Invest in your top talent.

Build your bench. Retain your best.

Through our year-long Emerging Leaders Program, City Forward Collective provides a hands-on introduction to foundational school leadership skills, tools, and mindsets.

The program will again be led by veteran school leader Andy Vitrano.

Together, participants learn and collaborate on a project to improve their school while developing core school leadership knowledge and refining their plan for the future. 

The Emerging Leaders Program is perfect for high-potential teachers, SSTs, deans, and even assistant principals.

Emerging Leaders must have a passion for serving all Milwaukee children and a willingness to take on new challenges.

Emerging Leaders come from all types of schools – district, charter, and private.

The experience includes:

What are past participants saying about the Emerging Leaders Program? 

• 100% of administrators said the change project taken on by their Emerging Leader had a positive impact on their school
• 100% said the program gave them a strong foundation in leadership skills and competencies 
• 100% of participants said the program helped them better understand what their career path might look like 

Emerging Leaders become better teacher leaders, earn master teacher fellowships, and advance to principal licensure programs!: 

• 41% of participants receive a job advancement within two years of completing the program 
• 28% of participants advance to the City Forward Collective principal preparation program at Alverno College, with 90% of the program’s costs covered -- and a waiver for Course 611, worth three credits