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Giraldo-García, Regina J.; Orozco, Luis E. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2023
This study used a mixed-methods explanatory design and Mezirow's transformative learning theory to explore the experiences of new school principals in a professional development leadership program and its influence on their self-efficacy as leaders in a Midwestern urban K-12 school district. Surveys, semi-structured interviews, reflection notes,…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Administrator Education, Leadership Training, Leadership Role
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Gimbel, Phyllis; Kefor, Kristine – NASSP Bulletin, 2018
The daily demands on school principals require clear and consistent feedback, and without a mentor, a new principal may not have this type of assistance. This phenomenological study explores the perceptions of new principals and their assigned mentors in one legislated initiative, named by the researcher as the Vermont mentoring…
Descriptors: Principals, Mentors, Feedback (Response), Beginning Principals
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Bravender, Marlena; Staub, Nancy – Education Leadership Review, 2018
Leading American schools is a multi-faceted and complex role as states have adopted requirements for the mentoring of new principals. Interactive problem-based simulations can offer novice principals opportunities to practice solving job-embedded issues. This study explored practicing administrators interacting with simulations embedded into an…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Mentors, Instructional Leadership, Professional Development
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Tahir, Lokman; Haruzuan Mohd Said, Mohd Nihra; Daud, Khadijah; Vazhathodi, Shafeeq H.; Khan, Aqeel – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
In this article we examine the mentoring program for novice headteachers and what they perceive as its purposes, as well as the constraints to successfully implementing it in Malaysian schools. Using a survey research design we analysed responses from 200 newly appointed headteachers from two state departments of education, and interviewed six…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Beginning Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Slater, Charles L.; Garcia Garduno, José Maria; Mentz, Kobus – Management in Education, 2018
The International Study of Principal Preparation has made major contributions to research on novice principals across the world. The network has carried out cross-cultural research on novice principals in 15 countries on five continents since 2004. ISPP employed a mixed methods research design. The first stage was qualitative and carried out…
Descriptors: International Studies, Beginning Principals, Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research
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McGuinness, Sam; Cunningham, Verena – Irish Educational Studies, 2015
In the context of an impending global educational recruitment crisis, together with the recognition of the critical impact of effective leadership on educational outcomes, leadership preparation has become a focus of educational reform worldwide. The design and delivery of pre-appointment programmes for school leadership has significance for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Education
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Clarke, Simon; Wildy, Helen; Styles, Irene – Journal of Educational Administration, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to highlight what principals consider their most severe challenges in the first three years of appointment and the extent to which they believe they were adequately prepared to meet these challenges. Design/methodology/approach: The paper reports on the initial Western Australian findings of a survey developed for Phase…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Principals, Administrator Education, Program Effectiveness
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Crawford, Megan; Cowie, Michael – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
This article draws on research undertaken in Scotland as part of an International Study of Principal Preparation (ISPP). The study is designed to address the question "How useful are principal preparation programmes to novice headteachers?" Drawing on the research data from Scotland, the authors examine how novice headteachers navigate…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Foreign Countries, Principals, Program Effectiveness
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Eller, John F. – Qualitative Report, 2010
The evaluation of a program designed to assist principals recently appointed to their positions is the focus of this article. Researchers conducted a variety of qualitative assessments including focus group interviews, a review of training session feedback forms, participant reflective writing, and an assessment of training materials and program…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Leadership Training
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Bush, Tony; Kiggundu, Edith; Moorosi, Pontso – South African Journal of Education, 2011
There is increasing recognition that effective leadership and management are vital if schools are to be successful in providing good learning opportunities for students, and emerging evidence that high quality leadership makes a significant difference to school improvement and learning outcomes. However, in many countries, including South Africa,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Principals, Management Development, Leadership Training
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Cowie, Michael; Crawford, Megan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the extent to which the programme for principal preparation in Scotland relates to what is expected of principals once they are in post and what it is that they actually do. Design/methodology/approach: The paper analyses the professional experience of five relatively new elementary school principals reported in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Principals, Elementary Schools, Journal Writing
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Daresh, John C. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2007
This paper describes a study of mentoring programs for beginning principals in two different urban school districts. In both settings, the goal of mentoring was said to be support for instructional leadership behaviors by novice principals. This represents an alternative to traditional mentoring schemes designed solely to ensure that first year…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Mentors, School Districts, Instructional Leadership
Conyers, John G. – School Administrator, 2004
New leaders in educational systems sometimes fail to live up to their potential, despite obvious talent, ability and enthusiasm. In part, this may be because they have no one with whom to discuss troublesome issues or to turn to with problems--or at least no one in whom they are comfortable confiding. Some school districts have mentor programs for…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Mentors, Job Skills, Beginning Principals
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Briggs, Ann R. J.; Bush, Tony; Middlewood, David – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2006
New heads taking up their appointments in English schools in recent years have had supportive programmes to help them, both prior to headship and on taking up the role. This study examines the experience of heads new to their role in primary and secondary schools over the period 2002-2004. All were participants in the National College for School…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Interviews
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Bush, Tony; Briggs, Ann R. J.; Middlewood, David – Journal of In-service Education, 2006
This paper examines the impact of one leadership development programme, drawing on a model developed by Leithwood and Levin (2004) for the Department of Education and Skills. The New Visions programme, offered by the National College for School Leadership, is aimed at new headteachers and adopts a process rich approach to leadership development.…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Beginning Principals
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