Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 46 Issue 6

“Being” a new principal in Scotland

Michael Cowie, Megan Crawford

This paper aims to explore the extent to which the programme for principal preparation in Scotland relates to what is expected of principals once they are in post and what it is…

Lifeworld or systemsworld: what guides novice principals?

Sarah W. Nelson, Maria G. de la Colina, Michael D. Boone

This paper aims to contribute to the literature on principal preparation by examining the experiences of novice principals and what their experiences mean for principal…

Challenges of a successful first‐year principal in Mexico

Charles L. Slater, Jose Maria Garcia, Gema Lopez Gorosave

This case study is an attempt to understand the experience of a school principal, Arnulfo. The research question is: what are the challenges of one first‐year school director in…

Mapping principal preparation in Kenya and Tanzania

Brown Onguko, Mohammed Abdalla, Charles F. Webber

The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the principal preparation programming available to school leaders in Kenya and Tanzania.

Principals on L‐plates: rear view mirror reflections

Helen Wildy, Simon Clarke

This paper aims to contribute to the literature on beginning the principalship by identifying and illustrating key challenges that novice principals encounter in their first year…

Programs for school principal preparation in East Europe

Peter Karstanje, Charles F. Webber

This paper is intended to provide an overview of trends in European education and to offer a framework for considering the elements of school management.

Using case studies to visualize success with first year principals

Ann Sherman

The purpose of this paper is to present a discussion of one element of a principal preparation graduate program that uses visualization as a technique to practice decision making.

Evidence‐based leadership development: the 4L framework

Shelleyann Scott, Charles F. Webber

This paper aims to use the results of three research initiatives to present the life‐long learning leader (4L) framework, a model for leadership development intended for use by…

Note from the publisher

Principal preparation: international perspectives

Charles F. Webber