Emerging Leaders 2025

What is Emerging Leaders?

A 3-day intensive program designed by MSU’s top-ranked College of Education, the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) and the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association (MEMSPA) to give aspiring principals an opportunity to explore in detail the knowledge, skillsets and mindsets required to become an effective school administrator in today’s complex educational environments.

Participants will engage in collaborative discussions, gaining insight into the challenges and rewards of principalship. As part of the Emerging Leaders Program, attendees will have the opportunity to further develop their leadership capacity and explore pathways toward becoming school administrators. By the end of the program, participants will leave with valuable connections, practical strategies, and a clearer vision for their leadership journey.

Register for this event here.

What is covered?

• Matching Personal Skills to Roles of the Principal
• Myers-Briggs Type Inventory: Implications for Your Role as Principal
• Leadership and the Principal: A Panel of Principals
• Supporting Student and Adult Mental Health and Well-Being
• Supporting Leadership Roles
• Climate and Culture in Schools
• The Value of Association Memberships
• Connections to Build Across the Organization: Special Education, Athletics and Human Resources
• The Administrative Certification Process
• Competence & Confidence: Preparing Yourself and Your Resume
• Advocacy for the Field
• Getting A Job: Strategies and Tips for Principal and Assistant Principal Positions