About the Institute

Much like the CEO of a business, a school principal is responsible for everything that happens in his or her building. But principals’ most important work is making sure students achieve at the highest possible levels – giving them the best foundation for success later in life. That means teachers and other team members in a school building must be focused on the same goal … and that requires strong leadership from the top.

Research has shown that effective leaders have a positive impact on student and school performance, and the Leadership Institute for School Principals offers public-and private-school principals in Kentucky an opportunity to receive powerful leadership training in partnership with The Truist Leadership Institute. Kentucky’s business community provides a significant investment of $12,000 per participant for this professional development opportunity. Thanks to donations from individuals, businesses and communities, the program is free for participants.

The Leadership Institute for School Principals delivers cutting-edge training to help Kentucky principals:

• Build a high-performance culture
• Influence others to ensure student success
• Explore how knowledge of individual strengths and developmental needs can produce positive outcomes for students, schools and communities
• Practice new behaviors for positive results

Over the past nine years, we have had over 500 principals from 104 counties participate in the Leadership Institute for School Principals. Our goal is to add more counties to our map every year in hopes of gaining principals from all 120 counties in Kentucky!