Center for Leadership in School Reform Inc

Programs

1. The ohio innovative school district network: this network offers a vibrant learning community that gives full access to premium resources as well as support from peers who are also leading the charge to transform their schools and school districts. The network offered a series of customized professional learning experiences to public school districts in northeast and central ohio. These experiences included principal leadership training designing engaging work training sessions for teachers superintendents leadership team meeting facilitation and school board conferences featuring timely topics and national thought leaders.

   $72,000 spent$72,000 earned by the program
   5% of program spending

2. Strategic Change Agenda: The Schlechty Centers Strategic Change Agenda offers a fresh approach to Strategic Planning transforming traditional strategic planning into an active actionable nimble process that maps a customized path for positive change. At its core the Strategic Change Agenda is a dynamic guided thinking process that keeps students-your primary stakeholders-at the center. It aligns with accountability systems rooted in trust and fosters the growth of true learning organizations empowering schools and districts to create a bold forward-thinking vision for the future. The foundation of our approach is built on the principles of engagement leadership and continuous learning drawing on the insights and frameworks developed by our founder Dr. Phillip C. Schlechty. With over 37 years of experience transforming school systems we know that true change requires more than a plan; it requires a deep understanding of your systems current capacity and a roadmap for growth.

   $299,341 spent$313,357 earned by the program
   20% of program spending

3. National superintendents roundtable nsr: the nsr became a program of the center in 2022 offering network membership to approximately 100 superintendents. The network provides two in person meetings per year a monthly newsletter and a virtual speaker series with national thought leaders to explore dynamic school issues such as funding reform struggles battling disinformation and perceptions of public schools.

   $0 spent$130,300 earned by the program
   0% of program spending

4. The standard-bearer school district network sbsd: sbsd is a network designed for school district leaders who are committed to a set of guiding principles and who are seeking a safe place to think reflect and learn from one another using tools and resources that support building the capacity of their organizations to support continuous innovation and shared learning. The network offered a series of customized professional learning experiences to public school districts nationwide. These experiences include capacity audits thought leaders webinars and various formats of professional development for teachers district leadership and school boards.

   $760,000 spent$760,000 earned by the program
   51% of program spending

5. Superintendents leadership network sln the superintendents leadership network was initiated in 1997 by the bellsouth foundation to offer a high-profile response to the need in the southeast for a focus on leadership development in the regions public-school districts. The uniqueness of this network lay in its focus on district-level leadership; the network was launched with the understanding that strong school-site leadership while essential for successful schools and high-achieving students would last only as long as the school district could support sustain nurture and continually develop that leadership. During the year the network hosted three leadership institutes for over 50 superintendents.

   $302,795 spent$302,975 earned by the program
   20% of program spending

6. National conferences providing programs continuing education for educational leaders.

   $62,275 spent$62,275 earned by the program
   4% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,496,411.