Urban-School Assistant Principals in Today’s Accountability-Oriented Environment

• In Event: Poster Session 2
  In Poster Session: Leadership for School Improvement

Abstract

This presentation attempts, using Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient testing and face-to-face interviews, to examine the impact of accountability-driven reforms on jobs of assistant principals in New York State urban public schools. The empirical findings of this study confirmed that while the traditional professional identity and roles of assistant principals have not changed that much over the last decade, the degree of their involvement in managerial duties has decreased as their involvement in instruction-related tasks has increased. However, the extent of their involvement in instructional leadership falls shorts of their expectations. The study also shows how APs in urban schools have been affected by recent reforms in ways that have made them an important force in instructional activities.

Author

• Anna Q. Sun, University at Buffalo - SUNY