Listening Structure	Cobb County School District Example
Individual Principal Meetings	1 hour, one-on-one meetings with all 100+ principals every 3 years to gather feedback and understand individual needs.
Small Group Principal Meetings	In alternating years, 21 listening sessions with groups of 4-5 principals for 90 minutes to gather feedback and identify common themes.
Ongoing Feedback	Monthly principal collaborative team discussions where principals teams can provide feedback to district staff.
Targeted Surveys	Specific surveys designed to ask for specific feedback (eg. literacy roll out – What do we need to keep?What do we need to stop?What do we need to start?)
Advisory Groups	Several working groups designed to give feedback and make decisions.Examples include: principal task force to help roll out professional learning communities, another task force to help create leadership development opportunities, assessment working committee to help decide what assessments are needed and which assessments are not needed.

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