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Wermuth, Esther; Quezada, Edwin M. – Global Education Review, 2017
This article describes the development and implementation of a pilot program to prepare teachers seeking New York state certification as school district administrators, by assigning them as administrative interns to a school district. The superintendent of a large urban school district and the director of a college program to prepare school…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Program Implementation, Program Development, Pilot Projects
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Schechter, Chen; Firuz, Florit – School Leadership & Management, 2015
The study focused on how principal mentors perceived the mentoring process by means of the metaphors they used to represent it. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 principal mentors. Findings were analysed qualitatively, generating themes as an inductive process, grounded in the various metaphors articulated by participants.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Principals, Figurative Language, Semi Structured Interviews
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Dodson, Richard L. – Educational Research Quarterly, 2015
This research examines how public school principals in Kentucky perceive their new teacher evaluation system and the proficiency exam they must take and pass in order to evaluate their staff. An online survey was developed and 308 out of an estimated 1,100 working school principals across Kentucky responded, yielding a response rate of 28%.…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, State Policy
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Ardts, Joost C. A.; van der Velde, Mandy E. G.; Maurer, Todd J. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2010
Employees' perceptions of Management Development (MD) programs is the topic of this study. The purpose is to examine the influence of three important perceived characteristics of MD programs on relevant MD outcomes. The MD characteristics are: availability of role models, perceived control, and understanding the MD program. Outcomes are:…
Descriptors: Management Development, Outcomes of Education, Program Attitudes, Employee Attitudes
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Thornton, Kate; Yoong, Pak – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2011
This paper reports on a research study that involved the use of blended action learning to support leadership development within the New Zealand education sector. An important contributor to the success of this technology-enabled approach to professional learning was the role taken by the blended action learning facilitator. Two complementary…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Facilitators (Individuals), Teacher Role
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Billington, Leo; Neeson, Robyn; Barrett, Rowena – Education & Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of workshops as a learning tool for small business owner-managers (SBO-Ms). It aims to concentrate on workshops delivered over 18 months from January 2007 to July 2008 as part of several publicly-funded small business development programmes in two Australian local government areas…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Workshops, Management Development, Educational Opportunities
Wright, Van O.; Wills, John C. – Performance and Instruction, 1991
This last in a series of articles describing IBM's Opportunity Management Program focuses on the transfer of training programs to different cultures. Problems with translating materials into other languages are discussed, helpful attitudes are suggested, continuity is considered, and an overview of all the articles in this series is provided.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Industrial Training, Intercultural Programs, Management Development