2026-27 State-Approved List for APLDS Clock Hours
One requirement for successful completion of the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System (APLDS) Program each year is that principals and assistant principals must complete
at least 30 APLDS Clock Hours of high-quality professional learning from the state-approved list.
Selecting Professional Learning
Consider the following questions when selecting
high-quality professional learning from the following state-approved list.
PLP Goals
Will the professional learning help me meet my PLP goals related to growth, achievement, and school climate?
Standards
What skills and practices in the Alabama Standards for School Leadership do I need to develop?
Context
What areas of professional growth do I need to focus on the most right now based on my leadership context?
Search by Professional Learning Provider
Bailey Education Group
PowerSchool PL Course Number:
343913
Provider:
Contact:
Kim Hall (khall@baileyarch.com)
Description:
APLDS Clock Hours:
3
Title:
APLDS - Bailey Education Group: 2026-27 Leading Forward: Empowering Principals through Modern Leadership Practices: Awareness to Action - AI in Education
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.
Bailey Education Group
PowerSchool PL Course Number:
343912
Provider:
Contact:
Kim Hall (khall@baileyarch.com)
Description:
APLDS Clock Hours:
3
Title:
APLDS - Bailey Education Group: 2026-27 Leading Forward: Empowering Principals through Modern Leadership Practices: Boomers to Beta
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.
Bailey Education Group
PowerSchool PL Course Number:
343932
Provider:
Contact:
Kim Hall (khall@baileyarch.com)
Description:
APLDS Clock Hours:
6
Title:
APLDS - Bailey Education Group: 2026-27 Leading Forward: Empowering Principals Through Modern Leadership Practices: Coaching for High Impact Instruction
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.
Bailey Education Group
PowerSchool PL Course Number:
343919
Provider:
Contact:
Kim Hall (khall@baileyarch.com)
Description:
APLDS Clock Hours:
3
Title:
APLDS - Bailey Education Group: 2026-27 Leading Forward: Empowering Principals through Modern Leadership Practices: Foundations of High Impact Leadership
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.
Bailey Education Group
PowerSchool PL Course Number:
343925
Provider:
Contact:
Kim Hall (khall@baileyarch.com)
Description:
APLDS Clock Hours:
3
Title:
APLDS - Bailey Education Group: 2026-27 Leading Forward: Empowering Principals through Modern Leadership Practices: High Impact Instruction
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.
Bailey Education Group
PowerSchool PL Course Number:
343958
Provider:
Contact:
Kim Hall (khall@baileyarch.com)
Description:
APLDS Clock Hours:
6
Title:
APLDS - Bailey Education Group: 2026-27 Leading Forward: Empowering Principals through Modern Leadership Practices: Implementation Systems
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.
Bailey Education Group
PowerSchool PL Course Number:
347746
Provider:
Contact:
Kim Hall (khall@baileyarch.com)
Description:
APLDS Clock Hours:
30
Title:
APLDS - Bailey Education Group: 2026-27 Future-Ready Leadership: Instructional Systems for High-Impact Learning (PLUACLD1495)
Future-Ready Leadership: Instructional Systems for High-Impact Learning is five-day professional study designed to support Alabama school leaders in building coherent, sustainable systems that ensure high-impact instruction in every classroom. This advanced leadership academy moves beyond foundational leadership knowledge and isolated strategies to focus on system-wide implementation, alignment, and continuous improvement.
BBB Educational Enterprises
PowerSchool PL Course Number:
347127
Provider:
Contact:
Patricia Finkelstein (pat.finkelstein@bbbedu.com)
Description:
APLDS Clock Hours:
30
Title:
APLDS - BBB Educational Enterprises: 2026-27 Building a Comprehensive Approach to Math Instruction (PLUACLD1528)
The professional learning series is comprised of five comprehensive, full-day sessions designed to strengthen elementary mathematics instruction through a cohesive and research-based approach. The sessions focus on key components of effective math teaching and learning, including high -quality Tier 1 instruction, targeted intervention, data driven decision-making, and standards alignment.
BBB Educational Enterprises
PowerSchool PL Course Number:
348333
Provider:
Contact:
Patricia Finkelstein (pat.finkelstein@bbbedu.com)
Description:
APLDS Clock Hours:
30
Title:
APLDS - BBB Educational Enterprises: 2026-27 Charting the Course with Do the Math Intervention A Leader's Guide for School Success (PLUACLD1401)
This professional study gives school leaders an in-depth look at the pathway to proficiency for all students. Participants review the key components of the formative assessment cycle and lead their faculty to make student learning and standards mastery visible through formal and informal assessment, using Classroom Assessment Essentials (Brookhart, 2023) as a guiding text.
Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence
PowerSchool PL Course Number:
346443
Provider:
Contact:
April Stansberry (april@blueribbonschools.com)
Description:
APLDS Clock Hours:
15
Title:
APLDS - Blue Ribbon Schools: 2026-27 27th Annual Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Conference
The BRSE Conference is an annual conference for educators who have gone through the BRSE school improvement process or would like to grow in nine different categories. These categories are, Student Focus and Support, School Organization and Culture, Challenging Standards and Curriculum, Active Teaching and Learning, Professional Community, Leadership and Educational Vitality, School Family and, Community Partnerships, Indicators of Success.