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ChiYanna Young – ProQuest LLC, 2024
I designed this study to explore elementary assistant principals' perspectives of their roles as instructional leaders while fulfilling other administrative duties typically associated with the assistant principal position. I aimed to build on existing research on the role of contemporary elementary assistant principals as instructional leaders.…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Assistant Principals, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership
Laura J. Labyak – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Assistant principals typically begin their careers as teachers and transition to the role of assistant principal after completing a certification program that characteristically focuses on the principalship. Once they move into the role of assistant principal, many feel unprepared as the job responsibilities, assigned by the principal, usually…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Self Concept, Mentors
Jones, Jared S. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine what preparational experiences are necessary for assistant principals to effectively transition to the principalship. Fifteen principals completed a 21-item survey and answered seven interview questions to better understand how the North Carolina Standards for School Executives aligned with…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Principals, School Administration, Assistant Principals
Wanda L. Van Dyke – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study is to examine the problem of practice found in discipline disproportionality of Black students with disabilities in an urban school district with a majority Black student and teacher population. Through personal interviews with building level administrators, data was gained to determine common themes that impact…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Urban Schools, Principals, Assistant Principals
Lipscombe, Kylie; Grice, Christine; Tindall-Ford, Sharon; De-Nobile, John – School Leadership & Management, 2020
In Australia, there is a national education agenda for school improvement with an increasing focus on how school leaders can fulfil this agenda. As school principals are arguably faced with increasing demands, the importance of school middle leaders is increasing. This article presents the initial findings from a larger project on middle…
Descriptors: Middle Management, School Administration, Assistant Principals, Leadership Role
Shore, Kevin; Walshaw, Margaret – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
The roles and aspirations of Assistant/Deputy Principals (AP/DPs) have received attention for a number of decades. In contrast to much of the reported research that either highlights the administrative and management tasks or foregrounds principal succession, we explore levels of satisfaction that play into DP/APs' interpretations of the realities…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Administrator Role, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures
Barnett, Bruce G.; Shoho, Alan R.; Oleszewski, Ashley M. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2012
This study examined the perceptions of a cross section of new and experienced assistant principals regarding the realities of their jobs. Findings indicated that their challenges pertain to workload and task management, conflicts with adults and students, and curriculum and instruction issues. Novice and experienced assistant principals' responses…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Administrator Responsibility, Faculty Workload, Administrator Education
Govey-Allen, Suzanne J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This qualitative phenomenological research study focused on eight deans of students at the high school level and three administrators who were instrumental in creating or reestablishing and supervising the position of dean of students within their high schools. The purpose of the study was to define the roles and responsibilities of the high…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Education, Administrators
Lucker, Josie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine education leaders' knowledge of core and current issues in special education and how this knowledge is acquired. The study also examined the educational leaders' beliefs and practices regarding collaboration, response-to-intervention, and inclusion. Finally, the study examined the social justice issues that…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Beliefs
Walker, Allan; Kwan, Paula – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2009
Purpose: This study attempts to link four groups of contextual factors to vice principals' desire for principalship using regression analysis. Relevant items representing context are grouped under professional, school, demographic, and motivational factors. The findings aim to provide greater understanding of the desire, or lack thereof, of vice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Assistant Principals, Career Development, Principals

Clerkin, Ciaran – Educational Management & Administration, 1985
A survey of 40 newly appointed head teachers in Great Britain, supplemented by interviews with four head teachers, provided data establishing the extent to which head teachers were prepared for eight specific administrative roles by the experiences as deputy heads. Widely diverse, unsystematized approaches to administrator preparation were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Michel, George J. – 1996
In many schools, the assistant principal is poorly trained to assume administrative responsibilities. This paper presents an overview of research that has examined the assistant principal's role. It argues that assistant principals will be expected to take on the new roles of team management and public relations, necessitating their effective use…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Assistant Principals
Fields, Lynette J.; Egley, Robert J. – ERS Spectrum, 2005
This article describes a project in which first-year administrators in Pinellas County, Fla., were members of a professional development cadre. The major purpose of the study was to determine the problems encountered by first-year assistant principals. During cadre meetings, participants were encouraged to record in journals and discuss with their…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Qualitative Research, Data Analysis, Professional Development
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA. – 1991
The role of the assistant principal is an excellent educational resource and should be enhanced to allow assistant principals a more vital role in instructional leadership. This document lists functions related to the assigned, expected, and assumed responsibilities of the assistant principal that would enhance his/her role and involvement, as…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility
Lindsey, Randall B.; Roberts, Laraine M.; CampbellJones, Franklin – Corwin Press, 2004
Leaders need to be responsive to different ethnic, linguistic, and religious subcultures or they will place many students at risk of being excluded from the benefits of a high-quality education. By valuing diversity and preserving the cultural dignity of students, cultural proficiency enables educators to create an inclusive and instructionally…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Professional Development, Organizational Change, Assistant Principals