ERIC Number: EJ1280387
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jan
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-6846
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Leveraging a Handbook for Principal Mentoring: Pathways in a District Context
Journal of School Leadership, v30 n1 p84-100 Jan 2020
Mentoring is one important construct to support novice principals in this time of change. This study investigates the impact of a district-developed handbook to support co-constructed mentoring practices and cultivate a learning culture within a suburban school district. The handbook offered a framework of interactive systems and tools for communication and relationship building including guiding questions for deep discussion and analysis of practices and culture, data collection, and webinars. Use of the handbook was perceived to deepen instructional leadership capacity and to foster the colearning of the leaders through shared experiences. An emerging emphasis on professional learning among the participants in the mentoring program was unanticipated. Implications of these findings are offered within a specific district context for cultural shifts and improved student outcomes.
Descriptors: Mentors, Guides, Beginning Principals, Suburban Schools, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Leadership Qualities, Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Change, Instructional Leadership, School Culture, Goal Orientation, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Usage, Teamwork
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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