Principals' learning is personal and yet takes place most effectively while working in groups. Work in groups reinforces the value of building on one another's thinking and of being willing to let go of earlier thinking in order to construct knowledge together.
Principals foster more powerful faculty and student learning by focusing on their own learning.
To lead requires that principals be learners. While we honor principals' thinking and voices, we want to push principals to move beyond their assumptions. It is important to build into the professional development experience many opportunities and ways to reflect. It takes strong leadership in order to have truly democratic learning. Leaders are most truly democratic when they listen carefully and then design the work for the group.