Breaking the Mold: Impact of Multistate Competency-Based Principalship Program

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 8
  In Roundtable Session: Leadership Preparation: Continuing to Improve

Abstract

The Leadership Instruction for Teachers (LIFT) Program is a collaboration among the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, Texas Tech University, and 12 high-need school districts across Texas and Louisiana. This partnership aims to improve a principal preparation program through a competency-based fellowship and university preparation. The fellowship offers future school leaders hands-on experience in collaboration with highly skilled veteran school leaders. Evaluation of the impact of the LIFT Program shows successful recruitment of high-quality principal candidates into the program, improvement of candidates’ leadership and coaching skills, and positive perceptions toward the program. Overall, this study provides evidence of the success of the LIFT Program in generating a pipeline of exemplary principals.

Authors

• Handrea A Logis, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

• Jodi Leckbee Chan