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Strengthening Education Through Community Partnerships: Insights for School Leaders
Veronica Sopher 3/19/24 Veronica Sopher 3/19/24

Strengthening Education Through Community Partnerships: Insights for School Leaders

The world has changed. We have changed. And the relationship between schools and their communities has never been more crucial. No longer operating in isolation, educational institutions now rely on strong partnerships with their communities to thrive.

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🚨 If your leadership team is just “getting by,” you’re already behind.

Reactive leadership won’t build culture, won’t retain your people, and definitely won’t sustain growth.

The strongest districts are investin
The quote that stops me every time.
Especially in schools.
Because your teachers will give everything they have.
And then a little more.

But if they feel alone in the mission? That’s when the cracks show up.
Summer isn’t about rest or de
Tired of feeling like summer PD is a checkbox?

Here are 5 strategies we use in my sessions that actually reset team culture:

1. Open with gratitude, not ground rules
2. Share stories from the front lines — mine, yours, and theirs
3. Reframe &
Last summer, a principal told me:
“We came back in August more tired than when we left in June.”

Sound familiar?

Rest isn’t just about days off. It’s about what you’re releasing before you restart.

Sometimes, it&rsquo

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