The National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Schools (NSBECS) are a national articulation of defining characteristics and performance benchmarks that guide Catholic schools in assessing, strengthening, and sustaining their operations in four Domains: Mission and Catholic Identity, Governance and Leadership, Academic Excellence, and Operational Vitality. In relation to Catholic school leadership, the NSBECS can be a document that suggests a standardized framework from which ". . . a set of competencies can be identified that provide the basis of a universally agreed-upon set of Catholic school leadership standards that can be used in conjunction with national and/or state-based educational leadership frameworks" (Boyle, Haller, & Hunt, 2016). This is exactly how the Greeley Center for Catholic Education used the NSBECS to develop the Catholic Principal Preparation Program. In response to the call for effective Catholic school leaders, candidates in Loyola University Chicago Greeley Center for Catholic Education's (GCCE) Catholic Principal Preparation Program (CPPP) learn to be agents for change. Even while performing the role of the instructional leader, Catholic school leadership requires additional skill sets, such as monitoring religious education and formation, promoting Catholic identity, serving as the faith leader, leading under unique governance models, and ensuring operational vitality. In order to prepare candidates for such a multidimensional role, the GCCE used the NSBECS as a powerful planning document to help identify the competencies needed for Catholic school leadership.