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Download full textEva Chiang; Anne Wicks – George W. Bush Institute, 2022
Being a principal is a hard job in normal circumstances, but COVID-19 made the job of leading campuses nearly impossible for many. In a recent survey, one out of two principals said their stress level is so high that they are considering career change or retirement. This report details findings from a five-year project called the School Leadership…
Descriptors: Principals, Talent Development, Labor Turnover, Persistence
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There is no shared understanding of what school leaders are expected to do. Schools have many external as well as internal stakeholders and each of them has different expectations as to leadership practice. Thus school leadership is a "fluid signifier". This article first outlines external expectations that school leaders are faced with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Work Environment, Job Performance
Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia – 1998
This paper describes a professional development process for principals centered on collaborative inquiry and reflection around case stories--written and oral descriptions of real-life leadership situations. In small, collegial groups, principals are invited to write, tell, and listen to each other's case stories about dilemmas in the workplace. In…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, Management Development, Personal Narratives
Daresh, John C. – 1986
Several problems and issues are typical of the beginning years of a principalship. A study of first- and second-year principals in a midwestern state classified these problems and issues into three broad areas: role clarification, limitations on technical expertise, and difficulties with socialization to the profession and to a particular school…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility
Jordan, Peter; Jones, Noragh – 1995
Technological, social, legal, economic, educational and political advances have greatly affected the management of staff who have had to adapt to such developments as networking, the independence of educational institutions, income generation, compulsory competitive tendering, quality management and user consultation. This book is a guide to staff…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Job Satisfaction, Job Training, Library Administration
Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1986
This paper describes two conceptual models for addressing long-range development needs of principals. The first, a job competency model for managing productive schools, presents a comprehensive view of the central job tasks of the principal for stretching the school's capacity to influence achievement norms. Changing the school's work norms…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Competence
