The role of the assistant principal, complete with duties and responsibilities, has not yet
been successfully defined. Although assistant principals are often limited to responsibilities …

Principals constitute a primary group in the school reform process, being both the agents of
change by virtue of their roles as school managers and instructional leaders, and targets of …

The purpose of this study was to investigate principals' and teachers' perceptions of critical
leadership skills for elementary principals and to examine if there were any significant …

Effective leadership skills and interpersonal communication competencies are vital to
accomplish the many job responsibilities that principals face as school leaders. This study …

Rooted in educational reforms stressing site-based management and school choice, the
charter school movement comprises thousands of autonomous legal entities granted …

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Consensus appears in the literature regarding the dependence of effective educational
leadership upon the leader's ability to communicate. The purpose of this study was to …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there are differences in the
Meadows Principal Improvement Program's ability to prepare administrators for instructional …

The assistant principalship is the initial step into school administration for most aspiring
school administrators. Yet research has shown that there is little in the way of preparation for …

Unprecedented demands for educational accountability have renewed research attention to
effective school leadership. Recent research points to school principals as the centerpiece …