The Rural Alaska Principal Preparation and Support Project (RAPPS) is a
comprehensive leadership development program focused on preparation of
principals for high-poverty and remote Alaska schools, and support for
those who are currently serving in those schools. The US Department of Education's School Leadership Program funded this 5-year project.
RAPPS provided
scholarships to 70 promising practicing teacher-leaders in 16 high-need
rural districts so that they could obtain their Type B credential and
become principals.
RAPPS offers a complete system of support for
aspiring and practicing school leaders including: a distance-delivered,
rural-focused cohort within the UAA Educational Leadership Program;
mentoring for aspiring principals during their internship with coaches
from the Alaska Administrator Coaching Project; and no-cost
distance-delivered and face-to-face professional learning opportunities
for all staff from the 16 partner districts throughout the year
from the Alaska Staff Development Network.
Our major goal was to
train and certify 55 new principals and to strengthen the leadership skills of principals from 135
of Alaska's highest need schools.
SY 2012-2013 is the final year for the RAPPS project.
Project Outcomes-
61
teacher or central office leaders have completed the program and are
certified as school administrators, and eight more are on track to
complete and graduate by 2015.
Of this group:
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28 are currently serving in a site administrator position in a RAPPS district
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2 are Assistant Superintendents in a RAPPS district
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8 are in central office positions in a RAPPS district
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14 are certified and looking for principal positions
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6 are continuing to teach
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3 moved out of state
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Each
year 15-17 RAPPS interns received coaching from the Alaska
Administrator Coaching Project. All RAPPS UAA graduates have received
coaching services.
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Each year over 100 school leaders have attended the Alaska School Leadership Institute
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Over 2,000 registrations (duplicated count) from RAPPS district staff were received for the 29 ASDN/RAPPS webinar series offered over the course of the grant. 123 no-cost webinars were offered in total.
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UAA has created over 15 rural Alaska case studies for use in its Educational Leadership program.
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