Good Principals Aren’t Born – They’re Mentored: Are We Investing Enough to Get the School Leaders We Need?
This 89-page report, by the Wallace Foundation, examines mentorship issues, from: “What We Should Be Doing? to “What do Interns Say About Their Mentoring? and “Mentoring as a Measure of Investment in Education Leadership Preparation.” The main focis is how to get new principals “to hit the halls running, ready to lead their staff to accelerate the improvement of teaching and learning” instead of leaving them to “learn on the job.”
http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/school-leadership/principal-training/Pages/Good-Principals-Arent-Born-Theyre-Mentored.aspx
Mentoring New Administrators to Success by Education World discusses the reassuring presence of more than one mentor to guide new principals and vice-principals and offering “life rafts.” Retired administrators are referred to as good sources to help develop growing leaders.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin465.shtml
Mentoring and Coaching School Leaders is a qualitative study by the Ontario Principals’ Council that looks at the helpful adaptive practices for school administrators. It states that mentors and mentees trained as coaches are effective leaders. “Reflective practice, active listening, thought-provoking questioning and deliberate humility were the competencies that participants highlighted and believed accounted for the positive influence of the program.”
http://www.principals.ca/documents/Mentoring_and_Coaching_School_Leaders-Joanne%20Robinson-OPC_Register_Vol.13_No.2.pdf
This Edutopia video link entitled, Principal Mentoring: The Push for New School Leaders runs just over 7 minutes and although a U.S. focus, the Principal’s responsibilities are similar. The mentor helping this younger administrator has 35 years of experience in education. He is a wonderful resource for the new principal to “bounce ideas off of” and a friendship has resulted. The video also examines the principal’s interaction with teachers, concerns about staffing and instruction.
http://www.edutopia.org/principal-mentoring-leadership-video
Enhancing Principals’ Skills Through Sustainable Mentoring Programs, is a webinar presentation summary by Dr. Christine Mason, NAESP Associate Executive Director for Research and Development. It highlights some of the skill-building principals develop through mentoring. They include: helping principals reflect on their job, understand their leadership style and development needs, developing better instruction focus, formulating clear missions, and increasing collaboration. An improvement in student performance is the end result.
https://www.naesp.org/sites/default/files/EnhancingPrincipalsSkillsThroughSustainableMentoringPrograms060712.pdf
This 89-page report, by the Wallace Foundation, examines mentorship issues, from: “What We Should Be Doing? to “What do Interns Say About Their Mentoring? and “Mentoring as a Measure of Investment in Education Leadership Preparation.” The main focis is how to get new principals “to hit the halls running, ready to lead their staff to accelerate the improvement of teaching and learning” instead of leaving them to “learn on the job.”
http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/school-leadership/principal-training/Pages/Good-Principals-Arent-Born-Theyre-Mentored.aspx
Mentoring New Administrators to Success by Education World discusses the reassuring presence of more than one mentor to guide new principals and vice-principals and offering “life rafts.” Retired administrators are referred to as good sources to help develop growing leaders.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin465.shtml
Mentoring and Coaching School Leaders is a qualitative study by the Ontario Principals’ Council that looks at the helpful adaptive practices for school administrators. It states that mentors and mentees trained as coaches are effective leaders. “Reflective practice, active listening, thought-provoking questioning and deliberate humility were the competencies that participants highlighted and believed accounted for the positive influence of the program.”
http://www.principals.ca/documents/Mentoring_and_Coaching_School_Leaders-Joanne%20Robinson-OPC_Register_Vol.13_No.2.pdf
This Edutopia video link entitled, Principal Mentoring: The Push for New School Leaders runs just over 7 minutes and although a U.S. focus, the Principal’s responsibilities are similar. The mentor helping this younger administrator has 35 years of experience in education. He is a wonderful resource for the new principal to “bounce ideas off of” and a friendship has resulted. The video also examines the principal’s interaction with teachers, concerns about staffing and instruction.
http://www.edutopia.org/principal-mentoring-leadership-video
Enhancing Principals’ Skills Through Sustainable Mentoring Programs, is a webinar presentation summary by Dr. Christine Mason, NAESP Associate Executive Director for Research and Development. It highlights some of the skill-building principals develop through mentoring. They include: helping principals reflect on their job, understand their leadership style and development needs, developing better instruction focus, formulating clear missions, and increasing collaboration. An improvement in student performance is the end result.
https://www.naesp.org/sites/default/files/EnhancingPrincipalsSkillsThroughSustainableMentoringPrograms060712.pdf