Leading Resilient Schools
Adapting for Collective Efficacy, Impact, and Coherence
- Lindsay Prendergast - Assistant Director of Professional Learning, The Danielson Group
- Piper Lee - Senior Account Manager for Strategic Accounts, NWEA/HMH
- Dr. Lori Stollar - Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Executive Director
Build a thriving, resilient school community that adapts and succeeds together
School leaders today face a constant tug-of-war between urgent demands and important goals. Managing competing priorities, unexpected disruptions, and staff well-being can be incredibly overwhelming. Leading Resilient Schools shifts the burden of resilience from your individual shoulders to the very fabric of your school. This practical guide shows you how to transform fatigue into collective empowerment by embedding resilience into your vision, culture, and daily systems. You will explore essential topics like building trust, fostering collective efficacy, and aligning instructional leadership to navigate uncertainty with confidence.
Key features include:
- Actionable strategies to cultivate psychological safety and relational trust
- Research-grounded frameworks to strengthen collective teacher efficacy
- Practical tools and reflection prompts for sensemaking and shared ownership
Education leaders will learn how to move beyond merely surviving challenges to intentionally designing human-centered learning environments. Ultimately, students will benefit from a cohesive, agile community where they feel supported and are fully equipped to learn and flourish.
