Develops a classification that provides assistant principals with a useful framework within which, at both system and school levels, they might examine their behavior and consider modifications. (Author/IRT)

The role expectation, role performance, and leader behavior of principals in 31 Birmingham, Alabama, elementary schools were studied. Comparisons were made between teachers' and principals' perceptions and between perceptions of teachers in self-contained, team teaching, and departmentalized schools. (Author/SJL)