The training materials presented in this guide were developed by the Kentucky Department of Education as guidance during the process of selecting a principal. This training represents best practices for the principal selection process. These suggested steps and ideas are written with the expectations that all involved parties are following the spirit and the letter of the statute and are committed to doing what is in the best interest of the students. Principal selection is a decision authorized to school councils. The statute implies that even though the superintendent (or designee) is the chair of the school council during the process of principal selection, all voices are to participate equally. No one voice is greater than the next. The superintendent's (or designee's) voice is not greater than the teachers'; the teachers' voices are not greater than the parents, and vice-versa. Principal selection training must comprise of recruitment and interviewing techniques [KRS 160.345(2)(h)2], which are the two legal requirements of this particular training process. However, depending on the needs of the school council, other topics may be covered as part of the training curriculum. With that, the statute does not require the training to be a specific time frame. That again is up to the needs of the school council. Some school councils may have great experience with principal selection and may need only a refresher on recruitment and interviewing techniques; other school councils that have no experience with principal selection may need a more step-by-step assistance approach.