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Griffin, Leslie L.; Taylor, Thomas R.; Varner, Lynn W.; White, Carole L. – Planning and Changing, 2012
The Educational Leadership Master's Cohort Program at Delta State University was redesigned in 2011 to reflect current industry standards and streamline the program. Since its inception in the mid-1990s, the program has provided a nationally acclaimed model for principal preparation. The recent redesign focused on preparing school principals to…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Program Descriptions, Instructional Leadership, Principals
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Shoho, Alan R.; Barnett, Bruce G.; Martinez, Peter – Planning and Changing, 2012
The intent of this article is to examine how the best type of internship, i.e., the full-time, job-embedded model can be enhanced using coaching. Before illustrating an exemplary internship program with coaching, this paper describes what an exemplary full-time, job-embedded internship experiences looks like and expounds on the importance of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Doctoral Programs, Internship Programs, Instructional Leadership
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Davis, Stephen H.; Leon, Ronald J. – Planning and Changing, 2011
Instead of focusing on how principals should be trained, an contrarian view is offered, grounded upon theoretical perspectives of experiential learning, and in particular, upon the theory of andragogy. A brief parable of the DoNoHarm School of Medicine is used as a descriptive analog for many principal preparation programs in America. The…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Experiential Learning, Leadership, Principals
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Weast, Jerry D.; And Others – ERS Spectrum, 1996
Guilford County (North Carolina) Schools, a newly consolidated district, trained principals to become better evaluators of teachers' performance and develop individually tailored instructional improvement strategies. Project H.E.L.P. (Helping Evaluators Lift Performance) improved many teachers' effectiveness and trimmed 134 substandard performers…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Principals, Program Descriptions
Jeffalyn Johnson and Associates, Inc., Falls Church, VA. – 1982
Current trends and practices in staff development for principals are illustrated in this directory of representative inservice training programs operating in the 1981-82 school year. The programs included in the list are ongoing, have operated at least 1 year, and are for the most part directed specifically at principals. The information on each…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Financial Support, Inservice Education
Estes, Dwain M.; Crowder, David – 1987
The Baylor Principals' Center in Waco, Texas, offers programs in the Texas cities of Waco, Corsicana, and Killeen. Advanced instructional leadership training workshops consist of 12 hours of training. Incorporated into the meetings of the instructional leadership sessions are collegial circles made up of from six to eight people assigned in a…
Descriptors: Consultants, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Instructional Improvement
Engstrom, Ken – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1979
A description of Fresno Unified School District's three-year preservice training program for potential administrators. (SJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education, Leadership Training
Jennings, James M. – 1992
This paper describes a study that addressed problems related to the disparity in achievement between disadvantaged and nondisadvantaged students. The first part of the study consisted of an analysis of three early intervention programs: the Responsive Early Childhood Education Program, the Reading Recovery program, and the Success for All program.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Early Intervention, Educational Change