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School principals have the responsibility to lead teachers toward their best performance in promoting students’ results and well-being. This involves managing the school staff but also providing it with an attractive vision that motivates change and innovation. How can this process be made easier? The course will propose a collaborative setting for school principals to reflect on their school and plan innovation for it focusing on the power of the community. The main idea is that school leaders cannot make their school change if they do not actively involve the whole school community. Hence, one of the most important skills for a school principal is the capacity to engage the community in change. The course will help participants to identify their leadership style and practice a variety of leadership core skills such as planning, communication, problem-solving, and conflict management. Participants will reflect on how to use Project-Based ������Ƶing (PBL) as a methodology not only for lesson planning but also for community involvement and action. Moreover, they will learn how simple changes in the space layout (e.g., carefully selecting what to hang on walls in the hallways) can hugely impact the introduction of new practices in the school. Participants will also reflect on how training the staff to implement shared routines in the entire school can create a school culture, and have a measurable and positive impact. This will contribute to making their school more efficient, well-being oriented, and comfortable in cooperation with the schoolteachers. Finally, on the last day, they will create, share a