...Bruce G. Barnett; Alan R. Shoho; Nathern S.A. Okilwa Purpose When assistant principals experience positive mentoring and professional development, they can obtain valuable knowledge and leadership skills from these learning opportunities. To better understand the formal and informal mechanisms...

...Linda J. Searby and Denise Armstrong; Chad R. Lochmiller; Jennifer R Karnopp Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how school principals influenced or controlled leadership coaches working with assistant principals in urban secondary schools. Design/methodology/approach...

...Linda J. Searby and Denise Armstrong; Jia Liang; Donna Augustine-Shaw Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present findings from an initial year of mentoring and induction provided to new assistant principals (APs) served by the Kansas Educational Leadership Institute (KELI) and to identify...

...Linda J. Searby and Denise Armstrong; Catherine Marshall; Elizabeth Phelps Davidson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a viewpoint on the challenges that assistant principals (APs) face and to make the case for intentional mentoring, coaching, and sponsorship of individuals...

...Linda J. Searby and Denise Armstrong; Kathleen M. Cowin; Gordon S. Gates; Kathleen Luckett Purpose – Studies uniformly portray the assistant principal (AP) position as challenging given a number of systemic issues that negatively impact job satisfaction and performance. Mentoring has been...