The School Leadership Program Communication Hub: Building Actionable Knowledge about Improving Leadership Preparation.

Recent critics of university-based educational leadership preparations programs have alleged that the programs are out of touch with the contemporary practices of PK-12 school leaders (Levine, 2005; Murphy, 2005; Walker & Qian, 2006). These complaints about preparation programs have resulted in new and innovative ways to prepare leaders (Crum, Myran, & Clayton, In Press), including the federally funded United States Department of Education School Leadership Program. This manuscript documents the development of a Communication Hub , which serves as a vehicle to disseminate lessons learned about the United States Department of Education School Leadership Program. While the Communication Hub is still in its early phases of development and nding the best paths to serve the community of SLP grantees, the evidence thus far demonstrates the need for a means of communicating and sharing. The study data suggest the participants see the Communication Hub as adding value to their individual projects as well as having the potential to better disseminate these important lessons learned and helping to increase the quality of educational leadership preparation programs. note: This manuscript has been peer-reviewed, accepted, and endorsed by the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) as a signi cant contribution to the scholarship and practice of education administration. In addition to publication in the Connexions Content ∗Version 1.1: Sep 1, 2011 12:47 pm GMT-5 †http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://cnx.org/content/m41036/1.1/ Connexions module: m41036 2 Commons, this module is published in the International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, Volume 6, Number 3 (July September, 2011), ISSN 2155-9635. Formatted and edited in Connexions by Theodore Creighton and Brad Bizzell, Virginia Tech and Janet Tareilo, Stephen F. Austin State University. 1 Sumario en espanol Los criticos recientes de universidad-baso programas que educativos de preparativos de liderazgo han alegado que los programas pierden contacto con las practicas contemporaneas de PK-12 lideres de la escuela (Levine, 2005; Murphy, 2005; Paseante and Qian, 2006). Estos reclamos acerca de programas de preparacion han tenido como resultado nuevas y maneras innovadoras para preparar a lideres (Crum, Myran, and Clayton, En la Prensa), inclusive el Departamento federalmente nancio de EEUU de Programa de Liderazgo de Escuela de Educacion. Este manuscrito documenta el desarrollo de un de Comunicacion, que sirve como un vehiculo para difundir lecciones aprendidos acerca del Departamento de Estados Unidos de Programa de Liderazgo de Escuela de Educacion. Mientras el Eje de Comunicacion es todavia en sus fases tempranas del desarrollo y encontrando que los mejores senderos para servir la comunidad de donantes de SLP, la evidencia asi distante demuestra la necesidad para un medios de comunicar y compartir. Los datos del estudio sugieren que los participantes ven el Eje de Comunicacion como agregando valor a sus proyectos individuales asi como teniendo el potencial para difundir mejor estas lecciones importantes aprendido y ayudando a aumentar la calidad de programas educativos de preparacion de liderazgo. note: Esta es una traduccion por computadora de la pagina web original. Se suministra como informacion general y no debe considerarse completa ni exacta.