New UAS principal training program gets $100,000 grant to cover student tuition

The University of Alaska Southeast has received a grant to train school administrators at local school districts.

A $100,000 grant from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development will pay for student tuition in the new training program. DEED did not respond to questions about where the funding comes from.

UAS Dean of Education Carlee Simon said the Principal Apprenticeship Program will work with districts around the state to train future administrators while they’re working in schools.

“We’re hearing a lot of feedback through the superintendents that they have a strong teacher who really needs to serve in a leadership role, and they need to have kind of this on the job training because they don’t have the time or the ability to totally step away from their leadership, or t