LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THE PRINCIPAL'S ENTRY YEAR?

Ideas for helping the novice principal are available at the following:

> For information about a chronologically-organized and ISLLC Standards-based, user-friendly resource for new principals and their mentors, see The Portable Mentor

> To access an ERIC-sponsored resource that provides information about inducting new school principals, see "Inducting School Leaders"


DOES THE PRINCIPAL INFLUENCE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT?

The data from this 30-year meta-study demonstrate that there is a substantial relationship between leadership and student achievement.

> See "Balanced Leadership" (.pdf)

SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISLLC STANDARDS?

Officially known as the "Educational Leadership Policy Standards: ISLLC 2008," the Interstate School Leadership Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards are the product of work sponsored by Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

The CCSSO website offers the following explanation of the ISLLC 2008 publication:

"This document represents the latest set of high-level policy standards for education leadership. It provides guidance to state policymakers as they work to improve education leadership preparation, licensure, evaluation, and professional development. As adopted by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA), these standards reflect the wealth of new information and lessons learned about education leadership over the past decade."

The CCSSO website reports that a study group, led by co-chairs Joseph Murphy of Vanderbilt University and Rosemary Papa of Northern Arizona University, identified a representative sample of the research supporting the ISLLC 2008 Policy Standards. This group "identified a representative sample of 83 empirical and 47 sources of knowledge references which support the six standards."

Since their original release in 1996, the ISLLC Standards have been adopted, and/or adapted, by many state departments of education when constructing their state-specific standards for licensing school leaders. Similarly, many universities and colleges use the ISLLC Standards as guidelines for defining the work of the school principal.

> See CCSSO
> See ISLLC Standards (.pdf)


SEEKING THE ISLLC SELF-INVENTORY?

> The original (1996) ISLLC Standards serve as the basis for a school leader "self inventory." Until a similar document is created for the 2008 ISLLC Standards, we will continue to offer the following (original) ISLLC Self-Inventory (.pdf)

SEEKING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IDEAS?

> Dr. Douglas Brooks, Professor of Education at Miami University (Ohio) and Director of Partners In Learning has developed a web-based model for school district continuous improvement on proficiency tests and systems implementation. See the Performance Pyramid .


ARE TODAY'S SCHOOL LEADERS POORLY PREPARED?

A report from the Education Schools Project contends that “at a time when America’s schools face a critical demand for effective principals and superintendents, the majority of the programs that prepare school leaders range in quality from inadequate to poor.”

> See Educating School Leaders (pdf.)
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