New collaboration with UW-Madison lets 3 Wisconsin school districts grow their own principals


New collaboration with UW-Madison lets 3 Wisconsin school districts grow their own principals


When two assistant principals in the Lake Mills School District announced plans to leave their jobs last summer, district administrator Tonya Olson immediately knew two current teachers who would be perfect candidates for the jobs.

They both had previous leadership experience, great relationships with staff and were grounded in the Lake Mills community. But without master’s degrees, they lacked the level of education required for assistant principals in Wisconsin...

...A new collaboration between the UW-Madison School of Education and three Wisconsin school districts — Madison, Lake Mills and Middleton-Cross Plains — proposes a solution: Through the District Leadership Preparation Pipeline, a group of Wisconsin teachers will earn their master’s degree from UW-Madison for no cost. In return, they commit to working in their home school districts as a principal or assistant principal for at least two years...


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Ken Notes: In the past I have been offered two Wisconsin University positions only to be told that my lack of a masters degree precluded me from being hired.

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