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Balanced Leadership

The Kansas Association of School Boards formed an exclusive partnership with the Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). Through this partnership, KASB is offering leadership seminars for building administrators, using the McREL program of Balanced Leadership.

The McREL program is a statistically proven methodology designed to provide building administrators with the necessary leadership skills to improve student learning. The seminars deal with building level skills.

Because of its study of leadership, McREL has developed the Balanced Leadership Framework. The framework consists of four major components. They are:

  • Identification of 21 responsibilities that affect student learning.
  • Trains principals to focus on the changes that make a difference in student achievement.
  • Trains administrators to manage the magnitude of change.
  • Guides principals on how to develop a purposeful community to effect student achievement.
Participants in the training engage in four separate two-day sessions throughout the year. They receive knowledge as well as hands-on activities designed to lead them through the four components of the framework.

McREL was founded in 1966 as a non-profit organization to assist educators through research and guided training. The organization is dedicated to the dissemination of best practices designed to improve student learning. McREL has provided theory based practices across the United States. Its first major work centered on classroom instructional behaviors that make a difference in learning. The latest research and training deals with building leadership behaviors that impact student learning.

KASB will continue to explore ways to partner with McREL to enhance leadership training and development in the state of Kansas.

For more information contact: Dr. Mike Pomarico, Assistant Executive Director/Administrator Services at 800.432.2471 or email mpomarico@kasb.org