Evaluation of New Leaders' National Aspiring Principals Fellowship Program
The New Leaders Aspiring Principals Fellowship program is designed to develop future school leaders by building their competencies across five key areas of the New Leaders Transformational Leadership Framework: personal leadership, teaching and learning, school culture, talent management, and planning and operations. AIR is conducting a rigorous mixed-methods evaluation of the program, which is supported by a Department of Education Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant.
As part of this evaluation, AIR will conduct a quasi-experimental impact study that meets What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) standards with reservations, focusing on student and teacher outcomes during the 2023–24 and 2024–25 school years. We are also conducting a formative evaluation, using both quantitative and qualitative methods, to assess how well the program is being implemented and to gather feedback for continuous improvement.
