NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 841 to 855 of 1,349 results Save | Export
Nelson, Kristen – Principal, 2010
Principal shortages have become a nationwide issue, with education publications frequently discussing the devastating problem of not having enough high-quality candidates apply for administrative positions. The conundrum begs the question: Where have all the instructional leaders gone? To meet the challenge of keeping high-quality principal…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, School Districts, Teaching Assistants, Instructional Leadership
Burdette, Keith R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the factors important to the implementation of West Virginia Board of Education Policy 2450, Distance Learning and the West Virginia Virtual School. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that facilitated and impeded implementation of the policy, as perceived by principals/assistant principals, counselors, and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Board of Education Policy, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Nieuwenhuizen, Lisa M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The assistant principal is often overlooked in school leadership literature, yet in recent years has grown to be a vital part of secondary schools (Marshall & Hooley, 2006). This descriptive study seeks to expand on the work of Marshall and Hooley (2006), which serves as a primer in the study of assistant principals. In an era of increased…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Administrator Role, Secondary Schools, Instructional Leadership
Scott, Valarie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
It is generally recognized that the assistant principal's position is a launching point for a career in school administration. The scarcity of research and literature pertaining to the role of the assistant principal led the researcher to compare the actual tasks being performed by public school assistant principals to their ideal job…
Descriptors: School Administration, Public Schools, Assistant Principals, Community Relations
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Boske, Christa – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2011
In this case narrative, Michelle, a young teenage male adolescent considering the transition from male to female, becomes the target of vicious teasing and physical abuse, especially when she does not conform to the school's gender expectations. As a result, it presents school leaders with a contemporary issue facing…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Males, Adolescents, Sexual Orientation
Beach, Gerald M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to determine the conditions affecting the decision to seek or not seek a position as a school assistant principal or principal. The principalship presents unique challenges to the individual who aspires to building level leadership, and school districts are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit highly qualified…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Educational Administration, Predictor Variables, Principals
Howard-Schwind, Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent secondary assistant principals in large Texas high schools demonstrate behaviors consistent with what the literature describes as instructional leadership. Three hundred seventy principals and assistant principals of large Texas high schools participated in this study. The Principal…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, High Schools, Federal Legislation, Rating Scales
McGee, Janet M. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2010
Throughout history, women have faced numerous career barriers. Although significant progress has made it possible to break through the "glass ceiling," there remains a disproportionate percentage of women at the higher educational administrative positions, specifically the superintendent and high school principal roles. This study will…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Occupational Mobility, Employment Opportunities, Disproportionate Representation
Wagner, Kenneth – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Site level administrators make decisions during the course of a day that have ethical dimensions that challenge their personal values and ethics. This study examined the extent to which particular factors would affect principals' and vice principals' judgments of the ethicality of sanctions given a teacher who had been sending sexually…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Assistant Principals, Attitude Measures
New Leaders (NJ1), 2011
New Leaders created the Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC) initiative in 2006 to learn from educators driving achievement gains in high-need urban schools. EPIC identifies school leaders and teachers whose students are making significant achievement gains and financially rewards these educators in exchange for sharing and documenting…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Public Schools, Academic Achievement
Barrow, Jennifer Cahoon – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to propose a grounded theory that contributed to the understanding of the professional school counselor's role at the secondary school level in working with students in gangs. The study explored the role of the professional school counselor from the first person perspective of the professional school counselor and…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, Secondary School Students, Violence
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schermuly, Carsten C.; Schermuly, Rene A.; Meyer, Bertolt – International Journal of Educational Management, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the relationship between psychological empowerment, job satisfaction, and burnout among vice-principals (VPs) in primary schools. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 103 VPs at 103 different primary schools in Germany were surveyed with a questionnaire that assessed the four dimensions of psychological…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Job Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Statistical Significance
Handley, Junella D. – Principal, 2009
For several years, the author has been traveling a path in school leadership that began in 2002, when she left the classroom to become a curriculum resource teacher. Today she holds the position of an assistant principal in the Orange County Public School District in Orlando, Florida. In this position, she participated in the mandatory Preparing…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Job Shadowing, Resource Teachers, Educational Resources
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Enomoto, Ernestine K. – Planning and Changing, 2012
Given rural school administrators' challenges and the need to support their leadership development, this qualitative study describes how one rural school district delivered professional development through a university-school partnership to prepare its assistant principals for their work. Methods: Eight assistant principals from nine schools…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Management Development, Rural Schools, School Administration
Nebe, Mary Bayly – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the alignment between Arizona public high school administrators' expectations of professional school counselors, the "ASCA National Model" (2005), and the instruments used in Arizona to evaluate professional school counselors. Participants included ten principals and assistant principals, and 103 of the 111 public…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Interviews, School Counselors, Role Theory
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  53  |  54  |  55  |  56  |  57  |  58  |  59  |  60  |  61  |  ...  |  90