Honoring the Impact of Leadership: National Principals Month

For more than 25 years, NIET has partnered with schools and districts to strengthen instructional excellence. We know that great principals don’t just manage schools, they shape the quality of teaching and learning every day. This month, we are celebrating the dedication, leadership, and heart that principals bring to their schools each day.

Principals lead with dedication and a commitment to excellence. Their leadership shapes the quality of teaching and learning across a school. When they are effective, students achieve at higher levels.

Dr. Joshua Barnett, Chief Executive Officer, NIET

Celebrating Principal Impact

During the month of October, we will be spotlighting principals whose leadership has transformed teaching and learning in their schools. Their stories inspire, inform, and remind us why great principals matter.

Each week, we will highlight principals from NIET partner schools who are leading with vision and creating meaningful change for their students and teachers. These spotlights will showcase the strategies, partnerships, and innovations that have strengthened instruction and advanced student success.

Check back here throughout October to read their stories, share them with your networks, and join us in celebrating excellence in school leadership. Together, we can elevate the role of principals and ensure they have the support needed to continue transforming education.

• How a Multi-layered Model of Leadership Is Driving Rapid Growth in Rural Texas, featuring Principal Amanda Johnson, Cotulla Independent School District, Texas
• Building Leadership Structures That Prepare School Systems for Change, featuring Principal Lora Hansell, Perry Township Schools, Indiana

How NIET Supports Principals

Behind every principal’s success story is a network of support that helps them grow as instructional leaders. Principals create a vision of instructional excellence and bring teachers into a shared purpose.

Reflecting on her time as a school principal, NIET South Central Regional Director Theresa Hamilton shared that “when teachers and staff recognize their principal as the lead learner, trust grows, and the school community is more willing to take on challenges, embrace risks, and pursue meaningful change.” Read Theresa’s top three habits of high-impact principals.

As principals develop the mindsets and skills needed to build learning environments of continuous growth alongside teachers, NIET is honored to support their work to improve outcomes for all students.