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Orr, Margaret Terry – Teachers College Record, 2006
National attention to a possible superintendent shortage has created concern about the changing nature of the superintendency, particularly new challenges, and how superintendents are prepared. Through 23 focus group interviews, superintendents across the country described the challenges they faced when new, how these have changed in recent years,…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Focus Groups, Interviews, Educational Theories
Darling-Hammond, Linda; LaPointe, Michelle; Meyerson, Debra; Orr, Margaret Terry; Cohen, Carol – Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2007
This study examines eight exemplary pre- and in-service principal development programs. The programs were chosen both because they provide evidence of strong outcomes in preparing school leaders and because, in combination, they represent a variety of approaches with respect to their designs, policy contexts, and the nature of partnerships between…
Descriptors: Evidence, Case Studies, Instructional Leadership, Principals