Principals Innovation Alliance
Connecting Innovative Principals to Elevate Instructional Leadership
The ISTE+ASCD Principals Innovation Alliance is a year-round community to sharpen how you lead teaching and learning. Alliance membership gives you access to the people, expertise, and evidence to do that well. You'll connect with a network of principals working through the same challenges, so you're never solving them alone.
You became a principal to shape high-quality instruction and deliver transformational learning experiences.
As a member, you'll:
- Pressure-test real decisions with principals who lead schools like yours.
- Get direct access to ISTE+ASCD authors and experts in curriculum, technology-integrated pedagogy, and evidence-based practice.
- Walk into your next staff meeting with clear, research-backed instructional priorities your teachers will actually adopt.
Ready to Join?
Be a part of our ISTE+ASCD Principals Innovation Alliance. Fill out the interest form below.
Upcoming Themes
Improving the student experience of school
Where school culture meets student engagement, every learner can feel seen, valued, and motivated. We'll explore strategies for amplifying student voice and reimagining daily routines to foster belonging.
Data-Driven Instruction & Student Intervention
Learn how to transform assessment data into real-time instructional decisions that close learning gaps. We'll focus on building a sustainable intervention and MTSS framework that supports every student while keeping educator workload in check.
Providing effective feedback to teachers
Discover coaching techniques that make feedback land. We'll explore the instructional "loop" and collaborative reflection strategies that empower teachers to refine their craft in real time.
Profile of an AI Ready Graduate
"In addition to just knowing about AI, students need to practice using AI to think deeper, create better, and solve problems more efficiently than they could on their own."
Key Dates
"Strong leadership grows through collaboration, reflection, and shared expertise. The Principals Innovation Alliance provides principals with meaningful opportunities to explore innovative practices, strengthen instructional leadership, and learn alongside colleagues - all toward better outcomes for kids! I am looking forward to these conversations with talented principals across the country and can’t wait to see where this work takes us."
Donna Hayward Principal, Haddam-Killingworth HS, CT; 2023 National Principal of the Year