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Alpine School District spotlights principal academy, data use and mentorship to boost school performance
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Scott Sumner, the district's executive director for leadership results and school performance, described programs that train prospective administrators, support early-career principals and use data and technology to target school improvement; the superintendent said the district has seen “double digit gains.”
Scott Sumner, executive director of leadership results and school performance for Alpine School District, said the district’s “main focus is to help schools improve,” and described leadership-development programs, data tools and mentoring aimed at supporting principals and improving student learning.
Sumner told district leadership that the office uses a “coherence map,” technology supports and school-level data work so staff can “see where the results are, help them set priorities” and identify how to help students learn. He described a multi-stage leadership pipeline that…
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