A Guide for Coaching New Principals — From Day One Through Year One and Beyond
Principals define their school’s teaching vision and lead their entire community to achieve it. But stepping into instructional leadership requires the right support.
This guide helps district leaders establish the systems, coaching practices, and learning communities that equip new principals to lead instruction with confidence.
Download this guide to help your district leaders:
- Define what effective instructional leadership looks like, and how to coach toward it
- Lay the foundation for new principals with clear goals, evidence-based practices, and role clarity
- Build principals’ data literacy so they can make smarter, faster instructional decisions
- Sustain principal growth across mentorship, coaching, PLCs, and shared language tools
- Share a ready-to-use 30/60/90-day instructional leadership checklist directly with new principals
