A Better Way to Prepare Principals: Impact of a Competency-Based Fellowship on Aspiring Principals’ Growth into Leadership

Details:

• Resource Type: Research Brief
• Estimated time: 1 team session

Purpose:

Engage with this resource to consider key considerations for designing a principal residency program.

Directions:

1. Share A Better Way to Prepare Principals with your team.
2. Convene the team and invite members to consider the reflection questions to generate discussion about how you currently support or would like to support principals to develop their skills as instructional leaders.

Reflection Questions:

1. What instructional leadership competencies do you or would you focus on supporting?
2. How do you (or can you) ensure the competencies are aligned to the principal evaluation framework?
3. How do you (or can you) ensure the competencies are aligned to an existing school improvement model?

1. As a team, identify steps you can take to integrate new understandings or new practices into your grant work.
2. Examine the remaining resources in this entry point based on recruitment and retention practice concerns you are interested in addressing.