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Gordon, Stephen P. – NASSP Bulletin, 2020
The author identifies 10 phases of the principal development pipeline, some of which are seldom acknowledged and many of which are inadequately addressed. The author argues that various stakeholder groups should collaborate to provide continuous professional development to future and current principals through each phase of the pipeline. Examples…
Descriptors: Principals, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education, Stakeholders
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Lipscombe, Kylie; Grice, Christine; Tindall-Ford, Sharon; De-Nobile, John – School Leadership & Management, 2020
In Australia, there is a national education agenda for school improvement with an increasing focus on how school leaders can fulfil this agenda. As school principals are arguably faced with increasing demands, the importance of school middle leaders is increasing. This article presents the initial findings from a larger project on middle…
Descriptors: Middle Management, School Administration, Assistant Principals, Leadership Role
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Barron Ausbrooks, Carrie Y. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2010
This case study is designed for preservice school administrators enrolled in principalship and school law courses in educational administration. It describes an incident in which a school's crisis management and communication protocol were challenged. One day, through a series of unanticipated events, an assistant principal is engulfed in a test…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Campuses, High Schools
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Earley, Peter; Weindling, Dick; Bubb, Sara; Glenn, Meli – School Leadership & Management, 2009
The recruitment and retention of senior school leaders is high on the UK Government's agenda with much attention currently being given to succession planning. Future Leaders and other fast track leadership development programmes are, in part, a response to this "crisis" brought about by demographic change--many headteachers are due to…
Descriptors: Management Development, Leadership Training, Recruitment, Personnel Management
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Anderson, Michael J. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2007
Conflict management is among the skills necessary for the development of successful school leaders. Those in campus leadership positions are certain to face conflict situations on a regular basis. This study focused on four questions about conflict in the professional lives of campus administrators: (1) What is the frequency of conflict…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Conflict, School Districts, Certification
Hersey, Paul W. – School Administrator, 1986
The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Assessment Center Project expects to have 53 comprehensive centers in operation by June 1986. Behavior modeling is the training strategy for professional development, and research has confirmed that the process can help predict who will be a successful administrator. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Assistant Principals, Leadership Training
Hunter, Susanne M. – 1979
In March, 1977, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Board of Trustees responded to a need for administrative assistance in its four largest secondary schools by appointing Vice-Principal Interns in two schools, a Vice-Principal for Curriculum in a third school, and a School Business Assistant in the fourth. These two-year appointments were evaluated…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role
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Johnston, Brian; Deer, Christine E. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1984
The effects on principals in South Australia of Human Achievement Skills training, aimed at developing interpersonal, human relations, and personnel management skills, were measured by conducting interviews with trainees and staff members 3 months after training and by obtaining responses to organizational climate questionnaires before and after…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Assistant Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Parra, M. Alicia; Daresh, John C. – 1997
How educational leaders can be prepared to carry out their responsibilities in an effective and sensitive fashion is explored in the context of an urban, diverse school environment by describing the Assistant Principal Leadership Academy of the Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso (Texas). The Academy is a unique professional development…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Assistant Principals, College School Cooperation, Diversity (Student)