How Are REEP Principals Changing Education?

What Do Educators Learn At The REEP Business Fellowship For School Leaders? raise your hand TEXAS RYHT is funding a cohort of Houston-area school leaders to attend the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP) Business Fellowship for School Leaders. What exactly will they be learning that will take their leadership practice to the next level? A Implementing Strategy/Change Management RYHT expects educators to be leaders of change. REEP will teach participants how to effectively manage transformative strategies at their schools. Communications/ Marketing Understanding marketing helps principals and other educators engage community stakeholders in their schools' success. Organizational Behavior/ Leadership A principal is the CEO of a school. Knowing how the school functions as a whole organization is critical to motivating everyone towards the common goal Data Analysis Educators need of excellence. to know how to use all kinds of Accounting/ Finance data to make more targeted decisions. raise your hand Especially with sweeping budget cuts to public education in Texas, school leaders more than ever before need to be experts in $4 resource management to stretch their dollars for maximum impact. School Boards and Central Teamwork/ Decision Making/ Negotiations Offices No one person can make dramatic change - but leaders can engage entire teams of staff to dramatically improve performance. By learning about teamwork and negotiations, principals prepare to inspire all stakeholders to own their schools' improvement. No school is an island. Understanding the place of schools in the broader governing context of school boards and central offices help principals steer their schools in the presence of outside forces. Problem Solving, Leadership, and Innovation REEP is all about innovation. By learning how to solve 21st-century problems with creative solutions, principals are better equipped to prepare Texas public school students to succeed in a world we cannot yet fully imagine. %24