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Enabling Substantive Reform in the Preparation of School Leaders.
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Young, Michelle D.; Petersen, George J. – Education Leadership Review, 2002
Explores some of the challenges facing educational leadership from the position of university educational-leadership preparation programs. Examines the current and future context of leadership preparation through the metaphor of the sports league, in which each franchise is not independent, but interdependent. (Contains 1 figure and 55…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrators, Beginning Principals
Bringing University Education Administration Programs Up to Par: Oh? You're Talking About a Leadership Practice Field.
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Coleman, Donald G.; Creighton, Theodore B. – Education Leadership Review, 2002
This article uses the analogy of mastering the game of golf to illuminate education-leadership preparation and practice. A response attempts a connection between the golf analogy as an argument for the implementation of leadership-practice fields in education-administration preparation programs, highlighting the importance of practice in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrators, Beginning Principals
Beginning Primary School Principals in Belgium: How They Deal with External Influences and Develop Professionally.
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Vandenberghe, Roland – 2003
To understand the realities and complexities faced by beginning primary school principals, a group of researchers from Belgium, Canada, England, the Netherlands, and the United States launched a collaborative study in 2000. This report describes the Belgium arm of the study. The study set out to answer the following: What are similarities and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrators
Redefining the Role of the Principal. The Informed Educator Series.
Shellard, Elizabeth – 2003
The position of school principal has become complex and pressure packed. The job always has required skills and leadership, but now principals must be strong instructional leaders as well. This research roundup examines the changing role of the school principal and discusses how principals can operate effectively as both managers and instructional…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Administrators
Good Principals Are the Key to Successful Schools: Six Strategies To Prepare More Good Principals.
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Bottoms, Gene; O'Neill, Kathy; Fry, Betty; Hill, David – 2003
This report defines six strategies that state and district leaders can employ to secure an ample supply of highly qualified school principals. The six strategies were drawn from research and direct experience in helping schools, universities, and state agencies rethink and redesign educational leadership programs. The six strategies are as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications
The Changing World of School Administration. NCPEA, 2002.
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Perreault, George, Ed.; Lunenburg, Fred C., Ed. – 2002
The 26 essays in the volume compose the 10th annual yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. The essays examine the pressing issues facing educational leaders from a variety of philosophical perspectives. The essays are as follows: "President's Message: Professors and Practitioners: Building Bridges…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Principles, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education