Description

Overview:

This study used an organizational socialization lens to examine factors influencing participants’ choice to pursue the principalship and an alternate administration certification program. Through an analysis of participants’ interviews, factors emerged from the codes that were compared with dimensions of a socialization framework. A key finding from this study is the intersection of socializing factors that influenced participants’ decisions to pursue the principalship and their decision to pursue an alternative preparation programs. This intersection impacted how these aspiring and current principals came to participate in the alternate preparation program.

Subject:

Education

Level:

Graduate / Professional

Material Type:

Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author:

Bickmore, D., Bickmore, S, & Raines, S.

Provider:

National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA)

Provider Set:

IJELP | International Journal of Education Leadership Preparation

Date Added:

03/01/2013