Tennessee public school administrators need better training before they become principals, according to reviewers who judged the state’s winning application for federal stimulus money.
In 200 pages, state education officials laid out specific plans for how to better train teachers and weed out those who are ineffective but mentioned no corresponding goals for principals, said reviewers of Tennessee’s Race to the Top application.
But while the comments pointed to a lack of principal preparedness statewide, locally, Hamilton County already has begun addressing the issue, officials say.
PDF: Technical review form
Since November, 10 elementary school assistant principals have participated in an Aspiring Principals Academy, while 16 secondary assistant principals have attended similar monthly workshops.