Individuals holding the post of principal come from different backgrounds, trainings, and levels of educational experience. Using the research surrounding the first nine Florida Principal Standards as the lens, this research examines to what extent school leaders perceive to be prepared for the role of principal as measured by the Florida Principal Standards, to what they attribute their preparation and if demographic factors impacted their perceptions. Ninety-six school leaders in a Florida school district participated in this study. The total group of participants consisted of thirty principals, twenty assistant principals in a county level training program and forty-six teacher leaders who were members of a county level leadership cohort. These school leaders participated in an online survey composed of the forty-four descriptor statements of the first nine Florida Principal Standards. Thus, data in this research project was comprised of survey results from these various administrative points of view. In addition to comparison of percentages of each group's responses, descriptive statistics and a Kruskal Wallis test was used determine scores of preparedness for teacher leaders, assistant principals and principals and if they differed in responses. After data was collected, it was analyzed and interpreted. Three county level administrators who work in leadership development and instruction were then interviewed and their responses were used to help determine meaning from the findings. Because principals face similar issues as they make the transition from an assistant to principal, understanding individual's perception of their training is a critical step in assisting leaders as they move upward and attempt to lead in today's school systems. Findings in this area will allow for discussion regarding the leader's perception of preparedness, the way in which principals are trained and perhaps increase the knowledge base about principal preparation. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education. / Spring Semester, 2014. / March 28, 2014. / Administrator Preparation, Beginning Principals, Florida school administration, Leadership preparation / Includes bibliographical references. / Judith Irvin, Professor Directing Dissertation; Randall Holcombe, University Representative; Marytza Gawlik, Committee Member; Shouping Hu, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_185218 |
| Contributors | Burch, Allen (authoraut), Irvin, Judith (professor directing dissertation), Holcombe, Randall (university representative), Gawlik, Marytza (committee member), Hu, Shouping (committee member), Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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