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UPPI teams improved the coherence of the programs

• Programs engaged with districts to make recruiting more collaborative and targeted.
• Universities improved program coherence by aligning curricula to frameworks and standards, sequencing the learning, and increasing practical learning experiences.
• Clinical experience became more authentic, intentional, and personalized.
• UPPI programs strengthened the use of cohorts.

The universities used partnerships and supports to conceptualize and carry out changes to the programs

• Collaborative partners played an active role at all stages of the redesign process.
• Program self-assessments and the development of logic models or frameworks helped the team work together and kept the redesign process on track.
• There was no single way to sequence the redesign work.
• The partnerships evolved to support continued implementation.
• Continuous improvement was built into the redesign and implementation processes.
• Teams took steps to institutionalize the redesign features and the partnership and process of continuous improvement.

Partners took the UPPI testbed strategies beyond the UPPI program

• Universities expanded the redesigned programs to include partnerships with additional districts.
• UPPI program redesigns extended changes along the pathway to the principalship.
• UPPI approaches informed programs across the state preparation system.

The job of the school principal has become much more complex and demanding over the past several decades. Many university-based principal preparation programs — which prepare the majority of school principals — have struggled with how to make the fundamental changes needed to prepare principals for today's schools. To test a path forward, The Wallace Foundation provided grants to seven universities and their partners to redesign their principal preparation programs in line with research-supported practices.

This report describes the methods of and findings from the RAND Corporation's five-year study of The Wallace Foundation's University Principal Preparation Initiative (UPPI). It is primarily intended as a secondary resource for readers who would like more detail about the study's findings and methods. Key findings are highlighted in the report in brief and three upcoming targeted reports: one for principal preparation programs, one for school districts, and one for state education organizations.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Changes to UPPI Principal Preparation Programs

• Chapter Three

  Collaboration Across Stakeholders Around Redesign

• Chapter Four

  Extending Lessons Learned Beyond the UPPI Programs

• Chapter Five

  Summary

• Appendix A

  UPPI Programs and Partners, and Timeline

• Appendix B

  Methodology

• Appendix C

  INSPIRE Data Collection and Analysis