Investigates K-12 assistant principal job satisfaction and career objectives in Orange Country, California. Results of two surveys (2000, 2002) of assistant principals find over two-thirds of those responding are satisfied with their jobs and desire to become principals within the next 5 years. Discusses reasons why some assistant principals are…

Survey of principal evaluation of administrator preparation program. Data were collected from 180 certified principals using a four-part survey instrument designed by the investigators. Finds, for example, that principals rated mentoring most valuable experience during coursework phase of program. Draws implications for further study. (Contains 25…

Emily Johnson, a new high school assistant principal, ponders how to handle an unexpected dilemma over the faculty award nomination procedures. As chair of the faculty awards committee, she has to decide how to handle the arrival of late nominations. They were submitted by a committee member Jack Fitch, who had been a candidate for the assistant…

This article considers principals' assumptions about human nature in Turkey and the relationship between the assumptions held and the leadership style adopted in schools. The findings show that school principals hold Y-type assumptions and prefer a relationship-oriented style in their relations with assistant principals. However, both principals…

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.…