Principals in Succession Transfer and Rotation in Educational Administration

Contributors to this volume examine structures and processes that school boards have in place directly relating to the process of principal or vice-principal succession. As well, they consider the effect that these structures and processes have upon staff and administrators themselves. These contrib...

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Other Authors: White, Robert E. (Editor), Cooper, Karyn (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Series:Studies in Educational Leadership
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Principals in Succession - Transfer and Rotation in Educational Administration; Robert E. White and Karyn Cooper
  • Prologue: The Construction of the Principalship - Institutional Ethnography and Principal Selection and Succession; Alison Griffith
  • 1. Succeeding Leaders - Supply and Demand; Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink
  • 2. The School District and the Development of Trust in New Principals - Policies and actions that influence succession; Robert B. Macmillan, Matthew J. Meyer, Shawn Northfield and Michael Foley
  • 3. Planning for Succession - Considerations and Implications for Educational Policy; Robert E. White and Karyn Cooper
  • 4. Principal Turnover and the Impact on Teacher-Principal Relationships - Mitigating Emerging Values Issues; Matthew J. Meyer, Robert B. Macmillan, Shawn Northfield and Michael Foley
  • 5. Survive and Thrive - Leadership Distribution as a Strategy for Frequent Principal Turnover; Blair Mascall, Shawn Moore, Doris Jantzi, Kevin Walker and Robin Sacks
  • 6. Trust during Transition - Strategic Leadership and Trust Development during Principal Succession; Shawn Northfield, Robert B. Macmillan and Matthew J. Meyer
  • 7. The Effects of Cultural Contexts on Leadership Succession - Participation of Women and People of “Difference” in Educational Administration
  • Epilogue: Contextualizing Principal Succession - Reflections on Principal Succession and Rotation in Western Countries; Izhar Oplatka
  • About the Contributors
  • Index.