18.017 - Exploring the K–12 Leadership Labor Market in Different Contexts

Session Type: Working Group Roundtable

Abstract

This session includes four studies examining various facets of the K-12 leadership pipeline from a labor market perspective. One study examines the impact of leadership preparation reform on the supply and quality of newly certified principals. Another paper documents the spatial labor market for newly certified principals. The third paper explores the match/mis-match between tasks undertaken by assistant principals and principals and how these (mis-) matches vary across school contexts and labor markets. The final paper investigates how personal- and school- characteristics influence the odds of an assistant principal transitioning into the principalship and whether labor market characteristics alter the results. Attendees will be asked to help develop a framework for studying the leadership pipeline from a labor market perspective.

Sub Unit

• Division A - Administration / Division A - Section 5: Leadership Development

Chair

• Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple, University of Delaware

Papers

• Formative Evaluation of Principal Preparation Program Reform in Illinois - Brad White, Illinois Education Research Council

• The Spatial Geography of Principal Labor Markets in Texas - Karen J. DeAngelis, University of Rochester; Christine M Isselhard, University of Rochester

• Training or Career? Exploring the Ambiguous Role of the Assistant Principalship in the Leadership Pipeline - Peter Trabert Goff, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Kevin Christopher Bastian, University of North Carolina

• Transitioning From Assistant Principal to Principal: Differences by Personal, School, and Labor Market Characteristics - Ed Fuller, The Pennsylvania State University