Eligibility Requirements

•  Nominated by the local superintendent
•  Completed the first year as a principal but not more than five years
•  Committed to completing the yearlong Academy experience
•  Completion of the Academy project

Program Delivery Systems

• Division for Leadership Development staff and trained veteran   principals deliver and design professional development sessions for building leadership skills
• Current information from national, state, and local speakers and researchers who address specific ideas and strategies for increasing teacher and student learning
• Networking opportunities to exchange ideas with colleagues and
  experienced principals
• Research-based materials and texts that stimulate thinking and guide discussion about continuous school improvement

Academy Benefits

• A professional learning environment that promotes collegial 
  networking, knowledge building, and opportunities for collaboration
  and planning
• A job-embedded professional opportunity that informs the
  participants about the leadership knowledge, skills, and dispositions
  that improve school performance and student achievement
• Continuing Professional Development credit for those participants completing the three-day residential Academy and both follow-up sessions