Principal Playbook / For School Districts
Support a cohort
through their
first year.
Districts and divisions enrol a group of new principals together. Administrators see how the cohort is progressing. Participants keep a private place to ask the questions they would not raise in a division meeting.
A new principal costs a division far more than a program does.
The first year decides whether a new principal stays in the chair, and whether the building they were given moves forward or holds. Divisions already know this. What they usually lack is a structure that runs for the whole year rather than a two-day summer induction, and someone outside the reporting line that a new principal can be honest with.
Enrolling a cohort gives every new principal in the division the same structure, the same tools and the same vocabulary, at the same point in the year. It also gives the division a straightforward answer to what its first-year support actually is.
District
The organisation account. Holds its cohorts, its administrators and its reporting.
Cohort
A group moving through the program together, usually one intake year. A district can run more than one at a time.
Principals
Individual participants, each with their own dashboard, Field Manual, notes and coaching history.
What a district administrator sees, and what stays private
Aggregate progress is visible so the division can support its people. Individual reflections and coaching questions are not, unless a district is explicitly configured otherwise.
| Information | District administrator | Participant |
|---|---|---|
| Participants enrolled in the cohort | Visible | Own record |
| Completion rates across the cohort | Visible | Not shown |
| Program progress by stage and quarter | Visible | Own progress |
| Coaching attendance | Visible | Own record |
| Aggregate assessment results | Visible | Own results |
| Reports and exports | Visible | Not shown |
| Individual coaching questions and answers | Private | Own history |
| Personal reflections and notes | Private | Own notes |
Who is moving, who has stalled, and where.
The administrator view is deliberately more detailed than the participant view, because a division needs to intervene before a principal disappears rather than after.
An example of the cohort summary a district administrator sees. Figures shown are a sample cohort, not a published result.
A conversation
How many new principals you are appointing, when they start, and what your division already provides.
Cohort design
Intake dates, the coaching schedule, which sessions are in person, and who the district administrators on the account will be.
Accounts and enrollment
The district account is created, participants are added to the cohort, and each one receives their own portal access.
The season runs
Content is released stage by stage, coaching sessions are scheduled against the cohort, and reporting is available from the first week.
Colophon
Develop people. Build culture. Leave a legacy.
Principal Playbook runs as a full school year for individual principals and as a cohort for districts. To ask about the next intake, a district cohort, a keynote or a consulting engagement, start a conversation, or write directly to the address below.