While some districts are building internal principal development programs to bolster the quality of their pool, a TNTP study found that assistant and regional superintendents report that «they had far fewer assistant principals — fewer than half in most districts surveyed — ready to
become excellent principals than they had openings.»
Not exact matches
A second challenge to districts leveraging
principal supervisors effectively is that, while individuals serving as
principal supervisors were likely
excellent principals and / or outstanding leaders in schools or the central office, many new
principal supervisors need support themselves to
become effective in this role.
Research and experience show that central office staff play a crucial role in helping
principals become excellent instructional leaders.
In training central office leaders to support
principals and
become instructional leaders, we have a better chance to get
excellent principals into all of our schools.