Wipro School Leaders Program

 

The Wipro School Leaders Program is a one-year professional learning program that will support the growth and development of participants’ leadership identity and stance, strengthen their ability to practice leadership, and build a strong community of leaders within and across participating districts. 

Features of the program:

  • Monthly whole-group professional learning sessions 
  • Collaboration with other school and district leaders
  • Mentoring sessions focused on individual and school/district goals
  • A community of school and district leaders focused on supporting each other with persistent problems of practice in science classrooms or science teaching

 

Wipro School Leaders belong to one of our partner school districts: 

 

Please feel to contact us at wipro@gse.stanford.edu with questions. 

The goal of the Wipro School Leaders Program is to build the capacity of a cross-district cohort of school leaders (i.e. principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, or teacher leaders) who are ready to: 

  1. improve the quality of teaching and learning for all students, particularly for historically marginalized and underserved students, 
  2. create strong learning communities at their school sites, 
  3. improve teaching and learning in science, and
  4. support the goals of the Wipro Science Education Fellowship Program.
What will individuals gain from this program?
 
  • A deeper understanding of high-quality science teaching and learning.
  • Enhanced leadership capacity to support equitable science instruction, especially for marginalized and underserved students.
  • A better understanding of how to plan and facilitate professional learning sessions.
  • A better understanding of how to coach others in science instruction.
  • Membership in a supportive community of leaders who collaborate on solving problems of practice. 
  • Five in-person professional learning sessions throughout the school year 
  • Four one-on-one coaching sessions focused on individual and school/district goals
  • Collaboration with other school and district leaders
  • $500 stipend for participation in all five sessions.
  • Thursday, October 10, 2024, 4-6pm
  • Thursday. November 7, 2024, 4-6pm
  • Thursday, January 16, 2025, 4-6pm
  • Thursday, March 20, 2025, 4-6pm
  • Thursday, April 17, 2025, 4-6pm

This program is supported by a grant received as a part of the Wipro Science Education Fellowship Program, so there are no additional program fees for participation. 

Eligibility: 

School principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, and/or teacher leaders from the following school districts are eligible to participate in this program:

  • Campbell Union High School District
  • Moreland School District
  • Mountain View Whisman School District
  • San Francisco Unified School District
  • San Jose Unified School District.