These widespread changes have also transformed
the role of principal supervisors - those charged with overseeing, supporting, and evaluating this new generation of school leaders.
Lastly, I wondered about
the role of principal supervisors in building the social capital of the principals they support.
To do this, many systems focus on principal evaluation and
the role of principal supervisors.
At this year's Council of the Great City Schools Fall Conference in Milwaukee, Wis., CEL Associate Directors Max Silverman and June Rimmer joined by Shelby County Schools Instructional Leadership Director Reggie Jackson presented CEL's partnership work around defining and improving
the role of principal supervisors in developing principals as instructional leaders.
Two other districts, Tulsa and Washington, D.C., have already made significant progress in reforming
the role of their principal supervisors and have joined the initiative to inform the work of the others.
Additional research on
the role of the principal supervisor shows that principal supervisors may currently have caseloads ranging from three to 100 principals, despite expert suggestions that this number should be closer to eight to twelve in order for a supervisor to provide meaningful support.
School districts across the country are quickly revising
the role of principal supervisor to reflect recent research indicating a need for a stronger focus on improving principal performance.
The survey asked for information about the characteristics and
roles of principal supervisors, the professional development provided to them, and the perceived effectiveness of their principal evaluation systems.
As the role of the #school #principal changes,
the role of the principal supervisor needs to change, too.
Not exact matches
To help teachers grow,
principals must take on the combined
role of supervisor and evaluator.
Of course, many if not most districts have a
role defined as the
principal supervisor.
Part I presents a description
of the organizational structure and general features
of the various
principal supervisory systems, including the
roles, selection, staffing, professional development, and evaluation
of principal supervisors, as well as the preparation, selection, support, and evaluation
of principals.
However, there is currently no empirical evidence that directly links the
roles and responsibilities
of principal supervisors to improvements in student learning, and we encourage more research to be done in this area.
I have shared some
of the challenges we encounter most often when working with central office leaders trying to implement a
principal supervisor role.
A number
of school systems are complementing — not minimizing — the
principal supervisor role with adult learning best practices that include
principals self - assessing to determine their own learning needs, engaging in cycles
of inquiry, and working in professional learning communities with their peers.
While many districts are just beginning to make such changes, a number
of others on the leading edge
of this transformation are learning that there is more to supporting
principals than just revising their
supervisor's
role.
As districts revise the
principal supervisor role, the first question is often how to reduce the so - called «span
of control» or how many
principals any one
supervisor should oversee.
Given the redefined
roles and demands
of principals, their
supervisors must transform how they lead, coach, and supervise.
Districts and charter networks that are focused on transforming the
principal supervisor role must ensure that individuals in that position are fully prepared to engage in the work
of elevating
principal and school performance.
Developing a Pipeline
of Future
Principal Supervisors: This tool describes the skills and experiences that should be cultivated among principals targeted for potential advancement to principal supervisor roles, including ideas for job - embedded and centrally offered development oppor
Principal Supervisors: This tool describes the skills and experiences that should be cultivated among
principals targeted for potential advancement to
principal supervisor roles, including ideas for job - embedded and centrally offered development oppor
principal supervisor roles, including ideas for job - embedded and centrally offered development opportunities.
Part I presents a description
of the organizational structure and general features
of the various
principal supervisory systems, including the
roles, selection, deployment, staffing, professional development, and evaluation
of principal supervisors, as well as the preparation, selection, support, and evaluation
of principals.
Define and clearly communicate throughout the organization the
role and required competencies
of principal supervisors.
This section then presents comparisons and common themes observed across districts in the areas
of organizational structures and the
roles, selection, deployment, staffing, professional development, and evaluation
of principal supervisors, as well as the preparation, selection, support, and evaluation
of principals.
(The Tulsa district's work on refining the
principal supervisors»
role is supported, in part, by the Wallace Foundation, which also supports the coverage
of leadership, arts education, and extended - and expanded - learning time in Education Week.)
The goal was to create a film on the changing
role of school leadership that would engage a national audience; look at on - the - ground examples
of leadership that results in improving schools and raising student achievement; and convey the web
of connections between
principal leaders and students, teachers, district
supervisors, and school system executive officers.