Professor joins panel to update national standards for school leaders

A professor in Educational Administration and Policy has agreed to serve on a national panel of experts who will work with a task force charged with revising licensure and certification standards for school leaders across the United States.

James Doud will represent the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) on the steering committee formed by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration to review Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium standards. The newly formed panel is expected to make recommendations for the modification or elimination of current standards and propose new standards.

“The panel will review the initial standards for their impact on the preparation of school leaders and their continued reflection of current expectations of school leaders,” says Doud, who has 44 years of professional experience, including 26 years as an elementary school principal. He also was chairman of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy at UF from 1999 to 2005.

Doud is an active leader in state, regional and national professional organizations, including NAESP for which he has served as research adviser and consultant on various special projects and activities. A past president of the association, Doud authored the NAESP 10-Year Studies of the K-8 Principal in 1988 and 1998. And in 2003, NAESP recognized Doud as an Honorary National Distinguished Principal. He is the only former principal to receive this distinction, usually reserved for practicing school principals from each state.

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