AACTE is committed to supporting its members in delivering high - quality
school leader preparation programs.
However, New Leaders has a variety of serious concerns — including the proposal to eliminate Title II of the HEA, which, among other things, authorizes the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) grant program intended to enhance the quality of teacher and
school leader preparation programs across the country.
Current
school leader preparation programs, traditional and nontraditional, have not kept pace with the changes.
North Carolina's teacher and
school leader preparation programs should offer a range of routes into the profession for those willing to commit to serving in low - performing schools, while maintaining the rigor necessary to ensure quality.
-- At least 38 states require field experience as part of traditional
school leader preparation programs.
Professional and policy organizations such as the University Council for Education Administration, the Council of the Great City Schools, and the Bush Institute's Alliance to Reform Education Leadership have all recognized Illinois for exemplary partnerships between school districts and
school leader preparation programs.
Principals» leadership is a critical factor in schools» success, and
school leader preparation programs play a key role in facilitating that success.
The UIC Ed.D Program in Urban Education Leadership is a university - based
school leader preparation program.
Not exact matches
Since then, the resulting Interstate
School Leaders Licensure Consortium standards have been used or adapted by more than 40 states to guide their own
preparation, licensure, and evaluation
programs for principals and superintendents.
One of the institute's first education initiatives was the Alliance to Reform Education Leadership (AREL), a nationwide network of principal
preparation programs with a mandate, as a 2010 press release put it, «to transform the way
school districts identify, recruit, prepare, empower, and evaluate their
leaders.»
The AACTE is a national alliance of educator
preparation programs dedicated to the highest quality professional development of teachers and
school leaders in order to enhance PreK - 12 student learning.
How are states regulating principal -
preparation programs, what does ESSA say about training
school leadership, and how do «niche» principal - training
programs aim to train more - effective
school leaders?
The university initiative comes on the heels of a Wallace report suggesting that
school district
leaders are largely dissatisfied with the quality of principal
preparation programs and many universities believe that their
programs have room for improvement.
The kind of
preparation and thinking she envisions for education
leaders is «what's taken for granted at Harvard Business
School and Harvard Kennedy
School,» which is why the Wallace Foundation originally underwrote the ExEL
program to bring teams of superintendents and state education officials together.
For example, Maine recommends that districts adopt «longevity pay incentives» and create teacher
leader programs in high - poverty
schools.54 The plan also states that the Maine Department of Education will work with teacher
preparation programs to assess the type and level of
preparation afforded to aspiring teachers wishing to teach in high - poverty
schools, isolated
schools, and high - risk
school settings with the goal of offering more supports, including housing, loan forgiveness, and housing for teachers in these types of
schools.55
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).
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).
Align
preparation to the work — The knowledge and skills developed in a
preparation program should reflect the focus of teacher
leaders» work in
schools.
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.
University
preparation programs need to be selective about the candidates they admit and then equip aspiring
leaders with the real - life skills they need to lead
schools.
The goal is to establish what is being done in the
preparation of teachers and educational
leaders and what deans, department chairs and other
leaders in the area of preservice training of teachers and
school administrators believe might be done differently to improve those
programs.
The Illinois Story is part of a major effort at Wallace to improve university principal
preparation programs and builds on 15 years of Wallace - supported research and experience about what makes for effective
school leaders.
A new resource developed by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) offers a 50 - state comparison of
school leader certification and
preparation programs, along with individual state profiles.
The
school leader as the promoter of the success of all students is as the center of the work of faculty in the
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 pr
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 pr
school leadership, the role of faculty diversity on doctoral student experiences, and effectiveness of a special education
leader preparation program.
States should develop standards and curricula for family engagement in education for teacher and principal
preparation programs and should ensure that teachers, principals, and other
school leaders receive professional development on improving family engagement in education.
The
school leader as the promoter of the success of all students is at the center of the work of faculty in the
preparation programs.
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 dist
School Leaders Academy, a two - year
school and district leadership preparation program in partnership with 30 + suburban and small city dist
school and district leadership
preparation program in partnership with 30 + suburban and small city districts.
Considering the impact of
school leaders on student achievement, principal
preparation programs have a huge responsibility to best prepare individuals to lead our nation's
schools.
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:
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.
The six districts» plans include working closely with select principal
preparation programs to improve the training aspiring
school leaders receive before they are hired by the district.
Today, nearly all states have adopted some form of what's known as the «ISLLC standards,» which lay out a set of competencies
school leaders need to succeed in improving instruction.6 Iowa, Illinois, Delaware and Kentucky are among the states that have used the standards to rewrite principal licensure rules, toughen accreditation for principal
preparation programs, spell out requirements for mentoring newly hired principals and evaluate
leader performance.
They can help
school leaders with teacher recruitment and selection by providing information on
preparation programs that have delivered effective teachers in the past.
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.
Educator
preparation programs can ensure that both teachers and
school leaders are experienced in accessing information through professional peer networks by the time they enter the field.
States can reserve up to 3 percent of their Title II funds for investments in «teacher, principal, or other
school leader certification, recertification licensing, or tenure systems or
preparation program standards and approval processes to ensure that (i) teachers have the necessary subject - matter knowledge and teaching skills, as demonstrated through measures determined by the State.»
More rigorous
preparation programs based on the National Educational Leadership
Preparation (NELP) standards, which are being developed to align with the recently - revised Professional Standards for Education
Leaders (PSEL), are essential for the preparation of beginning - level school building and district l
Leaders (PSEL), are essential for the
preparation of beginning - level
school building and district
leadersleaders.
States can leverage funds under Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which provides funding to support high - quality
programs for principal
preparation, including
school leader residency
programs, offering a full year of clinical training.
Professors in education, public policy, design, and business
schools, as well as instructors in other teacher and
leader preparation programs, will find the scenarios and discussion questions helpful.
-- At least 39 states, plus the District of Columbia, allow for alternative routes to initial
school leader certification, either through an innovative or experimental
preparation program or through nontraditional paths to certification.
Two of the videos profile exemplary
preparation programs at the University of Illinois at Chicago and New
Leaders Chicago, which helped to inspire the higher standards and whose graduates effectively lead Chicago public
schools.
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.
After the publication of these standards, CCSSO worked with CEEDAR to create PSEL 2015 and Promoting Principal Leadership for the Success of Students with Disabilities, a complementary guidance document that states can use to ensure all
school leaders - whether in
preparation programs or current practice - have the skills and abilities they need to help each child succeed.
Nationally,
leaders from a variety of sectors — state and national government,
school districts, universities, nonprofits, and teacher education
programs — are pointing towards teacher residencies as a model for strengthening the
preparation of all teachers.
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 effe
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 effe
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 effe
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 effe
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 effe
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 effe
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 effe
school leadership and provide opportunities for mentor principals and other educators who are experienced and effective.
Each partner
school plans its intern days a little differently, but most intern days have the same core activities like observing classes, participating in a question and answer session with
school leaders and staff, and getting to know NTR's teacher
preparation program better.
Change teacher prep courses and student teaching: Maine will meet with
leaders of its teacher
preparation programs to evaluate course requirements and ensure that new teachers have student teaching experiences in «high - poverty and isolated - small
schools and high - risk
school settings.»
The New York Department of Education will explore devoting a portion of its Title IIA funding to expand
preparation programs that provide greater opportunities for candidates (both teachers and
school leaders) to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in authentic settings.