This article explores some of the major limitations, problems, and concerns with current practices in professional development of principals and examines the kinds of changes necessary to put into practice that are known to be effective. Long-range development, incentive issues, and diversity of principals are addressed. (MT)

The most accessible measure of success of local and regional inservice providers is participation by principals. This article discusses various incentives for attracting participation. (MT)

This definition of mentoring, focusing on its application to the teaching profession, points out the paradoxes and conflicts in the mentoring process, viewed as a transcendental experience for the mentor and a transformational experience for the protege. (CB)

Journal writing in action research can be a tool for uncovering the facts of a situation (an empirical approach), or the expression of a professional life (a phenomenological approach). These two approaches are explored, and a radical redefinition of action research journal writing is presented. (IAH)