SAM Process Provides Professional Development for Administrators to Strengthen Productivity and Instructional Leadership

Principals go into their jobs wanting to be instructional leaders but much of the time get sidetracked by all the management duties that go along with being a principal. The SAM process changes all of that.

Three national/independent research studies completed on the SAM process found that:

• The SAM process significantly increases leader time spent on instructional leadership time.
• Principals are happier.
• Teachers like their principals better.
• There is a relationship/correlation with student achievement.

The SAM process is the only professional development system for school leaders that has an evidence base. Many districts believe the SAM process is why particular schools perform better. Missouri has adopted the SAM process statewide based on its experience. One administrator said, “I can personally attest to the value of the process because I was a SAM principal for five years. During that time, my instructional time increased from 27% to 70%. I was able to get into every classroom twice a week. My teachers felt supported because I was an active part in what was happening in the classrooms and student achievement increased.”

For more information, contact Sandy Merritt, Time Track Coach with the National SAM Innovation Project, at (319) 560-2295.