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Preparing and Equipping the Rural School Leader for  \nSuccess  \nDebra Hildreth, Reenay R.H. Rogers, and Tammy Crouse University of West Alabama  \nAbstract  \nRural instructional leaders require specialized training and ongoing support to effectively navigate within their local and unique contexts. A review of the literature written predominantly between 2007 and 2017 was conducted to explore effective practices in developing and supporting rural instructional leaders. Approximately 32 studies focused on the rural instructional leader were selected and analyzed for common themes. As a result, a tripartite framework encompassing preparation, induction, and ongoing professional development evolved. The literature review revealed an education preparation curriculum developed in a collaborative effort between the university and a partnering district(s) as the foundation needed for building an effectual rural instructional leader. These collaborative partnerships were also shown to be vital for providing purposeful induction to the novice instructional leader helping bridge the theory and practice gap and resulting in increasing the leader’s confidence, efficacy, and instructional leadership skills. Additional support of in-service instructional leaders as they seek to improve student performance was also highlighted as a professional development need in the literature. Just as a cross country runner runs the race course, the rural school leader must “get ready” by completing a relevant education preparation program,“get set” by participating in a quality mentoring program, and “go”or in this case “grow” through a journey of life-long learning with ongoing, meaningful professional development. The tripartite framework for rural instructional leader development presented offers a guide for universities and rural school districts in creating focused preparation, mentoring, and ongoing support for the rural instructional leader.  \nKeywords: rural, leader, preparation, mentoring, professional development  \nTo meet the challenges of their complex courses, cross-country runners prepare differently than those who run in track and road races; therefore, they require specialized support and ongoing training for continued effectiveness. Similarly, rural school leaders must have specialized preparation to meet the unique challenges they face and then they need focused ongoing, professional development to stay the course. The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss the current research on preparation, induction, and ongoing professional development focusing on the impact on novice instructional leaders in a rural setting.  \nResearch Design and Methodology  \nA systematic literature review was conducted to examine the practices in place to prepare and support instructional leaders to thrive in a rural environment. The purpose of the systematic literature review is to objectively report on current knowledge on a topic (Green, Johnson, & Adams, 2006), and “uses a specific methodology to produce a synthesis of available evidence in answer to a focused research question” (Bearman et al., 2012, p. 627) . Hart (2001) further explained that a systematic literature review is especially useful for a small number of studies.  \nThe study began by performing a preliminary search of the current literature and an attempt was made to find all primary research studies, focusing on peer-reviewed journal articles. Thereview was delimited to work published predominantly in the last 10 years (2007-2017) . The primary keywords that were used in the search were: rural, leader, preparation, mentoring, and professional development. From this review, a tripartite framework encompassing preparation, induction, and ongoing professional development evolved.  \nPreparation of the Rural Instructional Leader  \nCross-country runners spend years receiving precision instruction and applying the techniques in a supervised setting. 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