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Patricia Sullivan-Kowalski – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In the United States (U.S.), the heart of public education lies in the commitment to providing every child with the necessary resources for their learning and development. Today, in 2024, principals are responsible for ensuring all students have equitable access to education by integrating technological advancements, maintaining a rigorous…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Professional Development
Amy R. LaDue – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The role of principal as instructional leader is one that is not only vital to student outcomes but requires support from district level leaders to develop. This study investigated how practicing administrators understand the meaning of being an instructional leader focused on learning and how district leaders can support principals to develop…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Instructional Leadership, School Districts, School Role
Tutt, Dana V. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The role of the principal has changed over the years from manager to instructional leader. School principal's responsibilities have increased and are often required to lead educational programs under a growing number of local and federal accountability structures and mandates (Wallace, 2012). With the recent change in the state and local school…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Educational Policy, Alignment (Education)
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Ginty, Edwin F. – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
Summarizes a 1993 year-long study of six beginning school administrators's career-transition experiences. Based on data gathered through interviews with these administrators and the author's own experience, this article offers recommendations for new principals and assistant principals covering three professional-development areas: academic…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Learning, Career Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kaplan, Leslie Schenkman – NASSP Bulletin, 1998
Most principals believe their job includes identifying and developing future school leaders. Expectations for principals as teachers of adults are increasing. The 4MAT instructional model provides a user-friendly, research-based structure for principals to design powerful retreats and workshops aimed at increasing leadership behavior among all…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Leadership Training, Management Development, On the Job Training
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Daresh, John C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Outlines recommended practices for strengthening administrator preparation programs. Preservice programs should emphasize development of reflective skills; ethical and moral leadership qualities; adult learning principles; coherent, integrated curricula; and updated teaching and learning processes. Aspiring principals need more opportunities for…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Learning, Change Strategies, Educational Change
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Boris-Schacter, Sheryl; Merrifield, Susan – Journal of School Leadership, 2000
Discusses findings from interviews with 19 committed principals and places them within the context of new research on principals as lifelong learners who publicly model intellectual curiosity. Conditions for continuous learning exemplified by these principals comprise three categories: professional identity, influence of the liberal arts, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Adult Learning, Curiosity
Alley, Reene A. – 1990
Given the discrepancies between the format of graduate programs in educational administration and the actual demands of the administrative work setting, instructors should refocus instruction to bridge the gap between administrative theory and practice. This document describes one instructor's use of an interactive experiential learning activity…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Adult Learning