Three public school principals in Christian County are among 36 selected statewide for the Leadership Institute for School Principals, a training program created by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
They are Renisha Elam, Freedom Elementary School, Renikka Owen, Millbrooke Elementary, and Leslie Lancaster, Sinking Fork Elementary, the Christian County Chamber of Commerce announced in a news release.
The principals will attend a three-day session at the Truist Leadership Institute in Greensboro, North Carolina, this summer. They will also participate in two-day sessions in the fall and early next year.
Since it was established 10 years ago, the leadership program has provided training to more than 400 principals from 95 counties.
According to the institute’s website, the training helps principals:
- Build a high-performance culture
- Influence others to ensure student success
- Explore how knowledge of individual strengths and developmental needs can produce positive outcomes for students, schools and communities
- Practice new behaviors for positive results
Three Hopkinsville businesses — The Rabbit’s Basket, Planters Bank and Higgins Insurance — provided funding for the local principals to participate in the program. The cost is $9,000 for each participant.
(Jennifer P. Brown is the editor and founder of Hoptown Chronicle. Reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
