DESCRIPTORS Administrator Effectiveness; *Administrator Evaluation;

This paper describes a collaborative model for assessing and developing leadership skills, examining the need for new approaches, reviewing collaboration theory, and discussing preconditions of collaborative school district-university efforts to assess and develop leadership skills in future administrators. Representatives of East Carolina University's (ECU) School of Education and local school districts have begun joint efforts to identify future school leaders, assess leadership skills, and provide opportunities for continuous professional development. Strategies include developing assessment centers in participating districts. The centers wil