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Martin, Mary B. – Principal, 2010
What's the best way to train an aspiring principal? Partnerships between universities and districts focused on building school leaders are not the norm--but perhaps they should be. In recent reports, the Southern Regional Education Board has noted a need for universities and school districts to share the responsibility of preparing future…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Wilmore, Elaine L.; McNeil, Jesse Jai, Jr.; Townzen, Linda – 1999
This paper examines a program that was developed at the University of Texas at Arlington to equip future educational leaders to guide schools through important educational reforms. The program offers a balance of seminars and internship experiences, departing from the traditional university-based delivery of instruction. The evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Beginning Principals, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Pellicer, Leonard O.; Buford, Connie – Executive Educator, 1982
The Richland School District in Columbia (South Carolina), along with the University of South Carolina, established a program of full-time internships to develop potential new principals. The program includes on-the-job training with practicing principals, university courses, seminars, special retreats, individual improvement plans, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation
Richland County School District 1, Columbia, SC. – 1982
The program described in this report trained 10 aspiring principals by combining inschool experience as administrators-in-training in Richland County (South Carolina) School District One with enrollment in four University of South Carolina (USC) courses leading to administrative certification. The report begins with the superintendent's…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gordon, Deanna; Moles, Margaret – NASSP Bulletin, 1994
In 1987, the College of Education at Virginia Tech restructured its principal preparation program. Internships are conducted by principal-mentors expected to be teachers, models, and supportive colleagues. The program allows mentors, central office staff, and professors to meet with graduate students in an environment where all are learners. Any…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Administration, Educational Environment
Daresh, John C. – 1988
This paper is a response to two recommendations for preservice training of school administrators proposed in the 1987 report of the National Commission on Excellence in Educational Administration: that greater attention be placed on discovering ways in which universities and local education agencies might collaborate more effectively in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education