How We’re Preparing Exceptional Principals
School leaders account for up to one-fourth of school-based effects on student achievement. Here’s an overview of how the NC State College of Education’s principal preparation programs have become a national model for preparing dynamic leaders who positively influence a school’s culture and student outcomes.
Where We Are
Our principal preparation programs encompass over a half-dozen leadership academies and cohorts that serve nearly a quarter of the public school districts in North Carolina and have graduated 140 principals, assistant principals and other school leaders since graduating their first cohort in 2012:
Our principal preparation programs are nationally recognized for developing highly-effective school leaders.
1 of Only 5
Principal Preparation Programs Among 770+ in Nation Recognized as Exemplary by University Council for Educational Administration
#22
National Ranking in Educational Leadership and Administration Specialty Category by U.S. News and World Report
90%
of NELA First-Year Principals Met or Exceeded Growth in High-need, Title I Schools vs. 75% of Experienced Principals (2014-15)
