Participation

Your Role in the Process

Preparation programs and pathways are designed to prepare candidates for school leadership positions. Given that programs are designed to develop candidates' leadership knowledge and skills, as defined by the Massachusetts standards, candidates should have sufficient opportunity, through coursework or field work, to develop their capacity for setting direction, creating a powerful learning culture, developing techniques to support teachers, and building an engaged community. The PAL assessment tasks are designed to be completed throughout candidate preparation and can be aligned with coursework, field work and other assessments. PAL tasks are independent of, but complementary to, the work products that preparation programs and pathways require for successful completion in their school leadership programs.

See the Administrative Field Guide for Leadership Preparation Program for information, suggestions, and support documents to use as you support candidates as complete the four Massachusetts Performance Assessment for Leaders (PAL) tasks and prepare the required work products for each task.

Confidentiality

The PAL tasks are designed solely for the purpose of determining whether a leadership candidate is 'well-prepared' to take on his or her initial role as a school leader. Access to the performance outcomes will be provisioned to maintain confidentiality. All candidate identity information will be maintained confidentially and only aggregate information on task completion and scores will be computed and shared.