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Best Practices of School Districts in the Recruiting, Retaining, and Mentoring of Principals at Title I Elementary Schools in Southern California
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Ledoux, Joseph Neilson – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to learn how public school districts in southern California could better recruit, retain, and mentor new principals in Title 1 schools. Currently, school districts throughout southern California are finding it difficult to recruit and retain principals to work in Title 1 elementary schools. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Best Practices, School Districts, Faculty Recruitment, Persistence
Principal Experiences of Succession
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Steele, Farla Gay – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This multiple case study explored the experiences of school principals and the usefulness of Peters' (2011) succession planning model. Ten purposefully selected principals from varying grade levels were interviewed; none reported a formal succession plan, and all had been assistant principals. The study concluded the assistant principal position…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrative Change, Faculty Mobility, Faculty Recruitment
Investing in Urban School Leadership: Creating a Profile of Career Principals to Inform Identification, Recruitment, and Retention in the School District of Philadelphia
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Nixon, Penny Sparks – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The principalship has evolved dramatically and become far more complex. Everyday, school leaders are reshaping their roles because of the internal and external pressures associated with the job. Currently, the reform agenda across the country focuses almost entirely on the states and federal government's demand to improve student performance.…
Descriptors: Principals, Talent Identification, Faculty Recruitment, Persistence