Principals Innovation Alliance

Elevate Instructional Leadership

The ISTE+ASCD Principals Innovation Alliance is a year-round community where school leaders sharpen their instructional leadership.

Alliance membership gives you access to the people, expertise, and evidence to refine your leadership skills and improve instruction in your school. Join to connect with a network of principals facing the same challenges and explore strategies to strengthen high-quality instruction and drive continuous improvement.

As a member, you'll:

  • Receive targeted professional development around instructional leadership.
  • Collaborate with forward-thinking principals with a wide range of perspectives.
  • Meet with ISTE+ASCD authors and experts in leadership, curriculum, and technology-enabled instruction.

Ready to Join?

Be a part of our ISTE+ASCD Principals Innovation Alliance. Fill out the interest form below.

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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

1 June 2026 - Alliance Kickoff Meeting
2 September 2026 - Portrait of AI Ready Graduate
3 November 2026 - Improving Student experience of school
4 January 2027 - Providing effective feedback to teachers

"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