Build the Skills and Confidence to Lead Curriculum Work That Matters!

Step confidently into curriculum leadership with the guidance of experienced mentors and personalized coaching. Lead Forward is a mentorship program designed to support curriculum directors in their first three years on the job those navigating the early, high-impact stages of instructional leadership. Through structured, strategic mentoring, participants gain a clear understanding of the processes, systems, and leadership skills necessary to thrive in the role—from curriculum planning and implementation to professional development and organizational leadership.

Benefits

• Aligned Mentorship: Matched with mentors based on role-specific expertise.
• Personalized Coaching: One-on-one sessions for strategic guidance and support.
• Systems & Structures Support: Help navigating key processes and workflows.
• Leadership Development: Build capacity to lead at scale.
• PD Planning Support: Guidance in designing effective professional learning.
• Flexible Schedule: Set your dates for coaching that work for you!

Details

• Friday, November 21, 2025 (Virtual)
  • 12:00 - 3:30 p.m.
• Thursday, December 11, 2025 (In-person at CESA 6)
  • 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.
• Wednesday, February 18, 2026 (In-person at CESA 6)
  • 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.

You will also receive six personalized, one-hour virtual coaching sessions. These sessions will support you in transferring of the learning into actionable steps within your system, personalized problem-solving and clarity for your role within your system, and feedback and goal setting.

Topics for your virtual coaching sessions can include, but are not limited to:

• Data and Assessment: Maximize your understanding of district data and insights into interpretation, leading to next steps
• Curriculum Review Cycle: Learn how to plan a review cycle and analyze the process within a 4K-12 system
• Planning for Professional Learning and Continuous Improvement: Leverage your district structures to maximize teacher learning within continuous improvement cycles
• Act 20 Implementation

Cost: $1,250 per participant

Who Should Participate?

• Curriculum & Instruction Directors in years 1-3 of their role

Optional Add-on Coaching Support
Add on in-district coaching support for a longer “project” related to the job!
Find out more about the optional add-on coaching support by emailing Dianna Kresovic, Director at dkresovic@cesa6.org.