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Novice Head Teachers in Scotland: Competing Expectations
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Crawford, Megan – School Leadership & Management, 2012
This article examines how novice principals reflect on the adequacy or otherwise of their preparation. It looks at data drawn from the International Study of Principal Preparation (ISPP), and in particular a questionnaire of principals up to three years in post, in Scotland. The principals find much about their preparation has helped them gain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expectation, Novices, Beginning Principals
Transforming School Leadership.
Peterson, Kent; Kelley, Carolyn – Leadership, 2001
Because of impending retirements, districts have the opportunity to recruit and train thousands of outstanding new principals. Hiring and retaining quality principals involves identifying and selecting good leaders, socializing them into district culture, and providing ongoing professional development and support. Challenges facing urban,…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Beginning Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Colleagues Helping Colleagues: Mentoring and Coaching.
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Hopkins-Thompson, Peggy A. – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
Expectations from the standards movement, reform, and technological advances pose challenges for administrators. This article advocates principal preparation and cultivation through mentoring and coaching. It clarifies differences between mentoring and coaching; uses in succession planning, new principalships, and job changes; and benefits to both…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Beginning Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship
Mentorship Programs for Aspiring and New School Administrators.
Pence, L. Jean – OSSC Bulletin, 1989
Anticipating a 50 percent turnover of principals in the next few years, school districts and university training programs are exploring mentoring as one way to help aspiring and beginning principals learn complex administrative tasks and ease into their roles. This monograph highlights some formal administrator mentorship programs in Oregon.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Beginning Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Enabling Substantive Reform in the Preparation of School Leaders.
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Young, Michelle D.; Petersen, George J. – Education Leadership Review, 2002
Explores some of the challenges facing educational leadership from the position of university educational-leadership preparation programs. Examines the current and future context of leadership preparation through the metaphor of the sports league, in which each franchise is not independent, but interdependent. (Contains 1 figure and 55…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrators, Beginning Principals
Sink or Swim? Leadership's Real Deal.
Clark, Susan S. – School Administrator, 2001
Across the nation, districts are throwing beginning administrators into school leadership positions, mistakenly assuming they already know everything. Training programs are preparing principals for a long-obsolete work environment. Committed mentors and on-call coaches can help overwhelmed and overworked principals become effective leaders. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Education, Beginning Principals, Change Strategies