Institute strategies that turn the assistant principal experience into a structured program for developing school-leadership skills¶

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Description¶

This strategy converts ordinary on-the-job assistant principal work into deliberate leadership development. Rather than treating the AP role as informal apprenticeship, the organization "instituted a number of strategies that effectively 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 this as KIPP's distinctive addition to district-style talent pipelines.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A talent pool of assistant principals already working in schools who can be developed on the job

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• assistant principals preparing to become school principals

Target Learning Goals¶

• skills required to serve as a school's top administrator

Related Strategies¶

• Districts should map virtual-learning and equity actions onto the seven domains of a comprehensive, aligned principal pipeline

Examples¶

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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