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Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration
Leadership, Principals, Experiences, New Principals, Phenomenology
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New Principals: Experiences That Influence The Role, Marianne P. Simon
New Principals: Experiences That Influence The Role, Marianne P. Simon
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The purpose of this transcendental phenomenology-informed study is to examine the lived experiences of new principals and to understand the experiences that have influenced their role as principal. Phenomenological research is “interested in an analytical and descriptive experience of phenomena by individuals in their everyday world” (Eddles-Hirsch, 2015). This framework is what drove the research study into the lived experiences of new principals and the experiences that have influenced their role. The study is qualitative in nature using three in-depth, semi-structured interviews with five new principals in a Northeast Florida school district for a total of 15 interviews. The research …