Designing our Principal Pipeline from a Job-embedded Residency

• Main Authors: Dusty L. Palmer, Irma L. Almager, Fernando Valle
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ralph W. Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University 2019-12-01
• Series: School Leadership Review
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1149&context=slr

This qualitative case study explores the impact of job-embedded principal preparation residency programs through the lens of a school district’s administrator.  The school-university partnership provided an innovative way to prepare aspiring school leaders.  The job-embedded structure provided an authentic, contextual base experience where aspiring principals served as interns over a 15-month period in their current school district.  The praxis of the study positions principal interns to impact teacher growth and improve student achievement during their job-embedded placement.  Overall, the school district invested in its own teachers and are now leading their campuses in a principalship  role.