 | |  | | | | Product Description | In response to chief state school officers and other policy leaders requesting research-based guidance to develop or refine principal licensure policies, this report examines the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) standards in light of findings from McREL's recent study of principal leadership, as captured in the Balanced Leadership Framework®.
Specifically, this brief seeks to answer the following overarching question:
- In what ways does the Balanced Leadership Framework compare to and add value to the use of the ISLLC standards for the preparation, licensure, and professional development of school leaders?
| | Authors | Tim Waters & Sally Grubb | | Target Audience | Policymakers, administrators, and those responsible for the preparation and professional development of school leaders | | Ways to Use this Product | The findings from the analysis add value to policymakers' use of the ISLLC standards in three ways:- Increased utility,
- Guidance based on quantitative research, and
- The identification of leadership practices that should take primacy.
|  Key Ideas | Based on their analysis, the authors recommend that policymakers consider the following actions:
- Review and approve principal licensure and re-licensure programs to verify that they adequately address the knowledge and skills needed by principals to engage in research-based practices.
- Ensure that administrator licensure and re-licensure programs are taught by faculty with the knowledge and skills needed to teach research-based leadership practices.
- Commit the resources necessary for high-quality, rigorous, and research-based professional development programs for principals.
- Support the use of tools that allow practitioners to assess their use of research-based leadership practices.
- Be aware of the changes initiated through policies and the implications of those changes for different stakeholders.
- Collaborate with chief state school officers and other senior leadership to influence the conditions necessary to support change with second-order implications.
|  How to Get this Product | Download the PDF file | | APA Citation | Waters, T, & Grubb, S. (2004). The leadership we need: Using research to strengthen the use of standards for administrator preparation and licensure program. Aurora, CO: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning. |
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