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Principal program building public board leadership
Stew Slater
A concerted effort to build interest
in school leadership positions,
among local teachers, has been suc-
cessful, according to administrators
of the Avon Maitland District School
Board.
"We'd be struggling without the
principal development program,"
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said Human Resources
Superintendent Jim Sheppard,
referring to a two-year initiative
which began in 2004. "We'd have to
put people in (leadership positions)
who aren't qualified,
and to do that, you
have to get letters of
approval from the
(Education) ministry."
The development
program kicked off
with "several sessions .
.. which were designed
to explain the varied
role of the principal
and vice-principal,"
according to a report
provided by. Sheppard
at a regular board
meeting Tuesday, May
23.
"Our focus ... was to
ensure -that participants
had a very clear understanding of
the challenges and rewards of the
pants by sparking lasting relation-
ships.
"They built a network" during
those sessions, Sheppard told
trustees at the May 23 meeting.
"And that's one of the
things participants
told us. They're build-
ing friendships that
will last through their
careers."
In the second year of
the program, the board
joined forces with the
provincial Principals'
Council to provide
local versions of the
Principal Qualification
Program.
Fully qualified
Ontario principals
must have completed
two parts of this pro-
gram, and 23 of those
who began the Avon Maitland
Development Program in 2004 have
now become qualified.
Some have entered the board's so-
called "principal pool'; with others,
it's expected they'll enter in the next
few years, after following through
'We'd be
struggling
without the
principal
developmen
program,' -
Human Resources.
Superintendent
Jim Sheppard
role.
Sheppard explained much of the
facilitation during that time was
provided by the board's existing
school leaders, which partici-
aided
on other priorities such as family
commitments and classroom teach-
ing experience.
According to Sheppard, there was
unofficial agreement when the
prospective principals entered the
Avon Maitland program, that they'd
remain with the board for at least
three years after qualifying.
"There's really no incentive (for
them to go elsewhere)," Sheppard
told reporters. "As long aswe have
opportunities here and challenges
here, they're going to stay with us."
He also told said that without the
initiative, the board may have been
forced to try luring .qualified candi-
dates from other Ontario jurisdic-
tions:
Instead, in the just -completed
process of placingprincipals in each
Avon Maitland school for 2006-07,
the board hired only three candi-
dates from outside their employee
base: one from the Toronto area who
had actually placed his name in the
principal pool a year ago, and two
who had been working in overseas
facilities (one in Hong Kong and one
in the Middle East).
Sheppard provided details of
placements for 2006-07
at the May 23 meeting.
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Public School (current
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Brussels Public School
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Central's Grade 7/8
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Clinton Public School
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Holmesville Public
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