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White, Sharesa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This qualitative study examined the perceptions of first-year principals toward Arkansas' Beginning Administrator Mentoring Program. The study sample included seventeen first-year principals from the 2017--2018 school year. Semi-structured interviews were used to draw conclusions and to make recommendations for state agencies, superintendents, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Mentors, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Education
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Gümüs, Emine – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2019
The aim of this research is to investigate mentorship process and programs which are designed for professional development of primary and middle school principals in the State of Georgia, U.S.A. With this aim, a qualitative research model and a semistructured interview technique was used in order to gather in-depth knowledge. The study group…
Descriptors: Mentors, Administrator Education, Trust (Psychology), Principals
Kropp, Mary Beth – ProQuest LLC, 2018
School site leaders historically have experienced high levels of burnout and turnover. Principals cite long work hours, increased responsibilities with local, state, and federal accountability, increased stress and low pay as a few of the reasons jobs are abandoned within the first five years. LEAD currently provides professional learning for…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Principals, Burnout, Labor Turnover
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Perry-Higgs, Jacqueline – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2019
This case focuses on a novice principal who advocates for a student who was assigned to the first grade for 3 consecutive years. As the instructional leader of the school, the novice principal is troubled by ethics and social justice issues involved to make the decision to assign the student to his age-appropriate grade. The student was placed in…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Educational Needs, Decision Making, School Districts
George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2016
When an effective principal is at the helm of a school, students benefit. Principals play a critical role in establishing a school's climate and culture and in selecting and developing teachers, among other roles. Indeed, school leadership is second only to direct classroom teaching among school-level influences on achievement. Although there may…
Descriptors: Principals, Graduate Surveys, Administrator Effectiveness, School Administration
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
Anzul, John C. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of the study was to document the reported experiences of nine beginning principals who participated in New Jersey's mentoring program revised in 2005, in order to gain a better understanding of this aspect of the professional education of school leaders. New changes to the program included an additional year, completion of eight…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Principals, Professional Education, State Programs
Kingham, Sabrah Helms – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Are new school administrators prepared for the surprises, obstacles, and opportunities they are likely to encounter during the first-year in their new role? Sadly enough, too many new leaders do not feel prepared to meet the challenges of their new role as an administrator. In 2006, the National Center for Education Statistics (2006) reported that…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Mentors, Administrator Attitudes, Logical Thinking
Weingartner, Carl J. – Principal, 2001
In the midnineties, Albuquerque Public Schools developed an Extra Support for Principals initiative-a voluntary support program that respects participants' time constraints and schedules only three activities during the year. Both experienced and mentored principals value the program, which keeps more beginning administrators on the job. (MLH)
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Mentors, Principals
Capasso, Ronald L.; Daresh, John C. – 2001
This book provides an overview of the internship as a central ingredient of effective preservice programs. Intended for those who are involved in the preparation of school administrators, the text emphasizes that preservice programs must ensure that interns will learn the skills that will make them effective leaders. The book is designed to…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Beginning Principals, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Murphy, Francis M. – American School Board Journal, 2001
Rochester (New York) Public Schools Superintendent Clifford Janey enlisted St. John Fisher College's cooperation in training top teachers to evade a looming principal shortage. Students are supported financially while learning through case studies, on weekends, and in courses evolving from effective practitioners' work experience. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Beginning Principals, College School Cooperation
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Travers, Joseph; McKeown, Penny – Irish Educational Studies, 2005
This paper addresses the issue of educational leadership through a critique of the Misneach programme for first-time principals. This programme entails preparation for the leadership of professional staff, namely of teachers as professional educators. The demands that this places on the leadership curriculum are onerous. The Misneach programme, as…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Instructional Leadership, Beginning Principals, Management Development
Gray, Teresa I. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
A principal intern enrolled at UNC-Charlotte describes "life in the trenches" at a small-town middle school. Schools should integrate interns into school operations, develop a program vision, gradually increase the intern's responsibilities, provide time for continuous evaluation, and rely on university supervisors when problems arise.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Beginning Principals, Experiential Learning, Graduate Study