1. Preparing New Principals Program
Leadership Development Department
Director - Dr. Laurie Riopelle

2. Our Mission
Leadership Development supports aspiring leaders as well as current administrators by providing relevant and personalized professional development with a focus on instructional leadership. Our goal is to help each individual grow and develop his or her own potential while improving academic achievement for all students.

3. What is PNP?
The Preparing New Principals Program is a comprehensive two-year leadership preparation program designed for extremely motivated and highly effective assistant principals who are aspiring to become principals. It is based on the Florida Principal Leadership Standards and capitalizes on our Strategic Plan. It is designed to provide future principals with rigorous and relevant instructional leadership experiences.

4. Application and Acceptance Process

5. Phase 1 The Application Process

6. Application Requirements
Each candidate will complete an online application and upload the following documents:
Resume
Letter of Intent
Copy of valid Florida Educator Certificate reflecting Educational Leadership
Last 3 years of final evaluations showing either an effective or highly effective rating

7. Application Requirements Continued
Access to the online application will be shared with you once your principal and Regional/Instruction superintendent sign off on their recommendation.
The application due date is June 30, All documents must be uploaded into the Google Form by this day. Candidates that have incomplete applications and/or missing documents will NOT be considered for the program.

8. Resume
Experiential resume showing leadership activities beyond the classroom aligned to the Florida Principal Leadership Standards:
Experience demonstrating direct impact on student achievement/adult learning
Current work/initiatives that you lead
Leadership activities over and above normal duties/ leadership impact beyond your classroom

9. Letter of Intent The letter of intent should include the following:
Who? Brief overview of who you are and your leadership attributes
Why? Explanation of why you want to be a school based leader
How? Description of how you will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to help increase student achievement and systems within your schools
Format: Write the letter of intent to Dr. Riopelle
1 page, 12 font, Double space, Times New Roman

10. Florida Certification
Copy of valid Florida Educator Certificate reflecting Educational Leadership

11. Final Evaluations
As part of the application process, you will need to upload your final evaluations from the following years:
Those who successfully enter the program will submit their final evaluation once these are released.
All evaluations must be rated as highly effective or effective to remain in the program.
You will be added to the Google Classroom once you’ve met the program.

12. Phase 2 The Face-to-Face Portion

13. Face-to-Face Portion
Once the application and documents are submitted by June 30th, candidates will move onto Phase 2 of the application process.
Phase 2 will consist of two parts:
Timed writing
Targeted Selection Interview (STAR format)
Candidates will be notified of the dates for this phase once the application process is completed. Participants will be able to select dates either in July or August.

14. Program Components
The Preparing New Principals program will provide participants with opportunities to learn in a variety of ways:
face-to-face sessions
online learning
simulated learning experiences
small group collaboration
independent work
Save the Date:
Our first PNP session is Tuesday, September 11th

15. Leadership Development Specialist
Thank you!
Contact Information
Julie Walker
Leadership Development Specialist PX