Outlines criteria that are and are not relevant to the process of selecting an elementary principal. (IRT)

Shares results from a 1999 survey concerning desirable competencies for student union administrators. Found that human relations skills far outweighed others in importance. (EV)

Assuming the quality of the principal is directly linked to student learning and instruction, whose responsibility is it to develop building administrators to their fullest? This question is at the center of Principal Training on the Ground by Sandra Stein and colleagues from the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College of the City University of…

To fully understand the continuing evolution of the community college movement, one must also consider the evolution of its leadership, its changing environment, as well as changing societal needs. This monograph provides some experiential insight into the leadership aspect of the community college, particularly with regard to generational change.…

The purpose of this article is to explore the foundations of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium's (ISLLC's) Standards for School Leaders. First, the eight strategies used to develop the Standards are discussed. Second, responses are provided to six broad issues raised by colleagues who have provided critical reviews of the…

This study examines the existing and potential strategies for sustaining and building greater levels of management and leadership capability in training organisations. The research report is one of the products of a nationally based research consortium: Supporting vocational education and training (VET) providers in building capability for the…

Purpose: To draw on a structured review of the literature on formalised mentoring programs for principals with the purpose of exploring their nature and the positive and negative outcomes for the parties involved. Design/methodology/approach: The methodological approach utilised in this paper was a structured review of the literature which is a…

The results of a National Institute of Education research project indicate that despite their key roles in making schools effective, principals are chosen in a process "ridden with chance" and are frequently selected because of their "images" rather than for their qualities as educational leaders. Vacancy announcements are rarely publicized widely…

The Program of Internships in Academic Administration was launched in 1962 by Ellis L. Phillips, Jr., President of the Ellis L. Phillips Foundation, and author of this book. Mr. Phillips describes the internship plan from its conception through its four years of functioning and puts into historical and conceptual perspective the methods employed…

This speech argues that educational administrators are ill-equipped to meet contemporary challenges because of their lack of present-day administrative knowledge. Two general modes of generating such knowledge are outlined and contrasted -- the humanist (involving verbal theory and "soft" data) and the scientific (involving formalized…

A fantasy about a high school principal endowed with miraculous powers, showing how he solves various school problems. (SJL)

It appears that job placement is not a function of the quantity or quality of preparation for administration but, rather, of the social milieu in which such preparation occurs. (Author)