In this online course, Dr. Tracey Severns explains how to be an effective leader, because it matters. After gathering decades of experience as an educator, administrator, superintendent and now educational consultant and leader, Dr. Severns explores what it means to be effective and how to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of students and teachers. Because it Matters provides leaders with the tools to drive change, build trust, and maintain balance and perspective in the process.
Training Modules:
Introduction | Revealing Your Truth| Mobilize Your Mission | Cultivating Care and Connection | Foster Positivity | Empowering Faculty and Staff | Assessing and Accelerating Growth | Enhancing Teaching and Learning | Lead with Courage | Take Care of You
Dr. Tracey Severns is a nationally recognized educational strategist and the founder of Teach4Results. She has served as a classroom aide, special ed teacher, vice principal, principal, district director of student performance and statewide chief academic officer. She currently serves as Leadership and Learning Strategist with Rutgers University Center for Effective School Practices. Dr. Severns has provided professional development on the Common Core, PARCC, instructional leadership, data analysis, special education and school improvement on the state and national levels. As a principal she won three fellowship grants from the Dodge Foundation, and was selected as one of eight principals to represent the United States for an educational exchange program with Brazil. She has earned the Middle Level Leadership Award and was selected as Visionary Principal of the Year in her home state of New Jersey. Dr. Severns has also been named a National Distinguished Principal. The middle school that she led was selected as a National School of Change, one of only six in the United States.
