Building Capacity for Transformative School Leadership Through Administrator Coaching and Induction

• In Event: Hilton Roundtable Session 21
  In Roundtable Session: Preparing Exemplary Building-Level and Central Office Leaders Through Coaching

Abstract

Leadership is the second only to teaching as the most important school-based factor in student academic achievement. This study demonstrates the positive impact that a two-year, coaching based, job-embedded administrator credentialing program is having on the leadership development of new administrators. The Clear Administrative Services Credential (CASC) program is centered on a theoretical framework founded on six professional learning standards combined with real life professional learning contexts, coaching conversations, and reflection. CASC participants have reported a high level of satisfaction and leadership development as a result of their inclusion in the program. CASC is provided at no charge to participants demonstrating their district’s commitment to investing in and growing their own future leaders.

Authors

• Marco A. Nava, Los Angeles Unified School District

• Jeffrey Alexander White, Los Angeles Unified School District

• Martha Viridiana Cortes, Los Angeles Unified School District

• Ileana M. Dávalos, Los Angeles Unified School District