An essential administrative responsibility accorded to state and district-level education leaders is the task of planning for staffing needs, including the recruitment of competent leaders to fill principal vacancies. Here, Winter et al develop empirical measures to allow state departments of education and school districts to assess their principal certified personnel in terms of recruitment planning and developing policies to restructure the principalship. They opine that the quality of educational programs depends, in part, on the quality of the individuals hired to be school principals. Principal Certification Survey is appended. (Contains 2 tables.)