The NEFEC Principal Leadership Academy serves the purpose of assisting the fifteen member districts with the implementation of their state-approved District Leadership Plans. The Academy provides professional development for aspiring principals, using a variety of delivery methods. NEFEC personnel also provide technical assistance to principal certification candidates and to district leaders who administer the individual certification programs.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Project Coordinator: Mark Bracewell

Phone: (386) 326-3051

Email: bracewellm@nefec.org

Project Secretary: Stephanie Simonds

Phone: (386) 312-2279

Email: simondss@nefec.org

Fax: (386) 329-2571

RECOMMENDED READING:

• Principals' sense of efficacy: Assessing a promising construct By Megan Tschannen-Moran and Christopher R. Gareis(School of Education, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg,Virginia, USA)
• Culture of Literacy: A Guide for Middle and High School Principals (Principal Author- Melvina Phillips, an Alabama Reading Initiative Principal).
• In honor of the WC GoldenLeadership Institute session for July, Ifound Dr. Michael Fullan's What's Worth | Fighting for in the Principalship (Link to the PDF | Version).
• Research Matters / How Student Progress Monitoring Improves Instruction (Safer and Fleischman, 2005)
• The School Leader's Guide to Student Learning Supports(2006) by Howard S. Adelman and Linda Taylor- Chapter 4: Controlling Behavior at the Expense of Motivating Learning (preview begins on page 55)