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Leadership Preparation Program
The Leadership Preparation Program (LPP) is a 14-month program granting students a Master of Education degree and eligibility for a Utah Administrative Licensure. The LPP is a cooperative effort between BYU and participating Utah school districts, allowing participants to be granted a one year sabbatical or leave of absence to study educational leadership. This program and its graduates are well recognized State-wide with over 90% of LPP graduates currently hold administrative positions.
Program Design
The Leadership Preparation Program (LPP) is designed to offer individuals an opportunity to complete required coursework along with completing a full-time internship. Coursework is based around the conceptual framework of professional learning communities (PLCs), an effective strategy for improving teaching and learning. Instructional practices and course content are geared toward helping LPP students acquire knowledge , skills, and dispositions to lead learning communities as well as to function as a PLC within the cohort.
During full-time internships, LPP students will work alongside mentor principals and their administrative teams in the full range of the roles and activities of school leadership practice, including advocating for all students, teachers, staff members, and parents. Because of the sustained time at each school, students will be able to engage from start to finish in co-leading long term improvement projects, solving short- and long-term problems, and supervising faculty to enhance their instructional capacity. They will participate with mentors as they shift their roles, activities, and stances to meet the changing demands of a full school year. They will take part in school start up activities, including the managerial tasks of allocating resources, making assignments, and maintaining the school site as well as fulfilling the visionary role of motivating and building the capacity staff to embark collectively on the course they set. LPP interns will be a part of leadership endeavors to help teachers and staff members stay the course through coaching and mentoring individuals and instructional teams, solving short-term problems, and networking with internal and external community and district stake-holders. Interns will take part in end of year management and leadership activities to close out and culminate the current school year and collaboratively set the vision for the next year.
Continuous Improvement
The LPP program has a long-standing reputation for preparing effective school leaders; toward that end it is being refined continuously to reflect state of the art research on exemplary programs for preparing school leaders, effective leadership practices for improving schools; local, state, and national education agendas; and guidance from our advisory board. The advisory board consists of stake holders who are leaders in participating school districts, current students, past students who currently hold school leadership positions, and EDLF professors.
What Is the 14-Month Calendar?
During Spring Term, participants will be enrolled in evening classes two nights a week. For Summer Term LPP students will be enrolled in day classes four days a week. From Beginning Fall Term, participants will serve full-time administrative internships in public schools four days a week, and attend classes on campus from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. one day a week.
Who May Apply?
Interested teachers, counselors, or other educators who hold a Bachelor's degree and a teaching certificate are invited to apply. Applications for positions outside of the participating districts may also apply. Interested educators from out of the State of Utah may also apply.
- Complete the necessary application process by December 11, 2009.
- For more information, direct questions to Dr. Ellen Williams at 801-652-8698, 801-422-4291 or ellen_williams@byu.edu.
How are participants selected?
The Department evaluates candidates in three areas: scholarship, leadership and character. The evaluation is determined from resumes detailing scholarship and leadership; letters of recommendation; entrance examinations; transcripts from previous college work; and evaluations completed by school colleagues, secretary, and principal. A further screening involves interviews and group interactions. All LPP finalists will be selected in consultation with district administrators.