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Norton, M. Scott; Kriekard, John A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Outlines results from a survey of assistant principalships in a six-state area. Presents a comprehensive listing of competencies resulting from the findings. Includes references. (MD)
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Competence, Evaluation, Minimum Competencies

Fulton, O. K. – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Describes the basic competencies needed to be developed by assistant principals if they are to function effectively. Competencies appear under four headings: administrative relationships, teacher relationships, student relationships, and community relationships. (MD)
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Competence, School Administration, Secondary Education
Reep, Beverly B. – Executive Educator, 1988
School building level public relations depends on the principal or vice principal. Strategies designed to enhance school public relations programs include linking school and community, working with the press, and keeping morale high inside the school. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Assistant Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Kealey, Robert J., Ed. – 1999
The role of the principal in a Catholic elementary/middle school has changed and expanded dramatically over the last decade. The role and tasks of principals in larger schools are essentially the same as the job descriptions of administrators in schools of less than 100 students. Principals in both large and small schools must complete reports,…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Catholic Schools, Educational Administration, Elementary Education

Winston, Sheldon – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
Citing the need for revision of the assistant principal's role, the author outlines various programs designed to provide alternatives to the old techniques of disciplining problem students. (Editor)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Assistant Principals, Change Agents, Discipline Policy

Caldwell, William E.; Paul, Daniel – Planning and Changing, 1983
A new study of principals in Pennsylvania confirms earlier research findings that principals' participation in a formally defined process for determining their wages and benefits consistently enhances organizational climate and improves principal performance. (JW)
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education

Manera, Elizabeth; Wright, Robert E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Describes workshops on stress producers provided for secondary school principals and assistant principals in the spring of 1979 and 1980. Presents the Q-Sort instrument used to help participants identify low, medium, and high stress producers. Provides instructions and a form for readers to use to identify their own stressors. (WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Assistant Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Malone, Wayne C. – Executive Educator, 1981
Discusses qualities a principal can look for in an assistant principal and ways to help the assistant function effectively while training to assume a principalship. (WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Assistant Principals, Elementary Secondary Education

Mitchell, Mack – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
Assistant principals must function as both counselors and mediators if they hope to succeed in mollifying disruptive students. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Assistant Principals, Classroom Techniques, Counseling Techniques
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Discusses New York case involving harassment of a female high school junior by three other girls culminating in physical attack that results in serious brain injuries to the girl. Girl's parents sued school officials for negligence. Jury finds that the vice-principal acted in reckless disregard for girl's safety and awards parents $11.2 million…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Bullying, Court Litigation, Females
Killion, Joellen – Journal of Staff Development, 2002
Discusses how assistant principals can create learning experiences for their staff on a tight time line. Suggestions include finding a consultant to facilitate the learning experience, assembling a team of teachers to help plan for changing how staff development is designed, and having teachers think about planning a day of collaborative learning…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration
Oliver, Ron – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2005
With the advent of recent standards for educational leadership and the increasing complexity of a principal's job, there is a dire need for assistant principals to participate in clearly defined and consistent professional development growth activities. This study examines professional development needs of assistant principals, including their…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, State Standards, Professional Development, Instructional Leadership
Potter, Les; Devito, John; Kinsey, Rochelle – Principal Leadership, 2004
All educators are very concerned about the tremendous need for new principals. Different strategies are in place to fill vacancies in the principalship. Principals can be developed from the existing ranks of educators, hired from outside the field, or through a combination of both. To meet their immediate needs, however, most school districts want…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Assistant Principals, Principals, School Districts
Wesley, Donald C. – Principal Leadership, 2004
Principals and assistant principals find themselves in a variety of situations in which listening can be their most important activity. In this article, the author shares his experience that highlighted how important listening can be. He also discusses empathic listening, a kind of listening that "involves a paradox of control" in which the…
Descriptors: Empathy, Assistant Principals, Principals, Listening Skills
Keesor, Carolyn A. – NASSP Bulletin, 2005
A study was conducted on a junior high school campus in the Midwest to evaluate the influence an assistant principal can have on classroom instruction. The study included 489 ninth-grade students and was conducted over an 18-week period. It examined the effect of assistant principals' visibility on classroom behavior. The results indicate that an…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Influences, Assistant Principals, Instruction