What does it take to build a strong pipeline of effective school leaders? To begin with, 

says outgoing New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, districts should

"invest in your best."

Fariña shares this and more practical nuggets for districts, states, universities and 

others in a conversation with The Wallace Foundation's Director of Education 

Leadership Jody Spiro. Their conversation marks the inaugural episode of our six-

part series, The Principal Pipeline podcast. 

This week, Farina and Spiro dig in to the key components from the pipeline and offer advice for attracting and retaining strong school leaders. Then, over the coming 

weeks, we'll bring you in-depth conversations with others who are implementing 

principal pipelines in their states and districts. We'll help these practitioners share 

their firsthand experiences, featuring lessons on how to develop a coherent system 

of training, hire and support novice principals on the job, and build a pool of strong candidates to lead schools.

New episodes will be released every other Wednesday. You can listen to them on 

our site, where you'll also find more information about each show or download them 

at iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please feel free to 

rate the episode, so others can find it more easily.

We look forward to sharing The Principal Pipeline podcast with you over the next 

several weeks and would welcome your thoughts on the series. Feel free to email us 

at editorialservices@wallacefoundation.org or follow (@WallaceFdn) on Twitter to 

join the ongoing conversation.

On behalf of The Wallace Foundation,

Lucas Held

Director of Communications