For the 2026-2027 school year, the Powerful Learning Network (PLN) will continue to build on the learning from past years while also addressing the most pressing needs of our schools, districts, and individual members. Based on member input, we will combine new learning from our focus text as well as explore additional research from key areas.

The purpose of this professional learning study is to (1) Provide a variety of practical ways in which instructional leaders may effectively use artificial intelligence (AI); (2) Enhance instructional leaders' knowledge and skills of using AI to assist faculty and staff with instructional needs, to manage the learning organization, and to communicate with colleagues and educational stakeholders; (3) Contribute to instructional leaders' professional growth by providing opportunities to use and model their use of AI in an ethical manner for colleagues, students, and community members.

The purpose of this professional learning study is to enhance leaders’ knowledge and skills needed to make decisions about acquiring, motivating, mentoring, and retaining the best people in the school setting; to help leaders learn ways to select the most effective professional learning opportunities to improve teaching and learning; and to improve leaders’ abilities to address legal and ethical issues in the school setting.

Purpose/Expected Outcomes:
1) To provide participants holding Professional Leadership Certification with knowledge that will enhance their performance in the area of establishing family-school-community partnerships to improve student achievement.
2) To provide participants with ways to use external resources, research-based instructional/learning strategies, and/or collaborative skills to increase involvement of parents, families, community members, and other education partners in school improvement initiatives.

In this study, leaders will be encouraged to examine ways that they use their leadership styles, faculty and staff support systems, and community engagement strategies in their efforts to strengthen their school cultures.

Leading Forward: Empowering Principals through Modern Leadership Practices is a professional study designed to strengthen school leadership through research-based, real-world training. The purpose of this study is to empower Alabama school leaders with practical strategies, tools, and confidence to lead high-performing schools in an evolving educational landscape.

Leading Forward: Empowering Principals through Modern Leadership Practices is a professional study designed to strengthen school leadership through research-based, real-world training. The purpose of this study is to empower Alabama school leaders with practical strategies, tools, and confidence to lead high-performing schools in an evolving educational landscape.

Leading Forward: Empowering Principals through Modern Leadership Practices is a professional study designed to strengthen school leadership through research-based, real-world training. The purpose of this study is to empower Alabama school leaders with practical strategies, tools, and confidence to lead high-performing schools in an evolving educational landscape.

Leading Forward: Empowering Principals through Modern Leadership Practices is a professional study designed to strengthen school leadership through research-based, real-world training. The purpose of this study is to empower Alabama school leaders with practical strategies, tools, and confidence to lead high-performing schools in an evolving educational landscape.

Leading Forward: Empowering Principals through Modern Leadership Practices is a professional study designed to strengthen school leadership through research-based, real-world training. The purpose of this study is to empower Alabama school leaders with practical strategies, tools, and confidence to lead high-performing schools in an evolving educational landscape.