The SAM Project is currently being developed and implemented by educators in nine Wallace partner states, including California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, and Texas.  The project brings together efficient and cost-effective tools, training, and strategies to help principals focus more time on instructional leadership.  The project's goal is to direct a greater percentage of the principal's time to teaching practice, student learning, and school improvement, rather than management responsibilities.  Principals who have been involved in the SAM Project have demonstrated consistent growth in student achievement in their schools.

We plan to implement SAM with thirty principals in thirty schools as part of a phase-in model, as we train all principals over the next three years.  To sustain the project over time, the training and support will become part of our Principal Induction Program.  We will also take over the training and coaching so that our future expenses will be only to maintain the time tract software.