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Hitt, Dallas Hambrick; Player, Daniel W. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2019
The importance of leadership in schools is substantiated, and we know that effective leaders call upon certain practices to influence student achievement. What remains less clear is how the professional backgrounds of educators may influence effective leader practice. This study utilizes data from the Schools and Staffing Survey to first identify…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Characteristics, Leadership Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
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Hill, Jason; Ottem, Randolph; DeRoche, John – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
Using data from seven administrations of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), this Statistics in Brief examines trends in public and private school principal demographics, experience, and compensation over 25 years, from 1987-88 through 2011-12. Data are drawn from the 1987-88, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2003-04, 2007-08, and 2011-12 survey…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Principals, Demography, Administrator Characteristics
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Goldring, Rebecca; Taie, Soheyla – National Center for Education Statistics, 2014
This report presents selected findings from the Public School Principal Status and Private School Principal Status Data Files of the 2012-13 Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS). The PFS is a nationally representative sample survey of public and private K-12 schools in the 50 states and District of Columbia and was initiated to inform discussions and…
Descriptors: Principals, Occupational Mobility, Labor Turnover, Surveys
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Battle, Danielle – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
While the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has conducted surveys of attrition and mobility among school teachers for two decades, little was known about similar movements among school principals. In order to inform discussions and decisions among policymakers, researchers, and parents, the 2008-09 Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS)…
Descriptors: Principals, Occupational Mobility, Labor Turnover, Followup Studies
Hammer, Charles H.; Rohr, Carol L. – 1993
The National Center for Education Statistics 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey examined the prior work experience of elementary and secondary public school principals. The survey found that 98.7 percent of principals had taught an average of 10.6 years before taking their administrative positions. The number of years of teaching increased with…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Elementary Secondary Education
Guarino, Cassandra M.; Brewer, Dominic J.; Hove, Anders W. – 2000
Data from the Schools and Staffing Survey, and from New York and Texas, were analyzed in 1999 to identify prevailing trends in the vocational education (VE) teacher labor market. The data, all secondary sources, were analyzed by using a set of indicators for detecting shortage or surplus conditions, and a set of guidelines for developing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Databases