Research on School Principals in the United States (2003–2013)

2016 ◽  
pp. 291-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul V. Bredeson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
School Principals ◽  
The United States

An investigation of guidance officer selection criteria

1995 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 13-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Beavers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Secondary School Principals ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
The United States ◽  
Selection Decisions

Little is known about the criteria used in selecting applicants for guidance and counselling positions in schools. This article reports the findings of a survey completed by 91 Queensland secondary school principals and 115 guidance officers and senior guidance officers working in secondary schools. The instrument was a 105-item forced-choice instrument in which each of 15 criterion statements was paired with each other. Both groups indicate the applicant's practicum performance as a major factor in making selection decisions. Communication skills also were regarded as important. In contrast with similar studies conducted in the United States, teaching experience was not deemed to be a crucial consideration. The implications of the findings for training programs are discussed.

scholarly journals “Constant Communication”: Rural Principals' Leadership Practices During a Global Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya D. Hayes ◽  
Jamon Flowers ◽  
Sheneka M. Williams
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
School Principals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rural School ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Leadership Frame ◽  
Rural Principals

Rural school leaders are met with serious challenges and opportunities to lead rural schools in times of normalcy, but these challenges are amplified during a crisis. Rural school principals in the United States faced an unprecedented crisis when school buildings closed in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure of rural school principals and their response to this crisis is exemplified through their leadership practices. Through qualitative methods, we examined the leadership practices of rural principals through the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine, and we found that rural principals exhibit the practices of caretaker leadership. From the findings, we used a meta-leadership frame to discuss the caretaker leadership practices of rural school principals.

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