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Effective principals steer school culture, foster healthy learning environments, support highquality teaching and learning and strongly influence student outcomes.1 A 2021 Wallace Foundation report synthesizing two decades of research on the impact of school leadership found that principals’ contributions to student achievement were nearly as large as the average effects of teachers.2 Similar studies show that when an effective principal leaves a school, teacher turnover rises and student achievement declines.3  \nAfter rising to 16% during the COVID-19 pandemic, the principal turnover rate declined to 8% across the nation in 2023-2024. Still, that rate was more than twice what it was prior to 2020.4  \nTo address the need for effective school leadership, the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) in 2025 launched the  Rhode  Island Registered Apprenticeship  Principal Program (RIRAPP). Funded  \nDistricts' Average Estimates of the Percentage of  \nU.S. Principals Who Retired or Resigned  \n20  \n15  \n10  \n5  \n0  \n\n| COVID-19 pandemic |  |\n| --- | --- |\n|  |  |\n|  | |\n| |  |\n\nPrepandemic 2021–2022 school year 2023–2024 school year  \nSource: RAND Corp.  \n1 Darling-Hammond, L., Wechsler, M. E., Levin, S., Leung-Gagné, M., Tozer, S., & Campoli, A. K. (2024) . Developing Expert Principals: Professional Learning that Matters. Routledge.  \n[https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/developing-expert-principals-professional-learning-matters-book](https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/developing-expert-principals-professional-learning-matters-book)   \n2 Grissom, J. A., Egalite, A. J., & Lindsay, C.A. (2021) . How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research. The Wallace Foundation.  \n[https://doi.org/10.59656/EL-SB1065.001](https://doi.org/10.59656/EL-SB1065.001)  \n3 Bartanen, B., Grissom, J. A., & Rogers, L. K. (2019, June 10) . The Impacts of Principal Turnover. (2019) . Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 41(3), 350-374.  \n[https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373719855044](https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373719855044)  \n4 Diliberti M. K., & Schwart, H. L. (2025) . Educator Turnover Continues Decline Toward Prepandemic Levels: Findings from the American School District Panel. RAND.  \n[https://www. rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA956-29.html](https://www. rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA956-29.html)  \n 2025 CCSSO. How Rhode Island Is Strengthening Its Principal Pipeline is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 license: 1  \n[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1)  \n“But if your principal or superintendent taps you on the shoulder and says you have leadership potential … that can go a long way toward motivating you to consider it.”  \n—Lisa M. Foehr, chief of the Rhode Island Department of Education's Division of Teaching and Learning  \nthrough a U. S. Department of Labor initiative, RIRAPP is designed to build career skills through classroom instruction and provide paid, work-based learning under the supervision of a mentor, with compensation increasing as participants gain skills and experience.5  \nRIRAPP follows the lead of North Dakota, which in July 2023 started the nation’s first federally approved K-12 principal apprenticeship program.6 Virginia launched a Principal Registered Apprenticeship Program with 37 participants in September 2025.7  \nBUILDING A PATHWAY FOR ASPIRING PRINCIPALS  \nIn 2024, RIDE partnered with the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training and the Building Futures nonprofit to create RIRAPP. RIDE utilized leadership training funds to request proposals for a competitive $7,500 planning grant, which determined which provider would be awarded $100,000 in tuition funds.  \nAfter a rigorous competition, RIDE sel","cbCaisS7Z4dqpZGv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisS7Z4dqpZGv","pdf",959568,"English","# Brief\n## School leadership impact and principal turnover\n## Rhode Island’s RIRAPP program launch\n## Program design and pathway for aspiring principals","[{\"question\":\"Why are effective principals considered crucial for student success?\",\"answer\":\"Effective principals guide school culture, promote healthy learning environments, support high-quality teaching and learning, and influence student outcomes.\"},{\"question\":\"What does research say about the effect of principal turnover?\",\"answer\":\"When an effective principal leaves, teacher turnover rises and student achievement declines, harming school performance.\"},{\"question\":\"What is RIRAPP and what does it provide for aspiring principals?\",\"answer\":\"Launched in 2025, RIRAPP is designed to build career skills through classroom instruction and provide paid, work-based learning under a mentor’s supervision, with compensation increasing as participants gain skills and experience.\"}]","HOW RHODE ISLAND IS STRENGTHENING ITS PRINCIPAL PIPELINE | PDF",1792050701]