Your principal pipeline is only as strong as your 268 pass rate.
Here's the thing: you can't promote — or graduate — who can't get certified. We run our strategy-first TExES 268 boot camp as a cohort, so your aspiring principals stop stalling on the one exam between them and the role.
Bulk seat codes or an annual site license — sized to your cohort on the call.
The Stakes
A stalled candidate is a stalled pipeline.
When an aspiring principal fails the 268, the cost isn't theirs alone. Districts lose a promotion they planned for. EPPs lose a completion they're measured on. And the strongest candidate you've invested years in waits another testing window — or walks away.
Two Audiences, One Program
Built for whoever owns the pipeline.
Same strategy-first boot camp. Two clear use cases — and we'll speak to yours on the call.
Promote from within, on schedule.
Your AP-pipeline and leadership-development programs only pay off when candidates clear the 268. Put your cohort in the best position to pass — and protect the succession plan you've already built.
- Move APs, deans & coaches into the principalship
- Quarterly (or monthly) admin progress reporting
- Retention & succession, not another vacancy
Lift the rate you're judged on.
Certification pass rates and program completion are how candidates — and the state — measure your principal-prep program. Add a strategy layer your coursework wasn't built to deliver, without rebuilding your curriculum.
- Higher first-attempt pass & completion rates
- Drops in alongside your existing program
- A stronger story for prospective candidates
Why It Works
We don't teach the 268 backwards.
Most prep dumps content and hopes. We train candidates for how the exam is actually written — strategy first. Know your opponent, then study. That's the order almost nobody else uses.
CLUE + TRIAGE
Two repeatable tools nobody else teaches. CLUE turns multiple-choice guessing into a process, and TRIAGE is a decision filter for the "what should the principal do first?" scenarios — so candidates don't freeze on the items that decide the exam.
The CR Track
Four constructed responses are 40% of the score — and where candidates lose the exam. We give them a structure and a vault of leveled exemplars, so they write to the rubric instead of staring at a blank box.
What Your Cohort Gets
The full boot camp — for every seat.
Christie delivers every lesson on camera and hosts the live monthly sessions — reading real 268-style scenarios aloud, walking the strategies step by step, and breaking down constructed-response exemplars line by line.
How Cohorts Work
From call to certified, without the procurement runaround.
Book the call
A 15-minute pipeline call with Dr. Ampel — your cohort size, timeline, and goals. No deck, no hard sell.
We size it to you
Bulk seat codes for a known cohort this cycle, or an annual site license for your whole pipeline. We quote it on the call.
Seats go live
Candidates get instant access and a diagnostic; you get an admin view and progress reporting.
They pass
Strategy-first prep, live monthly sessions, and a pass-or-money-back guarantee behind every seat.
We're partnering with a small number of Texas districts and EPPs to run a 5–10 candidate pilot at a founding rate — in exchange for feedback and a results story. If that's a fit, mention it on the call.
Two Ways to Buy
One product. Two ways to bring it to your people.
Buy a batch of seats for the candidates you're moving now. Volume pricing off retail; live monthly sessions available as an add-on.
- Full boot camp for every seat
- Volume pricing that scales with the batch
- Optional live monthly sessions
Cover your program for the year and add candidates as they come. Live monthly sessions and admin reporting are included.
- Scales from a single building to enterprise
- Live monthly sessions included
- Admin progress reporting included
No list price, no procurement maze. We size it to your cohort on a 15-minute call — and every seat carries the same pass-or-money-back guarantee.
Who You're Partnering With
Built from the ground up for the 268 — by a founder who's spent a career on the testing-center floor.
I'm Dr. Jason Ampel. I founded The Learning Liaisons, where I helped 70,000+ educators pass their certification exams. It was acquired in 2021, and I stayed on to lead the work through May 2026 — on top of a decade in the classroom and a decade as a Professor of Education.
PrincipalReady is a new program, engineered specifically for the people stepping up to lead. When a district or EPP brings me a cohort, they get the founder on the call — not a sales rep.
Let's strengthen your principal pipeline.
Fifteen minutes with Dr. Ampel — your cohort, your timeline, a straight quote. No deck, no pressure.
Prefer email or a form? Reach us through our contact page — mention "district / EPP cohort" and we'll route you to the founder directly.
Helping principals lead with confidence.
