Although tremendous attention is paid to ranking and grading schools, districts, and other educational entities, state policies guiding the approval
of leadership preparation programs and the licensure of educational leaders have received relatively limited attention.
As such, the findings are a valuable tool to programs attempting to document the strength
of their leadership preparation program.
Not exact matches
Now, it strikes me as ludicrous for the unions to sit quietly by and share the blame for timid, tepid
leadership, or when unions passively take the blame for weak teachers when teacher
preparation programs produce graduates
of dubious merit.
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.
Preparation Program Edition (INSPIRE - PP) The INSPIRE
Preparation Program Features (INSPIRE - PP) Survey is designed to describe core features
of educational
leadership preparation programs.
Exemplary / effective university - based
programs evidence a range
of program features that collectively contribute to robust
leadership preparation.
360 Edition (INSPIRE - 360)-- This instrument enables the educational
leadership preparation program to document
leadership practices and school improvement and organizational indicators in the schools where
program graduates work from the perspective
of subordinate teachers and superordinate district leader (s).
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.
Many educational
leadership programs have or are developing partnerships with local schools and districts in an effort to increase the relevancy
of their
preparation programs to the particular needs
of local educational communities.
What to know: The New Mexico ESSA plan includes a Teacher Ecosystem, a map that describes a series
of initiatives to attract, develop, and retain teachers in the areas
of recruitment,
preparation, compensation, training, and teacher
leadership.41 Among many other initiatives, New Mexico will implement a Pay for Performance Pilot
program as a recruitment and retention strategy.
These studies reported on
preparation programs that provided the opportunity to participants to perform as leaders, whether in a role - play in front
of other
program participants (Nesbit et al., 2001), while working with classroom teachers in an actual teacher
leadership position in a school or district (Howe & Stubbs, 2003), or with the support
of a mentor in a teacher leader training
program (Harris & Townsend, 2007).
Leader in Practice Edition (INSPIRE - LP)-- This instrument enables the educational
leadership preparation programs to document
leadership practices and school improvement and organizational indicators from the perspective
of program graduates who are working as school principals.
Program evaluation is an essential tool for program improvement and UCEA has invested in the development of a number of program evaluation processes and tools that can benefit educational leadership preparation in universities and a variety of other s
Program evaluation is an essential tool for
program improvement and UCEA has invested in the development of a number of program evaluation processes and tools that can benefit educational leadership preparation in universities and a variety of other s
program improvement and UCEA has invested in the development
of a number
of program evaluation processes and tools that can benefit educational leadership preparation in universities and a variety of other s
program evaluation processes and tools that can benefit educational
leadership preparation in universities and a variety
of other sectors.
The INSPIRE Institute for the Evaluation
of Educational
Leadership Preparation was established to make available valid and reliable evaluation research tools and methods, a systemic process for collecting and analyzing
program and state level data, training materials and opportunities for
program faculty and evaluators, and strategies for leveraging data for
leadership preparation program improvement.
Principal
preparation and professional development
programs should continue to emphasize both the «softer» (emotional) and the «harder» (behavioral) aspects
of leadership.
Findings in Harris and Townsend (2007), Howe and Stubbs (2003) and Nesbit et al. (2001) suggested that the opportunity to practice
leadership skills, such as providing in - class support or professional development to classroom teachers, as part
of a
preparation program helped develop participants» knowledge
of, and ability to practice, teacher
leadership.
Although the 2012 research - based document titled UCEA Institutional and
Program Quality Criteria provides an accounting
of features, content, and experiences associated with effective
leadership preparation — all
of which are criteria for this award — more recent empirical and scholarly literature on effective and exemplary
leadership preparation provides additional insights about important dimensions
of these criteria and are considered as
programs are reviewed for this award.
Initiative for Systemic
Program Improvement through Research in Educational
Leadership (INSPIRE) Surveys include a suite
of evaluation resources for
leadership preparation programs to produce evidence helpful...
In a review
of the empirical literature on teacher
leadership, twenty four studies were identified with findings related to the knowledge and skills developed for teacher
leadership through
preparation programs.
Mónica Byrne - Jiménez is an Associate Professor
of Educational and Policy
Leadership in the School
of Education at Hofstra University.Her research focuses on Latina / o identity and school
leadership, the role
of faculty diversity on doctoral student experiences, and effectiveness
of a special education leader
preparation program.
Teacher leader
preparation programs described in these studies addressed a selection
of topics regarding disciplinary content knowledge, pedagogy, and / or
leadership.
Disciplinary content knowledge was the most common type
of topic addressed in these
preparation programs and was described as present in majority
of the
programs in mathematics and science and targeting teacher
leadership in grades K - 12.
Evaluating principal
preparation programs helps us understand the impact
of leadership on student learning.
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.
She is Vice President
of Division A
of the American Educational Research Association and president
of the Metropolitan Council
of Educational Administration
Programs (NYC), and has served on several state taskforces on
leadership preparation, principal licensure assessments and principal evaluation.
She has been a professor
of leadership preparation for over 20 years, preparing school and district leaders, and has developed several
preparation and post-
preparation programs for aspiring school leaders and superintendents.
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:
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.
Wallace et al. (1999) found that teacher leaders reproduced in their own practice the model
of teacher
leadership presented to them in their teacher leader
preparation program.
It draws from the research base in educational
leadership preparation to propose a series
of recommendations to improve current state policy and school
leadership preparation program (SLPP) practices around the recruitment and selection
of aspirant principal candidates.
Two studies that drew from the same data sources as part
of a single
program evaluation indicated that teacher leader
preparation programs can increase teacher leader effectiveness in providing
leadership to teams
of teachers.
These studies found that teacher leaders tended to reproduce in their practice the model
of preparation they had received: the proportion
of time in the
preparation programs devoted to subject area content, pedagogy and
leadership corresponded with the time that teacher leaders spent in these areas in their work with teachers.
Miller et al. (1999) found that teacher leader practice varied according to the extent that their
preparation program attended to developing
leadership skills and knowledge
of mathematics, science, and pedagogy.
«We're using this guide as a tool to drive change and reform in leader
preparation programs,» says Glenn Pethel, Gwinnett County's executive director
of leadership development.
Despite this, critics say that the curricula and methods at the majority
of the nation's 500 - plus university - based principal
preparation programs remain subpar and out
of step with district needs.10 A growing number
of districts have become more assertive with universities and other training providers about improving their offerings, because district leaders want enough well - prepared
leadership candidates to meet local learning goals and to lessen the expense and damage
of early turnover among poorly prepared novice principals.
Alabama Students Education
Preparation: State authorization to provide a
program related to the
preparation of teachers or other P - 12 school / system personnel does not indicate eligibility for an Alabama professional educator or professional
leadership certificate.
Articles will address such topics as the qualities and skills today's school leaders need; strengths and weaknesses
of current
leadership preparation programs; and how practices like internships, coaching, and teams can support new leaders.
Meeting the challenge will require teacher educators, both faculty and administrators, to systematize integration
of technology applications for effective content area learning across teacher
preparation and
leadership programs.
Under her
leadership, Lipscomb's college
of education and teacher
preparation program were consistently highlighted as one
of the top teacher training
programs for quality and effectiveness.
Billed as the nation's «flagship educational technology policy document,» the plan contains specific recommendations for teacher
preparation programs relative to its «vision
of equity, active use, and collaborative
leadership to make everywhere - all - the - time learning possible.»
In 2016, LMU's School
of Education received AACTE's Best Practice Award in Support
of Multicultural Education and Diversity.131 According to AACTE, all
of the teacher
preparation programs at LMU are «grounded in principles such as the promotion
of social justice, cultural responsiveness, inclusion, value and respect for all individuals, and
leadership that is moral, intellectual, responsible, and caring.»
His areas
of expertise include school
leadership preparation, high school reform, school - community partnerships, youth development and
program evaluation.
Tozer was a charter member
of the Illinois Educational Research Council and the chairman
of a State Legislative Task Force on school leader
preparation that led to the redesign
of all school
leadership programs in Illinois.
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.
Numerous provisions contained in S. 1177 represent a huge step forward from current legislation: the elimination
of adequate yearly progress and the 100 percent proficiency requirements, tempering the test - and - punish provisions
of No Child Left Behind; the continued requirement
of disaggregated subgroup data; removal
of the unworkable school turnaround models required under the School Improvement Grant and Race to the Top
programs; clarification
of the term school leader as the principal
of an elementary, middle or high school; inclusion
of the use
of Title II funds for a «School
Leadership Residency
Program»; activities to improve the recruitment,
preparation, placement, support, and retention
of effective principals and school leaders in high - need schools; and the allowable use
of Title II funds to develop induction and mentoring
programs that are designed to improve school
leadership and provide opportunities for mentor principals and other educators who are experienced and effective.
UCEA has opened an opportunity for submissions
of 5 - minute videos that explore broadly the landscape
of quality
leadership preparation, including our research and engaged scholarship, our
preparation program designs and improvement efforts, our policy work, and the practice
of educational leaders.
Before being tasked with providing strategic and operational
leadership for AACTE's Policy and
Programs Department as vice president for policy and programs, according to AACTE, LaCelle - Peterson served as president of the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) and previously worked as a researcher, faculty member and administrator in teacher preparation programs in New York, New Jersey and Washing
Programs Department as vice president for policy and
programs, according to AACTE, LaCelle - Peterson served as president of the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) and previously worked as a researcher, faculty member and administrator in teacher preparation programs in New York, New Jersey and Washing
programs, according to AACTE, LaCelle - Peterson served as president
of the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) and previously worked as a researcher, faculty member and administrator in teacher
preparation programs in New York, New Jersey and Washing
programs in New York, New Jersey and Washington D.C.
Drawing upon the expertise and
leadership of PBL educators across the country, authors Tom Vander Ark and Dr. Emily Liebtag share what an ideal
preparation program and early career professional learning for teachers ought to look like if we want to develop high - quality PBL teachers.
The Fellows were selected based on their
leadership and demonstrated effectiveness in improving student achievement, communication skills, experience implementing federal
programs and initiatives, and commitment to strengthening federal education policies to improve the recruitment,
preparation, development, and support
of great school leaders.
At Green Dot schools, principals and assistant principals are not managers or bureaucrats but instructional leaders tasked with identifying high - quality teaching and providing personalized coaching and professional support; subjects lacking in
leadership preparation programs nor required
of traditional school leaders.