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Superintendent Arntzen Opens Applications for Third Year of Leadership Academies
HELENA – On May 5, 2023 the second cohort of the Executive Leadership Academy (EXLA) and the Teacher Leader Academy (TLA) will meet to share their Capstone projects in Great Falls. This will be the ninth meeting of the EXLA and the tenth meeting of the TLA. The Capstone projects will be live streamed on YouTube on May 5 at 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 2:45 PM. Over 30 participants including teachers, executive directors, principals, superintendents, managers, and directors from around Montana took place in the leadership academies.
“These Montana-based leadership academies offer our teachers and school leaders the tools they need to create better learning environments for our students,” said Superintendent Elsie Arntzen. “We will continue to cultivate quality teachers through Montana made innovations. Every student deserves a quality education as they are the future of our great state.”
The themes for the 2022-2023 the EXLA sessions were:
- A Gathering of Cultural Understanding
- What do you mean by Learning?
- Leading Great Instruction
- Family and Community as Partners in Education
- Legal Issues and Risk
- Rethinking Education
- The Impact of the Mathematical Mindset on All Learning
- Marketing and Storytelling
The themes for the 2022-2023 TLA sessions were:
- Shifting the Focus to Learning
- A Gathering of Cultural Understanding
- Leveraging Technology for Student Learning
- Leading Great Instruction
- Family and Community as Partners in Education
- Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking
- Rethinking Education
- The Thinking Classroom
- Profile of a Graduate