Marsh, R., & Marsh, J. (2017, July 27). Principal School Data Framework: Get to Know Your School.

So you want to be a principal. Did you know that 25,000 principals leave the profession each year, and 50 percent of new principals quit by their third year (School Leaders Network, 2014)? Knowing this, why do you want to be a principal? To give you more insight, let’s explore the facts behind principal churn and present a tool for gathering data for increasing the likelihood of success.