KIPP assistant principal development pipeline¶

Element · All elements
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 design), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

An organizational element of KIPP, described in this publication as the largest charter school network in the country. It consists of identifying principal candidates "primarily from a talent pool of assistant principals" and layering on strategies that turn the assistant principal experience into a structured program for developing the skills required to serve as a school's top administrator. The publication presents it as KIPP's response to the principal demand created by its growth.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A supply of assistant principals within KIPP schools
• Strategies that structure the AP experience as leadership development

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• assistant principals in KIPP schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• preparation to serve as a school's top administrator

Claims¶

• KIPP's rapid growth over two decades created an enormous need for strong principals to lead its schools [+W]
• KIPP identifies principal candidates primarily from a talent pool of assistant principals, similar to the approach used by school districts [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Structured Ap Experience Development Program
• KIPP Successor Prep program preparing new principals to lead existing schools

Examples¶

• Use the assistant principalship as an explicit training ground for aspiring principals

Key Sources¶

• Jeff Archer, Jeffrey Max. (2019). Strengthening Principal Preparation Through On-The-Job Training: Insights from KIPP's Strategies for Developing Assistant Principals as School Leaders. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/strengthening-principal-preparation-through-on-the-job-training-insights-from-kipps-strategies