Managing Diversity in a Growing Community

November 18, 2020

In this simulation webinar, you are the administrator for a growing school district that is considering adding another elementary school. You will need to anticipate and address the impact this may have on financial and geographical segregation. How will you manage the dialogue with stakeholders across the district to elicit perspectives and optimize a solution? Managing Diversity in a Growing Community was facilitated virtually by Dr. Trent Grundmeyer from the Educational Leadership Department at Drake University.

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Cultural Competency Facilitated Simulation Experience

April 27, 2020

This simulation places you as the newly appointed principal of Waterside School in a district that has a stated commitment to “create high-quality learning experiences that meet the needs of each child.”  Your school is experiencing significant shifts in demographics which leads to the challenge of balancing the expectations and perspectives of long-time residents with those of newcomers.  Your job is to uncover specific needs and resolve discrepancies in the treatment of students as you manage the various school stakeholders affected by your decisions.

Manufacturing Experience for Aspiring School Leaders Using Simulations

April 27, 2020
When confronted with challenging situations, a leader’s first instinct is to sift through their past experiences searching for relevant instances from which to draw knowledge. But what happens when that search comes up empty?  That leader is left to instinctively consider their options and then assume that they made the right call.   Ed Leadership Sims provides the opportunity to manufacture experience by dealing with many relevant and challenging topics through online, software simulations.   In this webinar, you will witness how to implement simulated experiences into your professional development plan and see a sample school year plan in terms of topics for PD.

Leverage your Title Funding to Improve PD Efficacy through Simulated Experiences

April 27, 2020

Retention of school leaders and building a pipeline of future school leaders is more important than ever.  Learn how SchoolSims simulations can enhance and improve your professional development plans for current and aspiring K-12 school leaders and how Titles I, II, and IV-A funds can be leveraged to establish strong principal pipelines and improve student achievement.