SLA Alumni Network

Viviana Conner
Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Leadership / School Improvement, New Haven Public Schools
Connecticut

Juan Cordova
Assistant Superintendent, Hazelwood School District
Missouri

The SLA Alumni Network came about as a result of, informal gatherings during annual conferences, and ten years in the making. The Superintendent Leadership Academy, which is a signature program of ALAS, is now in year twelve. There are currently eleven (11) cohorts of academy graduates or 137 alumni. The SLA Alumni Network is more than just a gathering of colleagues. The SLA Alumni Network is focused on their continuous use of “A Problem of Practice.” Utilizing the process of a Problem of Practice is a fundamental concept of the curriculum in the SLA, in the advancement of learning for all children, with an emphasis on Black and Brown youth. The SLA Alumni Network will continue the use of this process to address issues that evolve from Problems of Practice to Practices of Promise.