Effective Principals

An effective principal is essential to school success. These resources provide research, policy snapshots, promising practices, and examples to guide school districts in planning and implementing principal development and evaluation systems.


STANDARDS FOR PRINCIPALS

Resources in this section provide state and national leadership standards and differentiated performance indicators for principals in various career stages and contexts.

DEVELOPING PRINCIPALS

This section outlines the stages of the leadership development continuum and presents a framework for principal effectiveness.

EVALUATING PRINCIPALS

Research and promising practices for developing effective principals through principal evaluation systems are included in this section.



About this Resource

The Integrated Leadership Development Initiative (ILDI) is a statewide cross-agency collaborative focused on developing accomplished school and district leaders in California. Projects are supported by the California Comprehensive Center at WestEd. ILDI members and partners produced this web page and resources for practitioners, policy makers, and others interested in improving principal evaluation systems.

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Other SchoolsMovingUp Leadership Resources

The Principal Effectiveness section is a special collaboration between SchoolsMovingUp and ILDI that presents a focused set of resources on principal effectiveness. You can also view all of SchoolsMovingUp’s leadership resources.