Abstract
A university professor and a graduate student interviewed 10 high school administrators who were leaders of innovation. The interviews enabled the university team to conceptualize 3 new roles for principals that guided the revision of the university program in educational administration: the principal as Leader of Leaders, as Advocate, and as Catalyst for Change. The practitioners’ advice to the university was to focus on leadership of change; shift from thinking about management to thinking of continuous improvement; develop learning opportunities outside the university classroom; prepare students for the incredible pace and workload; and assign quality work to administration students.
Recommended Citation
Edlefson, Carla
(2000)
"Preparing Principals for New Roles: Advice from the Field,"
Mid-Western Educational Researcher: Vol. 13:
Iss.
4, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/mwer/vol13/iss4/4
