National Aspiring Principals Programme 2011
The 2011 National Aspiring Principals Programme (NAPP) was designed to prepare aspirants for principalship in a range of New Zealand schools.
Information about the programme
The National Aspiring Principals’ Programme (NAPP) comprised 12 months of professional learning, blending professional learning groups, mentoring, residential hui, and a school leadership inquiry related to the school’s strategic plan.
The year-long programme included coursework based around the School Leadership and Student Outcomes: what works and why Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration, Tū Rangatira: Māori medium educational leadership, and Kiwi Leadership for Principals. The learning was personalised for aspirants, based on their needs. Aspirants were asked to carry out a leadership inquiry, preferably curriculum based, in their own school context. This provided a practical element to the programme and required the support of the school’s board and principal.
At the end of the programme aspirants presented the learning from their leadership inquiry. They received documentation based on the programme outcomes that can be used for future application purposes.
Read The NAPP 2011 Hui: a mindshift in how knowledge is created and shared
Read Preparing for principalship: a personal story
Read National aspiring principals programme for 2011 underway
Online community of practice
NAPP 2011 operated an online community of practice.
Project team
The NAPP 2011 project team included:
Jill Lunn: national coordinator. Jill was previously the Associate Director of the First time Principals Programme and a leadership and management facilitator in Auckland. She has been a primary school principal in Hamilton and has worked internationally in school curriculum development.
Graham Young: secondary coordinator. Graham is a past-principal of Tauranga Boys' College and has since been a leadership and management facilitator for the University of Waikato.
Koa Douglas, Leeana Herewini and Sarah Tiakiwai: reference group members for the Māori-medium aspect of the project.
Jan Robertson: academic director. Jan is an independent leadership consultant. Jan is an adjunct professor of Griffiths University in Queensland, Australia.
The team is supported by four regional coordinators who are members of the Te Toi Tupu consortium.
Project coordinator, Jill Lunn, can be contacted by email: jlunn@waikato.ac.nz
NAPP 2011 newsletters
Newsletters were emailed to all programme participants. You can download examples here.
NAPP 2011 Newsletter 8 Sept 29 (Word 80 kB)
NAPP 2011 Newsletter 7 July 11 (Word 106 kB)
NAPP 2011 Newsletter 6 May 31 (Word 312 kB)
NAPP 2011 Newsletter 5 May 3 (Word 174 kB)
Consortium responsible for NAPP
Te Toi Tupu has been contracted by the Ministry of Education to deliver the National Aspiring Principals Programme (NAPP) from 2011 to 2013. The consortium comprises Waikato University, Cognition, CORE Education, Waikato-Tainui Research and Development College and NZCER.
