IMAGINE: the best schools in the world for every student in Delaware.

Empower Principals to Lead

1. What will Vision 2015 mean for principals?
2. Why give principals more control? Will they be prepared to exercise this additional decision-making ability?

1. What will Vision 2015 mean for principals?
   Our research from around the country and the world strongly suggests that the most effective public schools have a well-trained principal focused on the core work of a school: helping teachers teach and students learn. It makes sense for those closest to the students (principals working with their staffs) to get to make the key decisions affecting their students. Vision 2015 would give principals more decision-making responsibility for managing staff, money and schedules. They would receive additional upfront training and ongoing support to help them handle these additional responsibilities. And they will be rewarded -- and held accountable -- for improving student achievement in their schools.


2. Why give principals more control? Will they be prepared to exercise this additional decision-making ability?
   Vision 2015 recognizes that greater decision-making requires increased training and on-going support. Statewide leadership programs are important vehicles for training principals to lead, both as instructional leaders and as effective managers of teams of educators. Better training and support systems will help create more effective principals who can lead their schools and support their teachers, and who are held accountable for the success of their schools.