Leadership Training
As SMU students settled in for their first round of exams, a new cohort of the Institute for Leadership Impact’s flagship program kicked off at the Simmons School of Education and Human Development. With the construction of SMU’s new Ford Hall for Research & Innovation as a backdrop, thirteen District Leadership Fellows from all over the northeast Texas region reflected on the most effective ways to approach their unique leadership roles.
The 2018-2019 Impact Report from the Institute for Leadership Impact highlights leadership training in education and health including the District Leadership Fellows, Rural Superintendent Leadership Symposium, Virtual Reality surgical mentoring and research, and Creating Impact in Global & Public Health class.
“We have been dedicated to career and college access work at SMU since 1966. We actually have some of the oldest running college access programs in the country, so we’re really part of a legacy.” – Dr. David Deggs
“Across the nation, we have increasingly ambitious goals for student learning, which equates to increasingly ambitious goals for instruction.” – Dr. Annie Wilhelm
“The community and its schools are not separate” – Regina Nippert
At the Rural Superintendent Leadership Symposium, we invited you to be a part of the conversation on creating meaningful change in rural districts. We hope you left with a renewed spirit of commitment to and enthusiasm for the millions of Texas students served by rural schools.
They’re responsible for setting a vision, executing a strategy, and motivating those around them, all with limited resources. The SMU District Leadership Fellows program enhances rural district leaders’ leadership capacity in these areas and beyond. The program provides participants with leadership tools and peer-support to create and sustain effective strategies for the unique change projects they envision for their communities.
On May 15th, SMU’s Institute for Leadership Impact is hosting its first annual Rural Superintendents Leadership Symposium. The 2018-2019 SMU District Leadership Fellows will be sharing innovative district change projects they implemented over the past year and discussing insights they have garnered on effective leadership. Join the SMU Institute for Leadership Impact, SMU Simmons School of Education & Human Development faculty and staff members, and superintendents from rural areas for a series of panels, breakout sessions, and speakers addressing opportunities in rural education.