School Principals

Contents: Amy L. Kavanaugh: Introduction to Principalship - Gary L. Wegenke/Jianping Shen: Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Diversity Among Principals - Liliana Rodriguez-Campos/Rigoberto Rincones-Gomez/Jianping Shen: Principals' Educational Attainment, Experience, and Professional Development - Jianping Shen/Louann Bierlein Palmer/Cheryle Crawford: The Importance of Educational Goals as Perceived by Principals - Van E. Cooley/Jianping Shen: School Accountability and Principals' Professional Job Responsibilities - Sue Poppink/Jianping Shen: Principals' Salaries - Dorothy VanderJagt/Jianping Shen/Chia-lin Hsieh: Principals' Perceptions of School Problems - Jianping Shen: Principals' and Teachers' Power - Chia-Lin Hsieh/Jianping Shen: Conceptions of Leadership: A Comparison among Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents - Jianping Shen/Van E. Cooley/Connie D. Ruhl-Smith/Nanette M. Keiser: Quality and Impact of Educational Leadership Programs: A National Study - Van E. Cooley/Jianping Shen: Who Will Lead? The Top 10 Factors That Influence Teachers Moving into Administration - Jianping Shen/Van E. Cooley/Gary L. Wegenke: Factors Influencing Application for the Principalship: A Comparative Study of Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents - Connie D. Ruhl-Smith/Jianping Shen/ Van E. Cooley: Gender Difference in Reasons for Entering and Leaving Educational Administration - Bradley S. Portin/Jianping Shen: The Changing Principalship.

The Author: Jianping Shen is Professor of Educational Leadership at Western Michigan University. He received his Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Washington, Seattle. In addition to more than sixty articles in professional journals, he is the author of The School of Education: Its Mission, Faculty, and Reward Structure (Peter Lang, 1999).

"This book is a welcome addition to the literature on the principalship. It pulls together data on the people who take on this role and the programs that purport to prepare them for the responsibilities, challenges and opportunities of this position. It examines some of the reasons this vitally important position is not a particularly appealing occupational choice. This book can inform the debates about how we recruit and prepare principals. It also can engender a clearer understanding and a stronger appreciation of the complexity of the principal's work." (Betty Malen, Ph.D., Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland at College Park)