Under the guidance of Dr. Luana Zellner, Center Director, and the Principals' Center faculty and staff, the Center provides a) training, b) research, and c) technical assistance to the principals of Texas and the schools they serve. Besides the goal of providing training, research, and support, a secondary goal is to make a national impact on the field of school administration through participation in a) national professional associations, b) publications in academic and practitioner journals, and c) policy statements to governmental agencies that establish conditions for the training and professional development of principals.

Advisors to the Principals' Center

• The K-12 faculty in the Department of Educational Administration
  and Human Resources (EAHR)
• The Richardson Mentor Principal Fellows
• The Aspiring Principal Network

Partnerships

• The Houston Area Initiative (HAI)
• The International Network of Principals' Centers
• Spring Branch ISD
• Cy-Fair ISD
• Bryan ISD
• EPSY & TLAC departments
• Houston Community College
• North Harris-Mongomery Community College

Center Support

• Program Evaluations
• Summer and Fall Institutes
• Instructional Leadership Development
• SELIC (Special Education Leadership in Interagency Communities) Program
  sponsored by the Educational Psychology Department in the College
  of Education and Human Development
• The Sid W Richardson Foundation
• TAMU Regents Initiatives

530 Harrington Tower, 4226 TAMU    College Station, TX 77843-4226    Tel: (979)845-2766, Fax: (979) 862-8373