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Download full textBaltzell, D. Catherine; Dentler, Robert A. – 1983
A national study was conducted to determine the means by which school districts choose principals. The main goals of the study were to describe and characterize both common practices in principal selection and promising alternatives for improvement of common practice. Accordingly, the study was designed in two phases. In phase 1, field research…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Peer reviewedShilling, Joseph L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
The Maryland Assessment Center Program (MACP), conducted in cooperation with the NASSP Assessment Center Project, consists of a Commission on School-Based Administration to review principal selection and training processes, a statewide assessment program, and a Research and Development Laboratory on School Based Administration at the University of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Muse, Ivan; And Others – 1989
The position of rural principal differs from that of the urban school administrator, often requiring more sacrifice to earn administrative credentials and demanding day-to-day involvement in every aspect of school activity. This paper reports the results of a 7-state study of 600 principals to determine differences between principalships in rural…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Croghan, John H.; Lake, Dale G. – 1984
This paper addresses the need for a strategic focus on the improvement of the principalship. Whatever technical changes are made in a school district's formal system for selecting, training, appraising, compensating, and certifying principals, there are predictable consequences for the political and cultural dimensions of that district (that is,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Educational Change
Peer reviewedFields, Joseph C.; Carrick, Charles F. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Thirteen ideas for marketing and implementing the assessment center concept are presented. These call for a primary focus on individuals and on excellence, preparation and organization, assessor training, assessor newsletters, accessible locations, a statewide advisory board, an action plan, confidentiality, both causal and formal meetings,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Assessment Centers (Personnel)
Peer reviewedMcCleary, Lloyd – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
This article treats specific areas in which the assessment center can make significant contributions to university programs in educational administration: personal-professional growth, contributions to the preparation program, and linkages with the field. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Peer reviewedHersey, Paul W. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
This brief introductory article describes the NASSP's Assessment Center Project, a comprehensive plan to assist school districts in identifying and developing highly skilled school leaders. As such, it introduces a series of articles in which those who have used the NASSP Assessment Center describe their experiences. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications
Peer reviewedJones, Ron; Godfrey, Gerald E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Two success stories are presented of good teachers who were given a chance by the NASSP assessment center to demonstrate their administrative skills and were subsequently selected to fill administrative positions. Participation in the assessment center has provided more objective information on administrative candidates than was previously…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications
Peer reviewedKelley, Edgar A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
College and university faculty engaged in the preparation of school administrators should have a vital role in all applications of assessment centers and the principles upon which assessment centers are based. Faculty involvement in uses of assessment center technology can improve administrator preparation programs. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Peer reviewedNickerson, Neal – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
This essay shows how the assessment center concept can provide the research base to improve teaching and service in principal preparation programs at colleges and universities. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Peer reviewedBurleson, Robin Young – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
The success of the South Carolina Assessment Center Project, the first statewide center, is credited to five basic principles that have guided efforts thus far: (1) establish credibility; (2) pay attention to details; (3) apply safeguards; (4) maintain public support; and (5) make the assessment experience humane. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Assessment Centers (Personnel)
Peer reviewedWendel, Frederick C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Directors, assessors, and participants in various NASSP-accredited assessment centers attest to the value of the experience from their own individual perspectives. Regardless of their performance and subsequent assessment, almost all participants indicate that they learned much about themselves. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications
Peer reviewedMcCall, Douglas S. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
The Michigan Institute for Educational Management's Assessment Center Program is based on evaluation of a candidate's strengths and weaknesses in 12 skill areas. The author, a high school principal, describes personal insights derived from this 12-fold evaluation process. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications
Gousha, Richard P.; And Others – 1986
This paper reports on (1) the results of a 1984-85 national survey of the status of school administrator preparation, (2) recent literature in the field, and (3) where the field appears to (and should) be going. Participants in the survey included state certification officials, large public school district officials, and directors of doctoral…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Van Dusseldorp, Ralph – 1983
This handbook is intended to aid principals and professors in supervising interns, and to guide the interns themselves in fulfilling (Alaska) state requirements for certification as a principal. The primary purposes of the internship are (1) to provide students with the opportunity to gain experience applying the theories, procedures, and skills…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role
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