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Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1999
In 1998, over 400 principals surveyed by EdSource reported they are struggling to satisfy increasing job demands. They would like to spend less time on budget, maintenance, and administrative details and more time on being instructional leaders and working with parents. Principals would like more budgetary control. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Yerkes, Diane M.; Guaglianone, Curtis – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1998
Nationwide, widespread application shortages exist for high school principals. A 1998 Association of California School Administrators study of 11 representative districts found that positions went unfilled due to stress, salary, and shortage of qualified candidates. Dealing first with contextual concerns, then with personnel and institutional…
Descriptors: High Schools, Institutional Mission, Instructional Leadership, Labor Turnover
Adams, Jeanne P. – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1999
A three-county survey of administrative credential students in California found that 26% of respondents serving in administrative positions are considering leaving their jobs; 62% of qualified candidates are staying in the classroom. Solutions to principal overload include hiring more assistant principals and grooming inhouse talent. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Assistant Principals, Burnout, Elementary Secondary Education
