Principals get their own CEO-style class. (Update: education news from schools, businesses, research and government agencies).Superintendents aren't the only ones targeted for CEO-style leadership training and instruction. In New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Chancellor Joel Klein Joel I. Klein is Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States with over 1.1 million students in over 1,420 schools. recently announced his creation of a leadership academy for principals, with Jack Welch, the executive who turned General Electric around, in charge of the advisory board. In a similar development, Washington, D.C., is home to the latest expansion of New Leaders for New Schools, the principal training program already in action in Chicago and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . "We are preparing people to be outstanding principals, great instructional leaders, general managers, leaders of change and community leaders," says Jon Schnur, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of NLNS NLNS New Leaders for New Schools (Denver, Colorado) NLNS Nonleafy Normal Stature (botany) . NLNS has enrolled 48 fellows in its program so far, including some from outside education. Participants receive intensive instruction during two summer months on topics such as human resources management and skilled management of resources and finances. After that, they are placed in a school with a mentor principal where they receive on-the-job training. Few details have been released about New York City's Leadership Academy, but it will be modeled on the leadership training programs that made Welch famous at G.E.--RS |
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