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Augustine-Shaw, Donna – Planning and Changing, 2016
As a continuum of professional learning for building and district leaders transitioning from leadership preparation programs into practice, the state of Kansas enacted mentoring and induction requirements as part of their role in supporting development of leadership skills important to on-the-job application of essential knowledge. One approved…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Professional Education, Mentors, Leadership Training
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Fuller, Kay; Cliffe, Joanne; Moorosi, Pontso – Planning and Changing, 2015
In England, despite making up 60% of the secondary school teaching workforce, women continue to be underrepresented in secondary school headship. In this paper, we focus on the experiences of women working in the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) as a site for headship preparation. This paper draws on survey findings from a study of women's and men's…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Women Administrators, Womens Education, Administrator Attitudes
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Boyland, Lori – Planning and Changing, 2013
Due to an aging population of currently practicing superintendents, research predicts a large turnover in public school superintendent positions in this decade. Questions exist regarding whether there are sufficient numbers of potential superintendent candidates in training to fill these positions. Although principals have been recognized as a…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Public Schools
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Enomoto, Ernestine K. – Planning and Changing, 2012
Given rural school administrators' challenges and the need to support their leadership development, this qualitative study describes how one rural school district delivered professional development through a university-school partnership to prepare its assistant principals for their work. Methods: Eight assistant principals from nine schools…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Management Development, Rural Schools, School Administration
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Achilles, Charles M.; Hughes, Larry W. – Planning and Changing, 1972
Describes the University of Tennessee's innovative approach to preparation of educational administrators. (JF)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Inservice Education, Internship Programs
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Tracy, Saundra J.; Schuttenberg, Ernest M. – Planning and Changing, 1990
A recent study investigated administrator development at a regional assessment center when no specific structured developmental program was provided by the center or by the sponsoring organization. Former participants in an assessment center are likely to pursue professional development activities even though formal postassessment programs are…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Elementary Secondary Education, Management Development
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Hackmann, Donald G. – Planning and Changing, 2007
This article explores the full-time clinical faculty position in selected educational leadership programs. Due to a gap in the literature, the need exists to engage in research studies to gain a greater understanding of this position. Questions guiding this study included: What is the experiential background of individuals who assume full-time…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, College Faculty, Qualitative Research, Educational Administration
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Daresh, John C. – Planning and Changing, 1987
Describes a recent study of principals' evaluations and perceptions concerning the quality of inservice learning experiences based on five alternative models. Findings disclosed participants' preferences for short-term institutes sponsored by a professional association and informal networking. More work is needed to design effective inservice…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Management Development
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Muth, Rodney – Planning and Changing, 1987
Understanding both process and context is essential to resolving problems. This paper articulates the decision seminar model, a rational problem-solving technique, and uses a hypothetical policy problem to show how various stages of the model might be applied to school issues. Process facilitates problem definition, inhibits fragmentation, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Development
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Somerville, Joseph C. – Planning and Changing, 1982
Describes the organization and delivery of a program for approximately nine principals based on participants' own needs and the use of practitioners themselves as prime resources. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Management Development, Models
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Stego, N. E. – Planning and Changing, 1980
Describes the components (course periods, home periods, and practical society-oriented experiences) that make up the compulsory inservice educational program designed to improve the effectiveness of all Swedish educational administrators. (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Education
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Barnett, Bruce – Planning and Changing, 1988
Examines how a recently developed peer observation program for principals (Peer-Assisted Leadership) is being adapted for preservice and inservice training programs across the country. Training adaptations used in preparation programs include coaching and follow-through, mentoring, and peer support, while inservice programs feature mentoring and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Feedback
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Hallinger, Philip; Greenblatt, Ruth – Planning and Changing, 1990
Examines ways to improve the potential transfer of knowledge, skills, and attitudes through professional development institutes. Discusses briefly the conceptual basis for transfer and presents specific ways to transfer theory into practice in the design of a two-week training institute offered to school principals at Vanderbilt University. (33…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Management Development, Principals
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Kowalski, Theodore J.; And Others – Planning and Changing, 1990
The rising demand for administrative staff development is largely a product of external forces (political demands for reform). Many superintendents are exploring alternatives to meet the requirements of employee improvement. This article describes the efforts of three superintendents and a university professor to develop a meaningful database for…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences
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Ashbaugh, Carl R.; Kasten, Katherine L. – Planning and Changing, 1986
Although superintendents reflect their districts' value systems, very little attention is paid to values in administrative preparation programs. This study uses relatively routine external and internal conflicts in school districts as a means to explore superintendents' value orientations. Most prefer action and are aware of their personal values.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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