LEAD project Purpose
Our purpose is to increase principal effectiveness in areas that lead to increases in student achievement.
The project goals include developing effective principals in public and private schools located in rural, suburban, or urban settings that:
- increase principal time spent on instruction improvements
- improve instructional quality by engaging teachers in an on-going change process
- positively impact student learning, particularly with high-need students
Three Major Components of the Grant
Cycles of Inquiry
The process of identifying and strategizing solutions for problems that affect student learning.
Leadership Framework
Develop the structures (school improvement teams, district leadership teams, etc.) to bring educators together.
Time Utilization Process
Creating time in the school day to support student achievement.
Project Participants
The project collaborates with six regions including Regional Offices of Education (ROE) 1, 17, 19, 21, 28, and 50. The regions serve as LEAD Hubs. The hubs are designed to serve as a regional/local connection point that brings the schools, universities, and communities together. The idea of the hub is to attract, place, support, and retain school leaders that are well trained to meet the needs of the whole child within a culturally responsive context that maximizes regional resources, builds regional capacity, and creates a highly successful, sustainable leadership pipeline. Each hub is staffed with a LEAD Coordinator to help facilitate the work and maximize the outcomes of the LEAD Project.
State-wide LEAD Partners
Federal Grantees
Illinois State University
DuPage County ROE
University Partners
Illinois State University
North Central College
Western Illinois University
ROE Partners*
ROE 1, Adams, Brown, Cass, Morgan, Pike & Scott
ROE 17, DeWitt, Livingston, Logan & McLean
ROE 19, DuPage
ROE 21, Franklin, Johnson, Massac & Williamson
ROE 28, Bureau, Henry & Stark
ROE 50, St. Clair County
Loyola Greeley Catholic Center
*Each of the six identified ROE Leadership Hubs have an assigned service area that reaches out beyond their ROE boundaries.
For more information on the overall project, please visit Leading Ed Partnerships.