This pamphlet outlines the role of Wisconsin's assistant principals as it relates to students, the administrative team, staff, curriculum, and the community. It also presents a brief job description developed for the assistant principal in a senior high school of 1,100 students that has only one assistant administrator. (Author/IRT)

Describes an assessment center program that evaluates assistant principals for their suitability to be principals. (IRT)

Provides four steps that principals can follow to maximize the leadership position of assistant principals. The principal is the key to improving the assistant principal's position. (MD)

Reviews findings from a survey of secondary school assistant principals in Washington State. Outlines eight recommendations resulting from the study. (MD)

Recommends an organizational strategy for improving the effectiveness of secondary school assistant principals. Outlines skills needed by assistant principalship and provides selection and evaluation criteria. Describes an internship program to provide opportunities for individuals to pursue assistant principalships. (KH)

Among suggestions for success in the changing post of the assistant principalship is to bring to the job a dedication to learning, a belief in the purpose of education, and a friendly disposition. Assistant principals can counter job stress through collegiality, self-fulfillment in their job, self-analysis, and self-assessment. (MJL)

Focuses on principals as change facilitators, on other staff members who facilitate school improvement ("second change facilitators" and on what these two groups do together and separately. Concludes with considerations for policy making, for training of all school improvement leadership personnel and for future lines of study into facilitating…

This book provides an overview of the internship as a central ingredient of effective preservice programs. Intended for those who are involved in the preparation of school administrators, the text emphasizes that preservice programs must ensure that interns will learn the skills that will make them effective leaders. The book is designed to…

A study extended research on the Kentucky Principal Intern Program (KPIP) as it provides job-embedded development for new administrators through a 1-year mentoring and internship program. Subjects (N=97) were public school principals and assistant principals who were participating in KPIP in 1998-99. Survey research was used to collect data about…

This paper draws on research conducted to achieve three general purposes: (1) determine the characteristics of Kentucky's 1997-98 principal and assistant principal interns and whether their work differed; (2) ascertain whether work differences existed among interns according to gender or school level--elementary, middle, or high; and (3) to…

Describes the operation of the Vice Principal's Advisory Council (VPAC) at Montgomery High School, Skillman, New Jersey, which is used to provide a team approach to intervention in student problems. (JW)

The Miamisburg (Ohio) City School District found that--through clarification of administrative style, definition of responsibilities, and acceptance by other administrators--the associate principal is a more effective school leader, administrative team member, and community liaison than is the usual assistant principal. (Author/RW)

Analyzes the findings of a survey of faculty and administrators at l06 high schools in Indiana to determine the role and function of the assistant principal. Examines the educational and professional background, aspirations, and job responsibilities of assistant principals. (CAM)

Too often the only contact the assistant principal has with students is in his role as disciplinarian. If the total school atmosphere can be improved, the author asserts, not only will fewer disciplinary problems occur but the assistant principalship will become more positive. (Editor)

Through a structured "grow your own" model, the Capistrano Unified School District in California is focusing on developing leaders from within. Strong teachers with leadership potential are actively recruited to enter the administrative arena as elementary-teaching assistant principals. Assistant principals are given principal-level…