June 2015 Vol. 3 No. 4

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Original Research Article

Evaluating the Principals’ Institute Leadership Development Program

Dr. Ann Toler Hilliard

Bowie State University – U.S.A.

E-mail: draph1@juno.com

Accepted March 09, 2015

Abstract

The Principals’ Institute Leadership Development program was designed with three major goals in mind by providing leadership development experiences for, 1) selected public school personnel to successfully complete coursework that would lead to Certification in Administration One, 2) feature professional development opportunities that include facilitated leadership training and transformational leadership frameworks that fostered through mentor-mentee and other nurturing professional relationships in environments where teaching, learning, leading and personal improvement can occur, and 3) advancing professional development for principals. Evaluations during the duration of the leadership development program implications were data-driven using qualitative and quantitative information based on survey questionnaires and personal interviews. The program was evaluated by the stated objectives based on data collected provided opportunities to improve teaching, learning, researching and leading. Evaluations of the program also gave the program management team the opportunity to reflect on its own practices for the improvement of planning for future leadership development programs. The evaluation of this study placed emphases on objectives and purpose, theoretical framework, methods, data collection, results and discussion and scholarly significance of the leadership development program.

Keywords: Leadership, Practice, Professional development, Program