Progress Being Made in Getting a Quality Leader in Every School

By Gene Bottoms, Betty Fry and Kathy O'Neill

This report, a part of the Challenge to Lead education goals series, documents SREB states' progress in redesigning the preparation and development of school principals. The analyses are based on information collected in interviews with state agency personnel on six key indicators. The report also outlines actions that states can take to make progress on each indicator, describes promising practices being implemented by some states and identifies challenges states face in creating new policies that can drive more effective programs and practices.

Keywords: SREB Leadership Initiative, Challenge to Lead Goals for Education, school principals, principal preparation, leadership program redesign, principal licensure and certification, alternative certification of principals, recruiting school leaders, internship in school leadership, leadership academy, training school leadership teams

Goals that it reflects: Every school has leadership that results in improved student performance — and leadership begins with an effective school principal.

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Catalog information: (04E12); 26 pages; 2004; $5

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