Cohorts & Consortia
Learn, innovate, collaborate and grow.
Explore problems of practice, drive improvement in your district and across the nation, and better meet the needs of all learners through AASA's cohorts.
Cohorts and consortia offer collaborative professional learning on timely and relevant topic areas. They are designed to deepen mindshare attuned to the discreet issues superintendents face and drive improvement in districts across the country.
Most cohorts meet virtually each month and come together at least once for an in-person event.
Upcoming Cohorts
All Cohorts
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Advancing Rural Education CohortType:Cohort Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Equity, Rural CommunitiesIn the Advancing Rural Education Cohort, you will have an opportunity to network with colleagues and engage in conversations about challenges and strategies in rural communities, particularly around the topics of workforce trends and partnerships with higher education. -
Authentic Family Engagement Certification ProgramType:Cohort Topics: Communications & Public Relations, District & School OperationsCreating strong partnerships with parents and caregivers has always been important, but now more than ever, school systems are challenged to bring families into schools as true partners. Explore a series of five carefully developed modules to help advance your district's family engagement strategy! -
Early Learning CohortType:Cohort Topics: Curriculum & Assessment, Early LearningAASA’s Early Learning Cohort brings educational leaders from across the country together to review emerging research, discover early learning best practices and plan to facilitate change. -
Innovative Districts Empowering All Learners (IDEAL) CohortType:Cohort Topics: District & School Operations, Equity, Technology & AIThe AASA IDEAL Cohort seeks to provide a deeper understanding of what learners need to create the most dynamic learning environment possible. Members of the IDEAL Cohort work to realize a new vision for empowering all learners and share examples of the most outstanding practices for personalizing and individualizing learning. -
Leadership in School Communications ProgramType:Cohort Topics: Communications & Public RelationsBuild your leadership and communication skills so you can use effective strategies and best practices, identify areas of growth for continuous improvement and create a roadmap for moving your school district forward in the complex area of communication. -
Mental Health CohortType:Cohort Topics: Health & WellnessDevelop strategic plans to increase mental health services and support for all constituents, improve mental well-being for the school community, and program sustainability. -
National Women’s Leadership ConsortiumType:Consortium Topics: District & School Operations, Leadership DevelopmentWomen educators, leading learning. Through the Women's Leadership Consortium, AASA is committed to preparing a diverse talent pool of leaders to support America's schools and school systems. -
Next Education Workforce: Team-based Staffing Models for Better Educator & Student OutcomesType:Cohort Topics: District & School Operations, Leadership DevelopmentAASA partners with Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College to help school systems build the Next Education Workforce. Learn about the core elements of team-based models and see multiple examples of these models in action! -
Redefining Ready! CohortType:Cohort Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment, District & School OperationsStudents are so much more than a standardized test score. Redefine what "ready" looks like for your students. -
Social and Emotional Learning CohortType:Cohort The AASA Social and Emotional Learning Cohort is designed to help educational leaders and districts across the country meet the needs of the whole child. -
STEM Leadership ConsortiumType:Consortium Topics: Curriculum & Assessment, Technology & AIUse research-based STEM Leadership indicators to develop, evaluate, and improve STEM initiatives in your district, with the opportunity to be nationally recognized as a STEM Certified district. -
Transformational Leadership ConsortiumType:Consortium Topics: Curriculum & Assessment, Leadership Development, Technology & AIThe consortium will support leaders as they engage in effective learning experiences using transformative practices and community partnerships.
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