JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION THEORY AND PRACTICE

Building Leaders in Secondary Education: An Initial Evaluation of an Entrepreneurial

Leadership Development Program

Author(s): K. Mark Weaver, Eric W. Liguori, Kristy Hebert, George S. Vozikis

Citation: K. Mark Weaver, Eric W. Liguori, Kristy Hebert, George S. Vozikis, (2012) "Building Leaders in Secondary Education: An Initial Evaluation of an Entrepreneurial Leadership Development Program," Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, Vol.12, Iss. 1, pp. 19 - 26

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

ADVANCE Innovative Education (a 501c3 non-profit organization) and Louisiana State University

operate a 3-year training program for high-potential educators seeking certification as school principals.

Given the ongoing need for schools to operate with maximum efficiency, the program focuses on training

educators to think and behave entrepreneurially. This research note begins to evaluate the effectiveness

of this program’s summer institute aimed at immersing participants into the world of entrepreneurship.

Specifically, pre- and post-training assessments were conducted after a five week intensive residential

training program using the population of program participants. Results showed that program

participants had higher levels of entrepreneurial intent after completion of the training program, and that

their attitudes towards venturing were also more positive.