Abstract: One criticism of school leader preparation programs, for rural and/or urban administrators, has been that program builders have developed learning experiences for school leaders in the isolated world of academia. Rural leadership, especially, demands a leader preparation program that can bring a focus and a model of student and school success to an existing community and culture. Understanding leadership in a rural setting must be a component of any meaningful preparation program for superintendents planning to lead in rural communities. A team of six experienced rural school superintendents and two higher education school leaders will build and deliver the program of study for this project. A collaborative model for developing rural superintendents, as transformational leaders, is the basis of this research. Considering Levine's comments on improvement of leadership preparation programs, and many others who have turned a research lens on how school leaders are prepared, gives rise to the project.
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Keywords: rural superintendents, preparation programs, transformational leadership
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