Is the Full-Time/Full-Semester Internship a Promising and Replicable Strategy for All Principal Programs to Consider?

• In Event: 54.080 - Roundtable Session 22
  In Roundtable Session: 54.080-10 - Preparation Program Considerations in Leadership Development

Abstract

In 2013, a grant was awarded to three high-need school districts and university partners to pilot an intensive full time/full semester long internship model that provides a longer duration of full-time, job embedded experiences. An evaluation is studying the extent of differences between the two internship models – full time/full semester versus traditional internship model - by tracking outcomes during both the pre-service phase and after graduates are hired into principal positions. The pre-service phase of the evaluation studied program satisfaction and fidelity of implementation and the in-service phase will study impact on student growth and other metrics involved in principal evaluation. This paper will report on three years of results on fidelity of implementation, program satisfaction, and lessons learned.

Authors

• Erika Lee Hunt, Illinois State University

• Melissa Brown-Sims, American Institutes for Research

• Lora Wolff, Western Illinois University