Academy for Educational Development

In this two-year initiative, AED is building on its recent Wallace Foundation-funded work on "conditions change" necessary to support effective leadership in education. The prior work resulted in the development of research-based rubrics, workshops, and resource materials--Conditions that Impede or Support Effective Leadership: Guidelines to Promote Reflection and Action--and an initial pilot-testing of the rubrics with two states.

In the last phase of the work, six states and selected districts in these states will use the rubrics to promote changes in the conditions affecting educational leadership. AED is providing technical assistance in the use of the rubrics to assist the development and implementation of action plans.

AED will also work to build a community of practice among the six states and original pilot states to discuss challenges and progress in changing conditions that affect governance, data-informed decision making, and human and financial resource allocation. Lastly, AED is documenting this work in the six states.