INSPIRE Leadership Collaborative

The Institute for Systemic Program Improvement through Research in Educational Leadership (INSPIRE Leadership) Collaborative provides a suite of surveys and evaluation resources to support continuous improvement of leadership preparation, professional learning, and practice. The INSPIRE Leadership Suite was designed by and is administered by a team of leadership development experts from the INSPIRE Leadership Collaborative. The INSPIRE Survey suite is administered by the Utah Education Policy Center.

INSPIRE Leadership Collaborative Team

Andrea K. Rorrer, PhD, University of Utah

Michelle D. Young, PhD, Loyola Marymount University

Yongmei Ni, PhD, University of Utah

INSPIRE Faculty Fellow

Jiangang Xia, PhD, University of Nebraska

INSPIRE Support Team

Matt Doane, MPP, University of Utah

Surveys

The INSPIRE Leadership Surveys are available for leadership preparation programs, states, districts, and schools and can be used to provide feedback on program designs, implementation, outcomes, and program improvement. The INSPIRE Leadership Surveys are aligned with national educational leadership standards and even the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Institutional and Program Quality Criteria. COMING SOON: INSPIRE District Program Edition (INSPIRE-D), INSPIRE District Support Edition (INSPIRE-DS)

Preparation Program Edition (INSPIRE-PP)

The INSPIRE Preparation Program (INSPIRE-PP) Survey collects data on essential features of educational leadership programs. It aids in program description, improvement, accreditation, and can contribute to larger databases tracking educational trends. The survey examines candidate selection, program design, core content, instructional methods, assessment practices, and program enhancement, supporting program evaluation and multi-institutional research efforts.

Graduate Edition (INSPIRE-G)

The INSPIRE Graduate Survey is designed to elicit feedback from program alumni on their leadership preparation experiences and learning and career outcomes. Results from this survey are intended to be used in conjunction with the results of other INSPIRE Collaborative surveys as well as other program and candidate evidence for formative and summative leadership preparation program evaluation. Information from these surveys may also be used by states to understand how alumni perceive their contributions of their preparation programs.

Leader in Practice Edition

The INSPIRE Leader in Practice (INSPIRE LP) Survey enables educational leadership preparation programs, districts, and states to document leadership practices and school improvement and organizational indicators from the perspective of leaders, and program graduates, who are working as school principals and assistant principals.

360 Edition (INSPIRE-360)

The INSPIRE 360 Edition enables educational leadership preparation program, districts, and states to understand the leadership practices and school improvement and organizational indicators in the schools where program graduates work from the perspective of teachers and district leader(s) supervisors.

UCEA INSPIRE Research Briefs

INSPIRE Publications

Ni, Y., Rorrer, A., Xia, J., Pounder, D., & Young, M. (2023). Educational Leadership Preparation Program Features and Graduates’ Assessment of Program Quality. Journal of Research on Leadership Education. 18(3), 457-481. https://doi.org/10.1177/19427751221094865

Xia, J., Ni, Y., Pounder, D., Rorrer, A., & Young, M. (2020). Leadership Preparation Program Qualities and Graduates’ Career Intention. Paper presented at annual virtual conference of the University Council for Educational Administration.

Ni, Y., Rorrer, A., Pounder, D.G., Korach, S., & Young, M. (2019). Leadership Matters: Preparation program quality and learning outcomes, Journal of Educational Administration, 57(2), pp.185-206. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-05-2018-0093.

Pounder, D.G. (2019). The Evaluation of Educational Leadership Preparation. In D. Fisher (Ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Education. UK: Routledge.

Pounder, D.G. (Oct 2012). School leadership preparation and practice survey instruments and their uses. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 7 (2), 252-272. Full-text electronic access: http://jrl.sagepub.com/content/7/2/254.abstract?etoc

Anderson, E., Winn, K., Young, M., Groth, C., Korach, S., Pounder, D., & Rorrer, A. (October, 2017). Examining university leadership preparation: An analysis of program attributes and practices. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, Online First, 1-23.

Pounder, D.G (2011). Leader preparation: Implications for policy, practice, and research. Educational Administration Quarterly Special Issue on Leader Preparation, 47(1), 258-267.

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