1. Theory into Practice: On-site Expectations for the Administrative Internship
Candidate Selection

2. The Power of the Principal Internship
Demonstrates leadership of leading change using data
Partnership between university and school district
Common candidate goals and expectations
Candidates screened by agreement partners
Mutual agreement regarding candidate selection
Timeline for partnership member meetings with candidate through school year including progress and performance checkpoints

3. Candidate’s Professional Attributes
Competency across instructional domains
Persists to improve teaching and learning
Self-motivated
Proactive
Collaborative
Generates new ideas
Risk taker
Team player
Effective communicator
Engages families and community
developmentally appropriate practice, Response to Intervention, ELL

4. Primary function: Lead improvement of teaching and learning
Candidate understands and distinguishes between leadership and management
Demonstrable evidence of shared leadership

5. School Operation: A Systems Approach
Candidate understands school operation from a systems perspective
Candidate demonstrates working knowledge of facilities services, food services, human resources, school finance, school safety, transportation
Candidate demonstrates working knowledge of school operations including assessment, community involvement, communication, curriculum and instruction, English Language Learners, special education, collective bargaining agreements, technology
Candidate differentiates leadership and management roles for school operation

6. Understanding of Best Instructional Practice
Assessment
Use of data/progress monitoring
Community engagement
Curriculum
Early Childhood Program
Instruction
Response to Intervention (RtI)
Scheduling for collaboration around student data
Differentiated professional development
Special education - LRE
Staff evaluation to improve teaching and learning for every student
Technology integration to engage 21st century learners (digital natives)

7. Operations Community Facilities Finance Food services
Parent/Teacher Organization
Personnel/Human Resources
Procedures and reports: school, district, state, federal
School calendar/schedule
School office
School safety
Transportation

8. Next steps – cutting through the fog
Developing a viable network through which to disseminate such studies to various stakeholders whose work impacts – or includes – the principalship – would be a productive “next step”.
Action plan? Measurable indicators?