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Research Based Course Design For Supervisors Of Aspiring School Administrators: Effective Mentor Characteristics, Carol Marcotte
Research Based Course Design For Supervisors Of Aspiring School Administrators: Effective Mentor Characteristics, Carol Marcotte
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The on-line training modules developed in this study draw on effective administrative induction programs (Hackmann, D., Russell, F., & Elliott, R., 1999), characteristics of administrative supervisors (Barth, 2003) and mentoring (Hall, 2008). Research on school leadership indicates that principal candidates are not prepared for the deluge of responsibilities to lead schools at higher standards (Institute for Educational Leadership, 2000) field-based internship experiences are inadequate.
Lovely (2004) implied that universities develop partnerships with school districts to provide substantive field-based experiences for interns. Modules designed by administrative induction programs that provide high-quality training for mentors will provide the intern candidate with ongoing …