Become an Assistant Principal: Targeted Selection

• After becoming a teacher leader and attaining certification in educational leadership, the first step to becoming an assistant principal with Pinellas County Schools is to do PCS Targeted Selection which includes a written and oral assessment based on the Florida Principal Leadership Standards.  View the Florida Principal Leadership Standards.
• PCS Targeted Selection occurs twice a year:  in the fall and in the spring.  The requirements are (see flyer in Chalk Talk for application/forms):

1. 1. Florida Teaching Certificate with Educational Leadership (Completion of Educational Leadership program and passed the FELE exam).
   2. Targeted Selection Assessment Application that documents a minimum of five years teaching or related professional experience. 
   3. Targeted Selection Candidate Endorsement Form completed by your principal. 
   4. Effective or highly effective evaluations for the past three years.

• Pinellas County Schools supports teacher leaders through the targeted selection process by offering a course called Targeted Selection Overview.  This course has two sessions that cover self-assessment, STAR process, mock interviews, and the Florida Educational Leadership Standards.
• Once a candidate has successfully passed both the written and oral targeted selection interviews, he/she is placed in the assistant principal pool.  He/she is then eligible to apply for administrative positions.

For more information, please contact:

Chastity Downing
PCS, Professional Development Specialist, Leadership
downingc@pcsb.org
727-588-6000 Extension 1340