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Portuguese Principals' Professional Development Needs and Preferred Learning Methods
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Serrão Cunha, Rosário; Tintoré, Mireia; Cabral, Ilídia; Matias Alves, José – Education Sciences, 2020
Due to the crucial role principals have on school outcomes, investing in their training is a cost-effective approach for schools' improvement. Research shows that principals attribute pertinence to their ongoing professional development. However, little research has been conducted on principals' training needs from their viewpoint, particularly in…
Descriptors: Principals, School Administration, Preferences, Professional Continuing Education
Collaborative Learning from Personal Cases in a Principal Preparation Programme
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Shaked, Haim; Schechter, Chen; Michalsky, Tova – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
Existing preparation programmes for school principals have been widely criticized for failing to prepare their students adequately for their future roles. This study investigated a workshop at a principal preparation programme which focused on collaborative learning from personal real-life cases, exploring its potential contribution to the…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Cooperative Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Leadership Development: Schools and Districts Seeking High Performance Need Strong Leaders
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Gray, Cheryl; Bishop, Quentin – Journal of Staff Development, 2009
Educators and policy makers have placed leadership development at the top of the school reform agenda, believing that aspiring and new school leaders can learn the necessary skills to improve the most challenging schools. Leadership development builds the capacity of educators (teachers and administrators) to be effective in leadership roles or…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Performance Factors, Competence, Leadership Effectiveness
The Development and Testing of a Time-Limited Mentoring Model for Experienced School Leaders
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Riley, Philip – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2009
In Australia, mentoring has been incorporated into the induction process for principals, aspirant leaders and beginning teachers. However, internationally three significant impediments to mentoring success have been identified in the literature: insufficient time; mentors' lack of professional expertise; and personality mismatches. To address…
Descriptors: Mentors, Attachment Behavior, Foreign Countries, Principals
Training Urban High School Principals in Problem Solving with Adolescents and Family Members.
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Maher, Charles A.; Illback, Robert J. – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1984
Effects of training four urban high school principals in problem solving with adolescents and family members were assessed in simulation and naturalistic settings. Quality of problem solving exhibited was greater following training. Other principals indicated that the training program would be beneficial to themselves and other school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family School Relationship, Formative Evaluation, High Schools
Recruiting and Developing Candidates for Principal.
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Kirkpatrick, Richard – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
Discusses the Kentucky Principal Internship Program, a collaboration between the Jefferson County Public School District and the University of Louisville. Development programs include a Principals for Tomorrow internship program, administrator skills and leadership seminars, technology awareness sessions, and an IDEAS certification enrollment…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, College School Cooperation, Internship Programs, Management Development