Mentor Principals

Onward Leaders provides mentor principals the opportunity to support resident principals’ professional goals and assist them in leading collaborative change to ensure all students have access to a high-quality Catholic education.

Mentor Principal Requirements

Mentor Principals are selected based on the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools framed upon the pillars of Governance & Leadership, Mission & Catholic Identity, Academic Excellence, and Operational Vitality. They must serve at an under-resourced school. Mentor Principals have:

  • A record of leadership for improving student achievement at their site or previous site

  • Established leaders at their site (Committees, WASC Participation)

  • The ability to deconstruct thinking and reflect on their own practice

  • An understanding of adult learning

How Mentor Principals serve

  • Coaching and mentoring (July and ongoing throughout the year)

  • Assisting the OLP Team in designing authentic learning experiences for the OLP resident principal based on real needs at current site in the areas of Governance & Leadership, Mission & Catholic Identity, Academic Excellence, Operational Vitality

  • Release control to the resident principal in specific areas

  • Give transparent feedback to increase capacity of resident principal

Onward Leader member serving the community

Meet this year’s mentors

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