The School-Based Administrator Program provides leadership development and training for visionary school leaders who view leadership as a vocation to uplift and support school communities as they strive toward excellence. The goals of the program are:
- to educate teachers about the role of SBAs and recruit them into these roles;
- to provide a two-year system of support for new SBAs that ensures their success;
- to provide professional development that supports all SBAs to build the skills needed to work in school administration and facilitate instructional improvement; and
- to provide SBAs who aspire to the principalship, the skills and experiences required for them to be competitive candidates for the role
Program components include:
- New School-Based Administrator Support System
- Courses, seminars and modules
- Instructional Leadership Institute (Click here for more information about this initiative.)
Alignment with District Initiatives
The content of coursework addresses the Dimensions of Principal Leadership, which guides instructional leadership strategies within the district. The pedagogy focuses on linking theory and practice; drawing on course participants' experiences in their schools and the best practices of their colleagues; and connecting these experiences to the research and theory about the most important elements of effective school leadership.
