It draws from the research base in
educational leadership preparation to offer support to states seeking to improve their evaluation of principal preparation programs and offers high - impact state policy examples.
These surveys are available
for leadership preparation programs to produce evidence helpful in improving programs, meeting accreditation requirements, and making the case for support among various constituencies.
His areas of expertise include
school leadership preparation, high school reform, school - community partnerships, youth development and program evaluation.
This suggests to future developers of
teacher leadership preparation programs that the criteria used in selection could be considered as a strategy to supplement the content of the preparation program.
Participants should have some school leadership experience either currently or in the past, or, currently be enrolled in an
education leadership preparation program or other applicable education - related degree program.
All of the INSPIRE - Leadership tools are aligned to national leadership standards and reflect the latest research on the features that matter most in
effective leadership preparation programs.
In 2013, the program was recognized as one of just two
exemplary leadership preparation programs in the U.S. by the University Council for Educational Administration.
Each Leader Applicant is assigned a LAD representative who will work with her one - on - one to
customize leadership preparation to best suit the Applicant's learning style and level of help needed.
Yet
most leadership preparation programs in the United States are obsolete; they have not been updated to reflect new research or changes in the field.
The National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP) Program Recognition Standards for building
level leadership preparation address the most critical knowledge and skills areas for beginning building level educational leaders.
The Report recommends three shifts in state policy that it says would boost the odds for growing school effectiveness at scale in every region of the State: test less and report results in ways that are more useful for parents, teachers, and other end - users; follow through on early advances in State support for
principal leadership preparation and development; and fund schools equitably.
However, the Southern Regional Education Board, whose Leadership Initiative is driving preparation reform in its 16 member states, has cautioned: «
Redesigning leadership preparation programs does not mean simply rearranging old courses — as staff at some universities and leadership academies are inclined to do.»
Join UCEA and Charles Doolittle, Team Lead for the School Leadership Program at the U.S. Department of Education, for a vibrant discussion about funding streams for university -
based leadership preparation in ESSA.
While these are promising developments for Illinois, the results are not yet in: we don't yet know that the
new leadership preparation policies and partnerships in the state will necessarily lead to improvements in student learning.
Exemplary / effective university - based programs evidence a range of program features that collectively contribute to
robust leadership preparation.
It is intended to be used in conjunction with the results of other UCEA Center surveys as well as other program and candidate evidence for formative and
summative leadership preparation program evaluation.
Join UCEA for an engaging conversation detailing how members of the UCEA consortium have distinguished themselves from the broader field of educational
leadership preparation providers and addressing critics of the field.
If schools are to eliminate the disparities in learning opportunities and achievement from which students of color and students situated in poverty suffer disproportionately,
then leadership preparation programs must prepare educational leaders who have the capacity to argue the following claims:
Generally, my work concerns the underlying «code» of education which includes things like the legal structure upon which the system is built, the norms of everyday school policy implementation, the technological architecture of learning, and the growing marketplace for educational choices,
particularly leadership preparation.
It includes a broad range of actions states can take to
strengthen leadership preparation that align with state actions from previous CCSSO reports, including Promises to Keep: Transforming Educator Preparation to Serve a Diverse Range of Learners and Our Responsibility, Our Promise: Transforming Educator Preparation and Entry to the Profession.
In a letter to Congress, a coalition of 56 organizations and 200 + teachers, teacher leaders, principals, other schools leaders,
leadership preparation faculty, and advocates call for funding for the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program (SLRSP).
Traditional leadership preparation programs often lack the critical element that our partner the USC Rossier School of Education provides: anchoring an understanding of organizational improvement in the research on learning, motivation and organizational behavior.
Formal leadership preparation programs provide a discrete, time - bound experience that can be factored into a full - time workload, and an opportunity for participants to step out of their role and reflect on their next step along the professional pathway.
The Center for Urban Education Leadership and the EdD program in Urban Education Leadership have been recognized at the local, state, and national levels by organizations at the vanguard of educational
leadership preparation as well as in the media.
Analysis of current policy trends
influencing leadership preparation and development (e.g., political and contextual issues that impact leadership education such as state changes in teacher and principal evaluation systems, impact of Common Core Standards on programs, and / or other timely and relevant policy topics)
To inform state investments, below are examples of how a number of states that have already committed to using ESSA's optional 3 % set - aside for school leadership are planning to utilize that and other ESSA funding to
support leadership preparation, development, and support through promising, evidence - based investments.
CASTLE was founded in 2003 at the University of Minnesota as a result of funding from a FIPSE grant to spread the student of educational technology
into leadership preparation programs in the United States.
Research
on leadership preparation pedagogy, programs, and professional development, including evaluation of impacts and outcomes (e.g., student learning)
She has authored several research papers and articles on
effective leadership preparation and its evaluation, and is coauthoring a book on collaborative inquiry as principal professional development (Teachers College Press, forthcoming).
Margaret Terry Orr (PhD, Columbia) is a faculty member of Bank Street College of Education (NY) and directs its Future School Leaders Academy, a two - year school and
district leadership preparation program in partnership with 30 + suburban and small city districts.
Most leadership preparation programs fail to authentically prepare campus leaders for the crucial decision - making that is an essential part of their job.
Phrases with «leadership preparation»