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for years. We should take advantage your leadership responsibilities, leadership development, our skills will
of not only the formal professional look around and take advantage continuously develop so that we may
development available to us but also of the learning situations that may function at the highest capacity as
to the learning experiences available support your growth and evolve your educational leaders.
to us in any situation, particularly from viewpoint of educating all students. By
our peers. As you navigate through committing to a lifetime of professional

References
Gray, C., & Bishop, Q. (2009). Leadership Development. Journal of Staff Development, 30(1) 28–33.
Goldring, E. (2012). Conceptualizing and Evaluating Professional Development for School Leaders. Planning &
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Andy Molinsky. (2016). If You're Not Outside Your Comfort Zone, You Won't Learn Anything. Harvard Business Review

About the Author
Kathleen Koop is an elementary school principal in the Madison School District and a school board of
education president of the Washington Township School District in Morris County. In addition to her
doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, she enjoys spending
her time with her four amazing children, Hailey, Summer, Dakota, and Kai.

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