Discover the Fellowship Student Experience
Our National Aspiring Principals Fellowship prepares full-time teachers like you to become effective principals and change-makers for the students in your community.
Program Highlights
You practice and develop leadership skills in real time. Here's how:
Scholarships
At New Leaders, we want to support making your goal of becoming a principal more attainable. Through the generous support of philanthropic partners, full
scholarships to the Fellowship are available for those who qualify.
Begin your journey to becoming a principal.
Learning Outcomes
to advance excellence and the belief that all children are capable of extraordinary things.
In the Fellowship, you gain the leadership skills and mindset to:
- Design an impactful instructional programAccelerating learning for all students
- Support and develop talentCoaching teachers to foster growth and opportunity
- Understand and respond to evolving needsUsing data-driven insights to inform decisions
- Develop systems to equitably distribute resourcesEnsuring all student needs are met
- Honor the strengths within the communityAdvancing a shared vision for success
One Fellowship
Many Paths to the Principal Role
The Fellowship meets the educational requirements for licensure in 40+ states.
Program of Study
The Fellowship can be completed in 10-16 months depending on the track and enrollment partner.
- History of Urban Education
- School Culture and Community Relations
- Practicum I
- Curriculum Planning for Educational Leadership
- Education Resource Management
- Practicum II
- Intro to Educational Administration and Supervision (Master’s Track only)
- Research for School Improvement (Master’s Track only)
- School Law (Master’s Track only)
- Educational Tests and Measurements (Master’s Track only)
- History of Urban Education
- School Culture and Community Relations
- Practicum I
- Education Resource Management
- School Law
- Curriculum Planning for Educational Leadership
- Supervision
- Practicum II
- Research for School Improvement (Master’s Track only)
- Adult Development (Master’s Track only)
Alumni Benefits
the Fellowship experience extends beyond the principalship.
Admissions and Eligibility
Minimum Eligibility Requirements
- 2-3 years of teaching experience
- 3.0 GPA average on conferred degrees
- A valid teaching license or credential
- A current role with access to a residency school site
- A master's degree (Only a requirement for the Certification-Only track in some states - individuals can check their program options and requirements using our eligibility tool)
Application Steps
We look forward to following up with important information about the Fellowship shortly.
Administrator licensing/certification requirements are at all times subject to the applicable requirements of the credentialing state. All licensing/certification determinations are made by the credentialing state; accordingly, neither New Leaders, Clark Atlanta University, Bank Street Graduate School of Education, nor Morehouse College cannot guarantee any individual an administrator credential at any time.