Professor Robert Reid was responsible for introducing "The Principalship" course to Cohort 17. 

This graduate course is designed to provide participants with an opportunity to identify and reflect upon the assumptions that support their leadership behaviors in four domains: communication, management, leadership and problem solving. Given the complexity of school leadership, candidates for the principalship will need to rely on a strong and deep understanding of themselves and the myths and assumptions that support the theories, models, concepts, strategies and techniques, and that define their approach to school leadership.  Participants will examine their assumptions as they relate to specific components of school leadership, including but not limited to scheduling, parent/community partnerships, technology, learning theory, observation and evaluation, staff development and teacher recruitment. 

         Participants will identify the specific adaptive challenges that must be addressed in order to facilitate the conditions that research indicates support successful schools. The purpose of this course is to cultivate a deep understanding of the assumptions that support leadership behaviors and to develop an understanding and a means of addressing the issues and adaptive challenges that define and shape the successful school principal.