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Linn, Genie B.; Sherman, Ross; Gill, Peggy B. – NASSP Bulletin, 2007
This article explores how future educational leaders make meaning of the principalship through metaphor. At the conclusion of a university principal preparation program, principal interns were asked to use figurative language to represent the principalship. The metaphors identified four distinct themes: (a) protection and nurturing; (b) skill,…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Figurative Language, Principals, Teacher Education Programs