Principals in Succession Transfer and Rotation in Educational Admini

Contributors to this volume examine structures and processes that school boards have in place directly relating to the process of principal or vice-principal succession. As well, they consider the effect that these structures and processes have upon staff

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STUDIES IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP VOLUME 13 Series Editor Kenneth A. Leithwood, OISE, University of Toronto, Canada Editorial Board Christopher Day, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Stephen Jacobson, Graduate School of Education, Buffalo, U.S.A. Bill Mulford, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Peter Sleegers, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

SCOPE OF THE SERIES Leadership we know makes all the difference in success or failures of organizations. This series will bring together in a highly readable way the most recent insights in successful leadership. Emphasis will be placed on research focused on pre-collegiate educational organizations. Volumes should address issues related to leadership at all levels of the educational system and be written in a style accessible to scholars, educational practitioners and policy makers throughout the world. The volumes – monographs and edited volumes – should represent work from different parts in the world.

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Robert E. White • Karyn Cooper Editors

Principals in Succession Transfer and Rotation in Educational Administration

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Editors Dr. Robert E. White St. Francis Xavier University Faculty of Education PO Box 5000 B2G 2W5 Antigonish Nova Scotia Canada [email protected]

Dr. Karyn Cooper University of Toronto Ontario Inst. Studies in Education Dept. Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Centre for Teacher Development Bloor Street W. 252 M5S 1V6 Toronto, Ontario Canada [email protected]

ISBN 978-94-007-1274-4     e-ISBN 978-94-007-1275-1 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1275-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011930259 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

1 Introduction �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������    1 Robert E. White and Karyn Cooper 2 Prologue �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������    7 Alison Griffith 3 Succeeding Leaders: Supply and Demand ���������������������������������������������    11 Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink 4 The School District and the Development of Trust in New Principals: Policies and Actions that Influence Succession �������������������    27 Robert B. Macmillan, Matthew J. Meyer, Shawn Northfield and Michael Foley 5 Planning for Succession: Considerations and Implications for Educational Policy ������������������������������������������������������������������������������    41