[NFEC Update] Penn State's American Indian Leadership Program Awarded New Four-Year Grant to Prepare Principals

[Joanna Donohoe]

Penn State's American Indian Leadership Program Awarded New Four-Year
Grant to Prepare Principals

Pennslyvania, November 07, 2008 -- 

Penn State's College of Education has received funding in excess of
$960,000 to offer new graduate fellowships to American Indian and Alaska
Native students who are interested in becoming school principals.

The initiative, titled Principals for Student Success (PSS), allows
participants to earn a master's degree in Educational Leadership with
principalship certification. The primary purpose is to prepare American
Indian and Alaska Natives, over a four-year period, to be effective
school principals in schools that serve significant numbers of Indian
students. 

Participants will be recruited nationally. Fellows will spend two years
on Penn State's University Park campus to complete degree and
certification requirements, followed by a year of induction services in
the field.

The fellowships are affiliated with Penn State's nationally recognized
American Indian Leadership Program (AILP), under the direction of John
Tippeconnic, professor of educational leadership. Susan Faircloth,
assistant professor of educational leadership, will serve as co-director
of the project. The AILP will collaborate with Haskell Indian Nations
University, Lawrence, Kan., in the recruitment, induction, and placement
of the fellows.

Leadership development is a constant focus of the program. In addition
to taking course work, fellows will attend seminars and participate in
internships that prepare them to be highly effective school principals.
Induction activities during the fourth year are designed to give the
fellows a successful transition from the Penn State academic program to
principalship roles. 

The fellowship program is funded by the Office of Indian Education, an
office of the U.S. Department of Education.

Applications are now being accepted for the fall 2009 semester. The
fellowships include a monthly stipend of $1,675, as well as allowances
for dependency support, tuition, textbooks, relocation, and health
insurance.

For more information, contact Dr. John Tippeconnic, American Indian
Leadership Program, Suite 300 Rackley Building, University Park, Pa.
16802 (phone 814-863-1626; e-mail jwt7 at psu.edu or Dr. Susan Faircloth at
814-863-3775; e-mail scf2 at psu.edu.

 

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