Through the Looking Glass: Comparing Superintendents' Preferred Principal Characteristics to Educational Leadership Constituent Council and Texas Principal Standards

• In Event: 14.044 - Roundtable Session 1
  In Roundtable Session: 14.044-9 - Leadership Development Across the Leadership Pipeline

Abstract

This study investigated the alignment between Texas superintendents’ perceptions of the necessary professional characteristics of principals through the hiring process and the ELCC principal standards and the Texas certification standards. Texas superintendents were surveyed and interviewed to create a framework comparing their market-driven views with the standards guiding principal preparation. Incorporating the superintendents’ views into principal preparation program planning has important implications for programs in terms of producing qualified, effective, marketable, and ultimately employable principal candidates.

Authors

• Scott Bailey, Stephen F. Austin State University

• Barbara A. Qualls, Stephen F. Austin State University