New principal and assistant principal training is designed to provide new administrators the opportunity to learn district procedures and expectations. Mini-conference strands emphasize increasing competence in enhancing student achievement. The mentorship program provides support for new principals. Site-based decision making training focuses team members on their main purpose, working with the principal on strategies designed to increase student achievement in the school. Current principals, assistant principals, and aspiring administrators are able to register for other session offerings during the academy that range from instructional leadership strategies to school safety, sexual harassment issues, and child abuse reporting.
Enrollment is open to all principals, assistant principals, and aspiring administrators.
Year One Aspiring Administrators meet twice monthly to dialogue with district administrators on topics designed to increase their instructional leadership skills. They also will attend three Board of Education meetings during the year. The success of the mentor program for new principals continues to be contingent on the rapport established between the mentor and the new principal. Data on the number of participants will be available after January 30. Evaluations from the three mini-conference sessions that have been held reflect that administrators are receiving the information they need in their various strands.