In 2025, women may not need other women to help them get a job in educational leadership, but they certainly can use the coaching and mentorship of their colleagues to prepare for and to perform in those jobs. Several years ago, the TOSS ALI agenda added a Women in Educational Leadership event to our schedule each year. From those one-day events, we evolved into a three-part annual series of events that we call the Three Cs of Leadership. I am happy to introduce part three of our three-part series: Women and Leadership Cohort 2024-2025: Coaching, Creating, and Coping. All TOSS ALI members and SLI members are invited to join us as we learn more about coaching others, mentoring for success, and leading to support learning in Tennessee’s schools. This event was requested by our members who use these events to fill the need they have as they move from the ‘TASL Academy” cohort for new leaders to the long, lonely years where training may be powerfully presented, but cohort connections may be desired.

This session will feature leaders from East, Middle, and West Tennessee who will share how they work to create communities of successful learners. We will learn about all the things that leaders need to consider as they build teams, foster strong relationships, and encourage others.

This is part three of our three-part series. I hope you can attend this event and see how our work with sessions on coaching, coping, and creating as a woman or with the women you have on your team can support YOUR work. The goals of this cohort include bonding with lead learners, setting professional goals to grow your skills, and learning about the things you can do in your current role to embrace leadership to support learning. We will never lose sight of the most important part of your job, “Creating an environment that allows ALL students to learn”!

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