Training and Practicum of the Program:
- Throughout the year, candidates will engage in monthly full-day professional learning sessions, facilitated by internal and external experts, that focus on key aspects of the HCS Principal Leadership Standards, the HCS Instructional Framework, and the student-centered coaching model
- Candidates have the opportunity to engage in job-embedded shadowing of a current instructional coach
Eligibility Criteria:
- Current HCS teacher with 4+ total years of teaching experience
- Evidence for 2+ years of strong student achievement and/or student growth
- Evidence of initiative and leadership
Application Components for Initial Screening:
- Current, up-to-date resume
- Recommendation from the applicant’s current principal (recommendation form will be sent by the Talent team)
- Prior effectiveness data submission (AIC LEAD Data Submission Guidelines)
- Most recent Project COACH summative evaluation rubric (from T-Eval)
- Most recent summative evaluation overview (from TNCompass)
Selection Process:
- Phase 1: Screening - Each applicant's application components will be screened by multiple district leaders using a screening rubric.
- Phase 2: Interview - Applicants with satisfactory screening scores will be invited to interview with a small panel of district leaders.
- Phase 3: Selection - Candidates will be selected for the program based on a combination of their screening and interview scores. The number of candidates selected for a new LEAD cohort is based on multiple factors and may change from year to year.