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For K-12 School Leaders
2-Hour Live Virtual Workshop
Thursday, February 20, 7PM EST
For K-12 School Leaders
2-Hour Live Virtual Workshop
Thursday, February 20, 7PM EST

Leading Change Is Hard—But Necessary

Change is inevitable in schools, but leading change effectively is one of the toughest challenges school leaders face. Whether it’s improving academic outcomes, addressing staff morale, or aligning culture with new priorities, leading through change requires vision, resilience, and a practical strategy.

As a school leader, you’re often the one tasked with making the impossible possible—and doing so while managing resistance, balancing competing priorities, and ensuring sustainability. Change is hard, but it’s also necessary to drive growth and create lasting impact.

Leading Change Is Hard—But Necessary

Change is inevitable in schools, but leading change effectively is one of the toughest challenges school leaders face. Whether it’s improving academic outcomes, addressing staff morale, or aligning culture with new priorities, leading through change requires vision, resilience, and a practical strategy.

As a school leader, you’re often the one tasked with making the impossible possible—and doing so while managing resistance, balancing competing priorities, and ensuring sustainability. Change is hard, but it’s also necessary to drive growth and create lasting impact.

A Few Changes You May Be Facing…..

A Few Changes You May Be Facing…..
  • Shifting School Culture: Transforming an unproductive or toxic environment into one of trust, collaboration, and innovation.
  • Improving Teacher Retention: Addressing burnout, disengagement, and turnover among your staff.
  •  Adapting to a New Generation of Teachers: Leading through a wave of new hires whose work ethic, expectations, and level of commitment feel different than in previous years.
  • Navigating Curriculum and Policy Changes: Implementing new standards or policies while maintaining instructional quality.
  • Balancing Leadership Roles: Managing instructional leadership alongside administrative responsibilities without sacrificing work-life balance.
  • Driving Student Achievement: Overcoming barriers to improve academic performance and student engagement.

• Shifting School Culture: Transforming an unproductive or toxic environment into one of trust, collaboration, and innovation.

• Improving Teacher Retention: Addressing burnout, disengagement, and turnover among your staff.

• Adapting to a New Generation of Teachers: Leading through a wave of new hires whose work ethic, expectations, and level of commitment feel different than in previous years.

• Navigating Curriculum and Policy Changes: Implementing new standards or policies while maintaining instructional quality.

• Balancing Leadership Roles: Managing instructional leadership alongside administrative responsibilities without sacrificing work-life balance.

• Driving Student Achievement: Overcoming barriers to improve academic performance and student engagement.

These challenges are real, and the pressure can feel overwhelming. But here's what we know to be true… leading change is a leadership skill. A skill that is not often developed until it’s too late. 
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These challenges are real, and the pressure can feel overwhelming. But here's what we know to be true…
Leading change is a leadership skill. A skill that is not often developed until it’s too late. 
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What You’ll Learn….

During this workshop, you will:

✔️ Discover the Five Phases of Leading Through Change: A step-by-step framework to recognize the need for change, develop a strategy, gain buy-in, execute with accountability, and reflect for future success.

✔️Explore the Four Dimensions of Culture: Understand how People, Place, Performance, and Purpose impact your school’s ability to embrace and sustain change.

✔️Overcome Resistance: Learn actionable strategies to navigate and address pushback from staff with confidence and clarity.

✔️Align Time with Priorities: Implement systems that help you balance instructional leadership and administrative tasks effectively.

✔️ Create Sustainable Impact: Build a thriving school culture that supports teacher retention, academic growth, and your own well-being.

 

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What You’ll Learn….

During this workshop, you will:

✔️ Discover the Five Phases of Leading Through Change: A step-by-step framework to recognize the need for change, develop a strategy, gain buy-in, execute with accountability, and reflect for future success.

✔️Explore the Four Dimensions of Culture: Understand how People, Place, Performance, and Purpose impact your school’s ability to embrace and sustain change.

✔️Overcome Resistance: Learn actionable strategies to navigate and address pushback from staff with confidence and clarity.

✔️Align Time with Priorities: Implement systems that help you balance instructional leadership and administrative tasks effectively.

✔️ Create Sustainable Impact: Build a thriving school culture that supports teacher retention, academic growth, and your own well-being.

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Be the leader who makes change possible—and sustainable.

Lead Change on National Leadership Day, a moment dedicated to empowering school leaders like you to take bold steps toward transformation. This is your opportunity to prioritize your growth and your school’s success.

Be the leader who makes change possible—and sustainable.

Lead Change on National Leadership Day, a moment dedicated to empowering school leaders like you to take bold steps toward transformation. This is your opportunity to prioritize your growth and your school’s success.

Registration Details

Date: Feb 20, 2025 National Leadership Day

Time: 7pm EST

Location: Virtual (Zoom link provided upon registration)

Investment:

$199

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At Principal Patterson Leadership Services, we specialize in helping school leaders transform their schools without sacrificing their sanity.

At Principal Patterson Leadership Services, we specialize in helping school leaders transform their schools without sacrificing their sanity.
Is this for you?

This workshop is ideal for:

  • Principals and Assistant Principals
  • District Leaders overseeing school transformation efforts.
  • Preparing Principals who want to get a jumpstart on leading through change.
Is this for you?

This workshop is ideal for:

✓ Principals and Assistant Principals

✓ District Leaders overseeing school transformation efforts.

✓ Preparing Principals who want to get a jumpstart on leading through change.

Meet Chanavia

EDUCATOR | EXECUTIVE COACH | K-12 CONSULTANT | SPEAKER

Chanavia Patterson is an award-winning educator, executive coach, and recognized speaker with over 20 years of experience transforming urban schools and equipping school leaders to lead sustainably. As the founder and CEO of Principal Patterson Leadership Services, she leads a full-service coaching and consulting firm dedicated to equipping school and district leaders with proven strategies to foster healthy school cultures, retain top talent, and drive academic success.

Honored as Michigan's Principal of the Year (2017) for her groundbreaking work in revitalizing an underperforming Detroit school, Chanavia brings a results-oriented approach rooted in real-world expertise. Her firm specializes in delivering tailored leadership development programs, including executive coaching, professional development workshops, and culture-based consulting, to urban schools and districts across the country.

Chanavia’s work has helped schools shift from being on their state's priority list to becoming high-performing schools of excellence. Additionally, she advises districts on improving teacher retention, increasing student outcomes, and equipping confident, cohesive leadership teams. Whether she’s guiding new leaders through their first five years or helping seasoned principals reignite their impact, Chanavia is passionate about creating sustainable solutions that leave lasting legacies in education.

Now, Chanavia is ready to share her award-winning methods & frameworks with you.
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Transform your leadership and your school’s culture.

Reserve your spot today and take the first step toward turning resistance into results and creating sustainable success.
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Transform your leadership and your school’s culture.

Reserve your spot today and take the first step toward turning resistance into results and creating sustainable success.
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What Leaders Are Saying……

What Leaders Are Saying……

"Wonderful leadership session. Leading and not managing."

 
- Michigan Leadership Conference Participant

"I loved the emphasis on LEADING through change instead of managing change."

 
- Annie F. Michigan Leadership Conference Participant

"We need this presentation for our district."

 
- Michael H. Michigan Leadership Conference Participant

"Wonderful leadership session. Leading and not managing."

- Michigan Leadership Conference Participant

"I loved the emphasis on LEADING through change instead of managing change."

 - Annie F.
Michigan Leadership Conference Participant

"We need this presentation for our district." 

- Michael H.
Michigan Leadership Conference Participant
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