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Valerie B. Ward – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This applied dissertation was designed to increase the understanding of novice principals' perceptions of mentoring to support and improve the professional abilities of new principals. Although the advantages of principal mentoring are acknowledged, it is not widespread. There is a dearth of literature discussing the perspectives of mentees on…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Mentors, Administrator Attitudes, Urban Schools
Robyn Kelton; Teri Talan – McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, 2023
The field of early childhood education and care (ECEC) has an educator retention problem (NAEYC, 2021). While the field's administrator retention crisis is less publicized, it is arguably no less important. Administrators are the gatekeepers to program quality and the linchpin for an array of program functions that impact staff satisfaction and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Professional Development, Beginning Principals, Labor Turnover
Bryan Martyn – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this phenomenological study is to explore the shared experiences of novice school principals' mentor training and to gain an understanding of the experience of peer educators. This dissertation employed a qualitative case study methodology to interview Arizona principals with less than three years of experience who did not receive…
Descriptors: Mentors, Training, Peer Groups, Administrator Attitudes
Lynn Chromiak – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This mixed-methods study explored if there were alignment, or gaps, in leadership standards, preparation, and/or practice of a novice principal or assistant principal. Educational leadership preparation programs have been criticized for the lack of relevant context applicable in real-life settings. Quality leadership standards influence…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Assistant Principals, Administrator Education, State Standards
Walsh, Elias; Demers, Alicia; Terziev, Jeffrey; Boyle, Erin; Steele, Elisa; Lai, Ijun – Mathematica, 2022
This evaluation of the KIPP school leadership programs, funded by a grant from the Supporting Effective Educator Development program in the Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education, aims to support sustained implementation of effective programs to prepare and support school leaders. KIPP administers three school…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Instructional Leadership, Program Effectiveness, Leadership Training
DeBaylo, Paige – Online Submission, 2020
The main purpose of the 2019-2020 evaluation of the Department of Leadership Development was to evaluate the implementation of the newly developed assistant principal (AP) and principal hiring processes, designed to select a diverse group of equity-focused, effective novice leaders. The hiring process consisted of using an online video…
Descriptors: School Districts, Assistant Principals, Principals, Personnel Selection
Porter, Sharon Hargro – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study focuses on the perceptions of new principals toward their learning experience in one or more of a Perfect Time Public Schools (PTPS) district-run principal preparation programs. The research design uses a qualitative approach to identify in-depth information to describe new principals' perceptions of their learning experience in…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Higher Education
Wilkinson, Julie Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This descriptive qualitative study investigated the experiences of novice assistant principals regarding how participation in a Grow-Your-Own leadership program influenced their self-efficacy to fulfill their administrative duties in one Southwestern U.S. state. Social learning theory, situated learning theory, and self-efficacy theory provided…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Assistant Principals, Qualitative Research, Experience
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Gimbel, Phyllis; Kefor, Kristine – NASSP Bulletin, 2018
The daily demands on school principals require clear and consistent feedback, and without a mentor, a new principal may not have this type of assistance. This phenomenological study explores the perceptions of new principals and their assigned mentors in one legislated initiative, named by the researcher as the Vermont mentoring…
Descriptors: Principals, Mentors, Feedback (Response), Beginning Principals
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Bravender, Marlena; Staub, Nancy – Education Leadership Review, 2018
Leading American schools is a multi-faceted and complex role as states have adopted requirements for the mentoring of new principals. Interactive problem-based simulations can offer novice principals opportunities to practice solving job-embedded issues. This study explored practicing administrators interacting with simulations embedded into an…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Mentors, Instructional Leadership, Professional Development
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Tahir, Lokman; Haruzuan Mohd Said, Mohd Nihra; Daud, Khadijah; Vazhathodi, Shafeeq H.; Khan, Aqeel – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
In this article we examine the mentoring program for novice headteachers and what they perceive as its purposes, as well as the constraints to successfully implementing it in Malaysian schools. Using a survey research design we analysed responses from 200 newly appointed headteachers from two state departments of education, and interviewed six…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Beginning Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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McGuinness, Sam; Cunningham, Verena – Irish Educational Studies, 2015
In the context of an impending global educational recruitment crisis, together with the recognition of the critical impact of effective leadership on educational outcomes, leadership preparation has become a focus of educational reform worldwide. The design and delivery of pre-appointment programmes for school leadership has significance for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Education
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Clifford, Matthew A.; Larsen, Stephen Eric; Chiang, Eva – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Each school should have a well-prepared principal capable of improving student performance. While principal preparation advocates identify important program features (e.g., extended internships), few studies assess the impact of placing new principals trained by programs exhibiting these features on student learning. Using comparative interrupted…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Tables (Data), Job Placement, Beginning Principals
Sledge, Chandra – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research study intended to discover the perceptions of 10 Illinois Generation Y novice high school principals pertaining to the effectiveness of their principal preparation programs in terms of how well it prepared them to lead in the first three years of their principalship, and what subsequent professional development they deemed necessary…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Administrator Education, Program Effectiveness, High Schools
Correll, Craig Alan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In recent years there has been a greater emphasis on support, guidance and orientation programs for early career teachers, referred to as induction programs. Though on a smaller scale, similar induction programs have been implemented for early career principals as well. This study provides information on whether such programs have a positive…
Descriptors: Mentors, Poverty, Job Satisfaction, Principals
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