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Simons, Patricia C. – Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, 2020
The purpose of this investigation was to explore through a historical case study the ways in which one principal mentored and built capacity with a school-based cohort of teachers who became school leaders themselves in a variety of capacities. Findings reveal a generative female leader who embraced strong philosophical and theoretical foundations…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Principals, Mentors, Capacity Building
Kropp, Mary Beth – ProQuest LLC, 2018
School site leaders historically have experienced high levels of burnout and turnover. Principals cite long work hours, increased responsibilities with local, state, and federal accountability, increased stress and low pay as a few of the reasons jobs are abandoned within the first five years. LEAD currently provides professional learning for…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Principals, Burnout, Labor Turnover
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Kimball, Steven Miller; Milanowski, Anthony; McKinney, Sarah A. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2009
Principals (N = 76) in a large western U.S. school district were randomly assigned to be evaluated using either a new standards-based system or to continue with the old system. It was hypothesized that principals evaluated with the new system would report clearer performance expectations, better feedback, greater fairness and system satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Principals, Job Performance, Administrator Evaluation, Innovation
Piazza, Roberta – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
This study aimed to assess how the university of Catania conceptualised its new role, considering the principal ways that other European universities are changing. The research was focused on assessing the level of awareness of the university's ability to spread and promote lifelong learning (LLL), its role in promoting awareness, innovation and…
Descriptors: Opinions, Lifelong Learning, Professional Associations, Foreign Countries
Turnbull, Brenda J.; Haslam, M. Bruce; Arcaira, Erikson R.; Riley, Derek L.; Sinclair, Beth; Coleman, Stephen – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2009
The School Administration Manager (SAM) project, supported by The Wallace Foundation as part of its education initiative, focuses on changing the conditions in schools that prevent principals from devoting more time to instructional leadership. In schools participating in the National SAM Project, principals have made a commitment to increase the…
Descriptors: School Administration, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Educational Innovation
The White House, 2011
In his State of the Union, the President made it clear that the most important contest this country faces today is not between Democrats and Republicans, but with competitors around the world for the jobs and industries of our time. To win that contest and secure prosperity for all Americans, the nation must out-innovate, out-educate, and…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Educational Attainment, Educational Improvement, Early Childhood Education
Orr, Margaret Terry – Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2006
This paper is based on a cross-sectional survey comparison of preparation experiences and outcomes using a sample of principals who completed one of five innovative leadership preparation programs between 2000-2005 and a national comparison sample of principals. The primary questions are: (1) How do innovatively-prepared principals and other…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Leadership Effectiveness, Principals, School Administration
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This volume contains papers submitted to the 11th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 May 2013, and papers submitted to the 1st International Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation,"…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Comparative Education, Global Approach