7: Two Leaders. One Vision.

Mera Dougherty and Stephanie Parga are two leaders with one vision: provide an amazing academic experience for students and families. Every decision they make is with kids in mind, which is why they are intentional about their hiring practices and teacher development. Their advice when starting a new school in a community that may be hesitant to have you there: Learn your community. Hire from your community. Develop your teachers slowly and consistently. Create sustainability for your team. They have been intentional with their own professional development along the way so that between the two of them they had the combined skills necessary to successfully found and open a school. Stephanie's superpower: relentless in upholding high expectations. Mera's superpower: meeting people where they are. Mera understands who the person is now and offers them encouragement, so that Stephanie can push them to be their best for kids. LINKS: Compass Rose - Destiny Campus (https://compassrosepublicschools.org/locations/destiny-campus/) CheckBox Pro (https://www.checkboxpro.com/) - learn more about the services CheckBox Pro offers to make the work of school leaders more sustainable Music: Energizer by Chris Phaze licensed through Premium Beat by Shutterstock ID: ILRNI9DIEHE4JTVQ