AREL Affiliates

The AREL Network of principal preparation sites includes programs at three different points of development and maturity: Exemplary, Operating, and Start-up. We recognize that sites will not always fall within a single stage because of variance within specific program areas and timelines. However, the following descriptions characterize our understanding of sites at each of the three stages of development:

Exemplary Programs

Exemplary programs have demonstrated their effectiveness. They have produced graduates over several years, and they have evidence that program graduates are effective principals who are improving student achievement and sustaining that improvement. Sites at this stage are collecting and sharing data and using it to improve their programs and to inform the development of policy and best practices for preparing principals.

Exemplary programs affiliated with the AREL network are:

• Gwinnett County Public Schools
  Quality-Plus Leadership Academy and Aspiring Principal Program
  Suwanee, Georgia
  
  For information, contact:
  Glenn Pethel
  Glenn_Pethel@Gwinnett.k12.ga.us
• KIPP
  School Leadership Programs
  
  For information, contact:
  Sarah Campbell
  scampbell@kipp.org
• New Leaders
  New York, New York
  
  For information, contact:
  Benjamin Fenton
  bfenton@nlns.org
• New York City Leadership Academy
  New York, New York
  
  For information, contact:
  Courtney Welsh
  CWelsh@nycleadershipacademy.org
• University of Illinois Chicago
  Ed.D. Program in Urban Education Leadership
  Chicago, Illinois
  
  For information, contact:
  Steven Tozer
  stozer@uic.edu

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Operating Programs

Operating programs are implementing programs that are aligned with the nine AREL standards and they have begun collecting and sharing data about their program and students. Sites at this stage may or may not have produced their first graduates under the AREL program standards.

Operating programs affiliated with the AREL network are:

• Achievement First
  Residency Program for School Leadership (RPSL)
  New Haven, Connecticut
  
  For information, contact:
  Matthew Taylor
  matttaylor@achievementfirst.org
• Building Excellent Schools
  Boston, Massachusetts
  
  For information, contact:
  Matthew A. Brunell
  mbrunell@buildingexcellentschools.org
• ED-Entrepreneur Center
  The Teaching Trust and Southern Methodist University
  Dallas, Texas
  
  For information, contact:
  Rosemary Perlmeter
  rperlmeter@uplifteducation.org
• Get Smart Schools
  Denver, Colorado
  
  For information, contact:
  Amy Slothower
  amy@getsmartschools.org
• Great Leaders for Great Schools
  California State Polytechnic University
  Pomona Unified School District
  Pomona, California
  
  For information, contact:
  Stephen H. Davis
  shdavis@csupomona.edu
• Long Beach Unified School District
  Principals’ Professional Learning Community
  Long Beach, California
  
  For information, contact:
  Tom Malkus
  tmalkus@lbschools.net
• Marian University
  Academy for Teaching and Learning Leadership
  Indianapolis, Indiana
  
  For information, contact:
  Lindan B. Hill
  lhill@marian.edu
  Chandre Sanchez-Reyes
  csanchezreyes@marian.edu
• Principal Preparation Pipeline
  Harvard Graduate School of Education
  Teach for America
  Chicago Public Schools
  Chicago, Illinois
  
  For information, contact:
  Jessica Zander
  jessica.zander@teachforamerica.org
• The Ryan Fellowship
  A program of the Alain Locke Initiative located in Chicago, Illinois with satellite offices in New York City and Los Angeles
  
  For information, contact:
  Elaine Berndes
  eberndes@alainlocke.org
• Saint Louis University
  Saint Louis, Missouri
  
  For information, contact:
  Ellen Harshman
  harshman@slu.edu
• Teachers College, Columbia University
  Summer Principals Academy
  
  For information, contact:
  Nicole Limperopulos
  limperopulos@gmail.com

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Start-up Programs

Start-up programs have developed the architecture of their programs that align with the nine AREL standards. Sites at this stage are planning to launch an AREL preparation program, but have not yet recruited or selected candidates for the first cohort.

Start-up programs affiliated with the AREL network are:

• Chicago Leadership Collaborative
  Chicago Public Schools
  Chicago, Illinois
  
  For information, contact:
  Steve Gering
  SGering@cps.edu
• Louisiana Alliance to Reform Education Leadership
  Louisiana Tech University
  Ruston, Louisiana
  
  For information, contact:
  David Gullatt
  gullattd@woodard.latech.edu

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