In the state of California, potential administrators may gain certification by successfully passing the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA). This study attempts to determine if the SLLA route to administrative licensure is an effective way of placing quality candidates into entry level assistant principal positions by comparing and…

This is an analysis of equity in Iowa educational leadership from the 1978-1979 school year through 2007-2008, and the extent to which rapidly changing student racial demographics are reflected in the schools. We found that male principals continue to outnumber women 6:1 in rural districts, but in urban schools the rate is closer to 1:1. Female…

Assistant principal academies provide rigorous training for future administrators. Discusses the organizational frameworks and opportunities and hazards of such academies. Provides a description of the first academy held in McDowell County, North Carolina. Includes references. (MD)

The purpose of this study was to determine how selectors decide, on the basis of a letter and application form, which applicants for a position as principal or assistant principal are asked to provide references and which are eliminated. Methodology and findings are presented. (MT)

An assistant principal suggests six changes in the role and responsibilities of assistant principals to help them prepare for principalship. (DCS)

The assistant principal of a Catholic elementary school carries out some of the duties (with the needed authority) of the school principal. How tasks and authority are delegated vary and depend upon the personality of each individual school. Fifteen assistant principals wrote essays relating one of their chief responsibilities to show a wide…

Writing under a pseudonym, the author recounts in a humorous style his experiences serving as an assistant principal under four different principals. Suggestions are made for effective ways to utilize the abilities of assistant principals. (MLF)

Results of a study in Baltimore (Maryland) to determine how assistant principals and their superiors view the assistant principalship. Results indicate a need for better time management and development of a school system policy. (Author/LD)

After an absence of nine years from the principalship, this author noticed an older faculty, increased paperwork, decreased authority of principals, a slower decision-making process, an increase in services for children, more girls' athletics, and an unchanged curriculum. (Author/LD)

A job description of an assistant principal, in checklist style, which includes an evaluation form. (LD)

Describes benefits of a leadership team consisting of co-principals and an assistant principal at two elementary schools in Mansfield, Massachusetts, the goal of which is to reduce time devoted to management and increase time devoted to instructional activities. (PKP)

Outlines a 15-step evaluation plan for assessing the performance of principals and assistant principals. Notes Ron Edmonds' observations that effective principals: (1) have a sense of purpose; (2) let others participate in management decisions; (3) help their staff; (4) monitor what is going on in their schools; and (5) are resourceful. (MLF)

The principal shortage means that many educators, including assistant principals and resource teachers, are moving into the job with little training. Mentor and apprenticeship relationships can aid leadership development. Exemplary leaders' highest calling is to build leadership in others--exemplified in Santa Cruz's Growing Our Own" program.…

Describes the Teaching Assistant Principal program, developed by the Capistrano (California) Unified School District to identify, attract, and develop candidates for assistant-principal positions. Also describes the components of district principal-retention and development programs. (PKP)

The role of the assistant principal, complete with duties and responsibilities, has not yet been successfully defined. Although assistant principals are often limited to responsibilities such as discipline or bus duty, their role should encompass much more. Assistant principals want to be more than disciplinarians; they want to be included in the…