Building the leadership capacity of principals results in schoolwide improvement. Learning leaders create learning organizations. Power shared is power gained. Self awareness, professional growth, and organizational improvement are interdependent. Gathering and analyzing information is a prerequisite for quality decision making.
School improvement is primarily people improvement.
The Louisiana Principal Internship is a two-year professional development program for first and second year principals throughout the state. It is a cooperative effort among the Louisiana Department of Education, Southeastern Louisiana University's Colleges of Education and Business, and business partners. All program objectives are correlated with the Louisiana Standards for School Principals . The diagram below shows the relationship between the major strands of the curriculum and the tools for evaluating program objectives. The ultimate desired outcome is continuous school improvement and increased student performance.