Practitioners Share How to Build a Steady Pipeline of Effective School Leaders

The Principal Pipeline Podcast

This two-part series features principals, district and state leaders, and university officials who’ve developed strong principal pipelines.

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Effective principals are vital to creating and running high-quality schools, especially in low-income neighborhoods. But demand for good principals can often exceed supply.

The Principal Pipeline podcast features in-depth conversations with school principals, district-level leaders, state leaders and university officials who’ve developed strong principal pipelines, so that others can listen and learn from their experiences. Series One explores how these efforts proved to be feasible and affordable in six large school districts, while Series Two explores the effectiveness of building principal pipelines.

New episodes are released every Wednesday throughout the series run, and then catalogued here. Episodes are hosted by either Lucas Held, Director of Communications, or Ed Pauly, former Director of Research, for The Wallace Foundation.


Lucas Held	Ed Pauly

Photos by Claire Holt

Perspective: Building Principal Pipelines: A Job That Urban Districts Can Do	https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/Pages/Perspective-Building-Principal-Pipelines-Update.aspx	Perspective: Building Principal Pipelines: A Job That Urban Districts Can Do	How can school districts build pipeline of effective school principals? This Wallace Perspective sheds some light.	54092405-3ed7-43af-891b-ab77fa4f2517	Report	<img alt="" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/PERSPECTIVE-BUILDING-PRINCIPAL-PIPELINES-UPDATED-B.JPG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> <img alt="" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/Perspective-Building-Principal-Pipelines-Updated-a.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
Building a Stronger Principalship Vol 5: The Principal Pipeline Initiative in Action	https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/Pages/Building-a-Stronger-Principalship-Vol-5-The-Principal-Pipeline-Initiative-in-Action.aspx	Building a Stronger Principalship Vol 5: The Principal Pipeline Initiative in Action	Six large school districts aiming to develop a larger corps of effective school leaders have made major strides in building pipelines to the principalship.	54092405-3ed7-43af-891b-ab77fa4f2517	Report	<img alt="" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/Building-a-Stronger-Principalship-Vol-5-The-Principal-Pipeline-Initiative-in-Action-b.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> <img alt="" height="234" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/Building-a-Stronger-Principalship-Vol-5-The-Principal-Pipeline-Initiative-in-Action-a.jpg" width="181" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
What It Takes to Operate and Maintain Principal Pipelines: Costs and Other Resources	https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/Pages/what-it-takes-to-operate-and-maintain-principal-pipelines-costs-and-other-resources.aspx	What It Takes to Operate and Maintain Principal Pipelines: Costs and Other Resources	What does it cost school districts to build and run a principal pipeline? This first-of-its-kind RAND study offers insights.	54092405-3ed7-43af-891b-ab77fa4f2517	Report	<img alt="" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/What-It-Take-to-Operate-and-Maintain-Principal-Pipelines-b.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> <img alt="" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/What-It-Take-to-Operate-and-Maintain-Principal-Pipelines-a.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
How Leadership Influences Student Learning	https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/Pages/How-Leadership-Influences-Student-Learning.aspx	How Leadership Influences Student Learning	Read, in this landmark study, about the important influence of school leadership on student learning, especially in high-needs schools.	54092405-3ed7-43af-891b-ab77fa4f2517	Report	<img alt="How Leadership Influences Student Learning" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/how-leadership-influences-student-learning-B.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> <img alt="How Leadership Influences Student Learning" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/How-Leadership-Influences-Student-Learning-a.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />

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