The Center for School Leadership in cooperation with the Albanian American Development Foundation and the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth organized on October 16, 2019 the ceremony of Launching the Compulsory Preparatory Training Program for Certification of PUEI Principals.

This activity marks the beginning of a training program for principals and aspiring principals, aiming the professional development and certification of principals of Pre-University Education Institutions in Albania.

The training program will start in November with first 48 participants, teachers, principals and vice-principals selected from Tirana district schools. This training program is based on the curriculum drafted on the “Professional Standards for PUEI Principals Peerformance”, derived by the “Needs Assessment Study of Principals in our Pre-University Education System”.

The training program supported by the successful model of the Leadership Program in Israel, aims to build leadership capacity with modules such as: Developing a vision and strategy for improving the institution, Effective leadership for the development of the teaching and process curriculum learning, Effective human and financial resource management, Managing partnerships with parents and the community etc.

Upon successful completion of the training program and certification test, candidates will be provided with a certificate of leadership of the Pre-University Education Institution.