State Board of Education

The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) received a significant grant from the U.S. Department of Education to work with two Tennessee universities to reinvent the principal preparation process. SREB asked the State Board of Education (SBE) and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) to appoint a commission to oversee the development and implementation of new standards for principal preparation. In October, 2005, the SBE and THEC appointed the Leadership Redesign Commission "to build capacity at the state level, in partnership with local agencies and universities, to prepare effective school leaders." The Board gave the Commission the following tasks:
1. To recommend policies and standards to guide the redesign of the system of principal preparation, licensure, and professional development;
2. To prepare an implementation plan for the new system; and
3. To oversee implementation of the plan.

Commission Members
Click here to review a list of the members.

Upcoming Meetings
June 9, 2006, 9:00 a.m. Agenda

Pilot Sites

Task Force Progress:
Standards Task Force
- Draft Standards

Licensure and Evaluation Task Force

Professional Growth and Development Task Force

Working Conditions Task Force

Reading List
- Bottoms et. al. Good Principals Are the Key to Successful Schools: Six Strategies to Prepare More Good Principals. Southern Regional Education Board. 2003.
- Bottoms, Gene and Kathy O’Neill. Preparing a New Breed of School Principals: It’s Time for Action. Southern Regional Education Board. 2001.
- Levine, Arthur. Educating School Leaders: Executive Summary. The Education Schools Project. 2005. (Note: If this summary interests you, you may want to read the full report.)
- Waters, Marzano, and McNulty. Balanced Leadership: What 30 Years of Research Tell Us About the Effect of Leadership on Student Achievement. Mid-Continent Regional Education Lab (McREL). 2003.
- Interstate School Leaders Consortium Standards for School Leaders (adopted 1996).

Tennessee Information
Tennessee statutes and State Board of Education rules regarding principals (as of March 2006).
Tennesee Licensure Standards and Induction Guidelines (see section 41-5, page 277, Administrator/Supervisor Licensure).

Agencies
SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) assists state leaders by directing attention to key education issues; collecting, compiling and analyzing comparable data; and conducting broad studies and initiating discussions that help states and institutions form long-range plans, actions and policy proposals.
The Center on Reinventing Public Education studies major issues in education reform and governance in order to improve policy and decision-making in K-12 education.
The Wallace Foundation seeks to support and share effective ideas and practices that will strengthen education leadership, arts participation and out-of-school. Also see the Wallace Knowledge Center.

Work of Other States
Alabama ’s Governor's Congress on School Leadership: Final Report.