Valparaiso High School Principal Dr. Reid Amones, and Hayes Leonard Elementary School Principal Dr. Bonnie Stephens graduated from the Indiana Principal Leadership Institute (IPLI) at a ceremony on April 20.
Housed at Indiana State University’s Bayh College of Education, IPLI is a two-year experience that addresses the professional needs of Indiana public school principals with an emphasis on student success. It was created with bipartisan support by the Indiana General Assembly in 2013.
Dr. Amones and Dr. Stephens were two of 56 principals in IPLI’s first class. Their accomplishments include boosting the individual grades of their school, implementing data-driven processes to enhance student performance, improving classroom instruction, and strengthening school culture.
More than 72,000 students in 58 counties have been touched by their work. Additionally, 20 of the first cohort’s 56 principals saw their school grades increase under the A-F model.
To learn more about IPLI, please visit www.indianapli.org.
