Residency experiences which shall be completed while the candidate is serving as a principal or vice principal under a provisional principal endorsement. The residency shall provide at least one experience in an elementary school and at least one experience in a secondary school. The residency phase shall be completed in no less than one year nor more than two years. The applicant shall complete 45 clock hours of formal study in the supervision of curriculum and instruction during the pre-residency. License requirements and fees are subject to change.
Applicants are subject to current requirements and fees.
All individuals who are entering initial employment as school principals must undergo an assessment of performance conducted by a state-approved assessor. The only individuals waived from the assessment requirement are those who are experienced principals from another state or from nonpublic schools. The performance assessment process involves an evaluation of an individual's management and leadership skills through a variety of exercises that simulate the actual job functions of a school principal. The purpose of the assessment process is to evaluate an individual's strengths and weaknesses in these skill areas so that the individual's mentor and school district can plan a training program that meets his or her specific needs. In order to assure that the assessment is used to assist the mentor in designing the training program, it is important that individuals fulfill this requirement prior to the program's development.