cultural Conversations to connect members Connections for APs
who want to network, share their experiences, and culti-
vate a community of belonging in a world that sometimes
can feel isolating.
Women in Leadership Book Study Club: Created by The APs Rising Discussion Group is a national professional
Andrea Thompson and Jessica Gomez, fellows of the learning community for assistant principals that provides

NAESP Center for Women in Leadership, this club brings space for APs to ask questions, offer tips, get resources,

together women in education leadership to discuss and find support in a community-of- practice environment.
leadership challenges and successes. Focusing on one Now, the group is even more connected and interactive
book per year, the Book Study Club is reading and with its new APs Rising Conversation and Connections.
discussing concepts in The Confidence Code: The Science Led by Equetta Jones, the virtual meetup is an forum
and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know by space for APs to share ideas and resources regarding the
Katty Kay and Claire Shipman, during the 2021–2022 “glows and grows” of an AP. Learn more at https://bit.
school year. ly/2YFj6DQ.
Learn about these activities and more at https://bit.
ly/3FsJzoT.

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