Principals complete leadership program

SMITHFIELD — Three Johnston County Public Schools principals have completed the Distinguished Leadership in Practice Program.

They are Lyndsey Dunn, McGee’s Crossroads Elementary; Ryan Ewell, Cleveland Elementary; and LaShunda Faison, Smithfield Middle.

The DLP is a year-long leadership development program for North Carolina school principals. It uses a nontraditional professional development model aligned with the performance evaluation standards that the State Board of Education adopted for school leaders.

The program limits principals’ time away from their schools by allowing them to attend face-to-face sessions once every other month while accessing online assignments, materials, and coaching in between face-to-face sessions.

Principals engage in a series of activities that are designed to build the capacity of their schools and their own capacity as school leaders.

Shirley Prince is the executive director of the N.C. Principals and Assistant Principals Association, which designed and conducts the DLP. “The leadership of the school principal is by far one of the most important factors in school quality,” she said. “By completing this very rigorous program, our DLP graduates have demonstrated their commitment to continuous improvement by working to improve their leadership skills as they simultaneously improve their schools. We are proud to include them in the ranks of successful DLP completers.”

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