Public Education Leadership Project
- Dates: TBD
- Format: In-Person Learning takes place on the HBS campus or a designated location.
- Location: HBS Campus
- Fee: TBD
Summary
Improved student performance depends on strong leadership, a culture of collaboration, and a dedication to accountability across a school district. This program helps leaders from U.S.-based urban school systems apply proven management concepts to their districts' unique challenges. Joining with other administrators and educators from across the country, your team of eight leaders from your district will refine your management model, develop new improvement strategies, and learn how to serve your students more effectively.
This program is offered through collaboration between its namesake, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which is a joint initiative of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Harvard Business School (HBS), and the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative.
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Summary
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Improved student performance depends on strong leadership, a culture of collaboration, and a dedication to accountability across a school district. This program helps leaders from U.S.-based urban school systems apply proven management concepts to their districts' unique challenges. Joining with other administrators and educators from across the country, your team of eight leaders from your district will refine your management model, develop new improvement strategies, and learn how to serve your students more effectively.
This program is offered through collaboration between its namesake, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which is a joint initiative of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Harvard Business School (HBS), and the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative.
Key Benefits
- Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
- Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions
- Gain access to a valuable network of previous program participants
- Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
- Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions
- Gain access to a valuable network of previous program participants
Who Should Attend
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Central office administrators -
School principals -
Regional supervisors -
Union leaders -
Teacher leaders -
Community liaisons -
Members of the school board, board of education, or school committee that governs the district
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Central office administrators -
School principals -
Regional supervisors -
Union leaders -
Teacher leaders -
Community liaisons -
Members of the school board, board of education, or school committee that governs the district
Learning and Living at HBS
When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
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Learning and Living at HBS
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Participating Companies Have Included:Austin Independent School DistrictBoston Public SchoolsChicago Public SchoolsDenver Public SchoolsLos Angeles Unified School DistrictMadison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin)Montgomery County Public SchoolsOrange County Public Schools (Orlando)Saint Louis Public SchoolsSan Francisco Unified School DistrictDive Deeper into the ExperienceSee how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
Admissions Criteria and Process
Application Submission
Participation in this program requires that the school district's superintendent or designee complete the application. As space is limited for this program, it is strongly suggested that application be submitted at the beginning of the admissions cycle, no later than December 16, 2022.
Application Review
To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds.
Upon admission decision notification in late January 2023, individual members of that district's team will apply as part of the team's application document. For more information, please contact the Public Education Leadership Project at pelp@gse.harvard.edu or call us at +1.617.496.1819.
Answering Your Questions
For further assistance, contact: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Email: pelp@gse.harvard.edu; Telephone: +1.617.496.1819, or Program Advising team at: 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555)
Fee, Payment, and Cancellations
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. You will be invoiced upon admission to the program. Invoices are due within 30 days of receipt, or upon receipt if the program start date is less than 30 days from the invoice date. If you need to cancel or defer your participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellation or deferral requests received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.
What You Will Learn
This rich learning experience features faculty presentations, case studies, and dynamic discussions with faculty and other public education leaders whose insights will help you grow both during the program and well beyond. As you analyze management and leadership best practices in successful school districts, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, you will broaden and deepen your leadership and management capabilities, improve your ability to deliver measurable results—and learn how to establish a culture of high expectations and accountability.
Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
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What You Will Learn
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This rich learning experience features faculty presentations, case studies, and dynamic discussions with faculty and other public education leaders whose insights will help you grow both during the program and well beyond. As you analyze management and leadership best practices in successful school districts, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, you will broaden and deepen your leadership and management capabilities, improve your ability to deliver measurable results—and learn how to establish a culture of high expectations and accountability.
Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
Key TopicsExpand AllCollapse All
Make strategy and coherence concreteMake strategy and coherence concrete
- Understanding how cultures, systems, and environments reinforce one another and support strategy implementation
- Enabling people at all levels to implement their piece of the strategy
- Envisioning and managing districts as integrated systems with interdependent parts that directly link to the classroom
- Establishing a collaborative process for designing plans that principals and teachers can use effectively
Attract and retain the best peopleAttract and retain the best people
- Developing and managing human capital
- Recruiting the best people for hard-to-staff schools
- Aligning the recruiting process with the district strategy
- Improving leadership capabilities at all levels
Manage for high performanceManage for high performance
- Building strategies for effective, long-term administrative performance
- Applying performance data to guide decisions and measure accountability
- Allocating resources to support strategic goals
Create a culture of performanceCreate a culture of performance
- Establishing a culture of performance that values results more than efforts
- Analyzing data to improve performance
- Motivating the best teachers and administrators to take on the most challenging assignments
Make strategy and coherence concrete
- Understanding how cultures, systems, and environments reinforce one another and support strategy implementation
- Enabling people at all levels to implement their piece of the strategy
- Envisioning and managing districts as integrated systems with interdependent parts that directly link to the classroom
- Establishing a collaborative process for designing plans that principals and teachers can use effectively
Attract and retain the best people
- Developing and managing human capital
- Recruiting the best people for hard-to-staff schools
- Aligning the recruiting process with the district strategy
- Improving leadership capabilities at all levels
Manage for high performance
- Building strategies for effective, long-term administrative performance
- Applying performance data to guide decisions and measure accountability
- Allocating resources to support strategic goals
Create a culture of performance
- Establishing a culture of performance that values results more than efforts
- Analyzing data to improve performance
- Motivating the best teachers and administrators to take on the most challenging assignments
The HBS Advantage
Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
Senior Lecturer on Education
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
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The HBS Advantage
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Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
Faculty CochairsHarvard Graduate School of Education:Senior Lecturer on Education
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
HBS Unit:General ManagementFacultyNovartis Professor of Leadership and Management
HBS Unit:Technology and Operations ManagementHarvard Graduate School of Education:Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Organizational Behavior