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Monica B. Smith-Woofter; Jaclyn R. Nickel; Doug A. Alderfer; Mark A. Rumley; Nancy N. Barbour; James C. Ellerbe – School Leadership Review, 2024
Principal support programs focused on advising and professional development can have positive impacts for early career principals and the teachers they lead. The mixed-methods case study aims to report on the impacts of a customized support program on early career principals. The case study gives insights on how a university-designed professional…
Descriptors: Principals, School Administration, Beginning Principals, Case Studies
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
Crawford, Megan; Cowie, Michael – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
This article draws on research undertaken in Scotland as part of an International Study of Principal Preparation (ISPP). The study is designed to address the question "How useful are principal preparation programmes to novice headteachers?" Drawing on the research data from Scotland, the authors examine how novice headteachers navigate…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Foreign Countries, Principals, Program Effectiveness
Eller, John F. – Qualitative Report, 2010
The evaluation of a program designed to assist principals recently appointed to their positions is the focus of this article. Researchers conducted a variety of qualitative assessments including focus group interviews, a review of training session feedback forms, participant reflective writing, and an assessment of training materials and program…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Leadership Training
Bush, Tony; Kiggundu, Edith; Moorosi, Pontso – South African Journal of Education, 2011
There is increasing recognition that effective leadership and management are vital if schools are to be successful in providing good learning opportunities for students, and emerging evidence that high quality leadership makes a significant difference to school improvement and learning outcomes. However, in many countries, including South Africa,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Principals, Management Development, Leadership Training
Briggs, Ann R. J.; Bush, Tony; Middlewood, David – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2006
New heads taking up their appointments in English schools in recent years have had supportive programmes to help them, both prior to headship and on taking up the role. This study examines the experience of heads new to their role in primary and secondary schools over the period 2002-2004. All were participants in the National College for School…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Interviews
Bush, Tony; Briggs, Ann R. J.; Middlewood, David – Journal of In-service Education, 2006
This paper examines the impact of one leadership development programme, drawing on a model developed by Leithwood and Levin (2004) for the Department of Education and Skills. The New Visions programme, offered by the National College for School Leadership, is aimed at new headteachers and adopts a process rich approach to leadership development.…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Beginning Principals
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
Collins, Lisa; White, George P. – 2001
This paper describes a model program for training pre-service elementary and secondary school principals in educationally sound and legally defensible inclusion programs extending to students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD). The program has three major objectives: (1) to train pre-service school administrators (principals and…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Beginning Principals, Behavior Disorders, Curriculum