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The Resource Administrative Passages : Navigating the Transition from Teacher to Assistant Principal, by Denise Armstrong, (electronic resource)

Administrative Passages : Navigating the Transition from Teacher to Assistant Principal, by Denise Armstrong, (electronic resource)

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Assistant principals are vital to school success. As one of the largest groups of frontline managers, they represent the face of school administration and they perform a complex range of leadership and managerial roles. As important as they are, little academic attention has been directed to the role of the assistant principal and the ways in which newcomers navigate the transition from teacher to effective administrator. This book addresses this gap by offering a perspective on administrative practice which is not normally discussed in traditional textbooks. It describes the socio-emotional journey from teaching to administration through the eyes of eight newly appointed secondary school assistant principals, and it introduces a change model which integrates literature and primary research. The assistant principals’ narratives open a new window onto the inner and outer world of schools, revealing an uncharted landscape of paradoxes and emotions. These stories also uncover hidden boundaries, rites, and rituals which operate beneath a veneer of order, control, and stability, and shape administrators’ work lives in imperceptible ways. As the new assistant principals describe their dreams, disappointments, and accomplishments, they illustrate the complex challenges of leading and learning within shifting organizational contexts. This book will be of interest to practitioners, policy makers, and theoreticians alike. It provides practical advice on surviving this career passage, and it identifies how institutional processes, policies, and practices can be improved to support this important leadership role. This book offers terrific insights into the different challenges one faces in adjusting to the role of the Assistant Principal, and will provide readers with a rich array of strategies regarding the mental, emotional, social, and physical adjustments required for a successful transition. Professor Emeritus William D. Greenfield, Jr., Portland State University, USA Professor Armstrong provides a comprehensive review of vice principals’ career transitions and introduces a compelling new model for understanding the journey from teacher to administrator. Theory is brought to life and readers gain fascinating insights into the challenges which new vice-principals - real people – experience in the transition from teaching to administration. Dr. Chris Spence, Director, Toronto District School Board, Canada The few books currently available on the role of the assistant principal tend to be thin little survival guides aimed at practitioners working in the sink or swim environment of a new appointment. All the more reason to celebrate the publication of this substantial new book that skillfully addresses the craft knowledge and phenomenology of the transition from teaching to school administration roles, and does so in a scholarly manner –integrating relevant theory and research within an inspired and memorable conceptual framework of epicycles. The outcome is nothing short of ground breaking. This is an important new addition to the literature on the processes of professional socialization. Professor Paul Begley, Penn State University, USA
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  • eng
  • eng
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Edition
1st ed. 2010.
Extent
1 online resource (163 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record
Contents
  • Background
  • Perspectives on Change, Transitions, and Passages
  • Narrating the Administrative Passage
  • The Individual Narratives
  • Charting the Administrative Passage
  • Entry–Exit: Crossing the Administrative Threshold
  • Immersion–Emmersion: Ascending the Administrative Hierarchy
  • Disintegration–Reintegration: Shifting Perspectives – Letting Go, Holding On, and Reframing
  • Transformation–Restabilization: Becoming and Being an Assistant Principal
  • The Way Forward: Connecting Theory and Practice
  • Reconceptualizing Assistant Principals’ Leadership Transitions
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9781402052699
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Administrative Passages : Navigating the Transition from Teacher to Assistant Principal
Title
Administrative Passages
Title remainder
Navigating the Transition from Teacher to Assistant Principal
Statement of responsibility
by Denise Armstrong
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Author
Author
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Assistant principals are vital to school success. As one of the largest groups of frontline managers, they represent the face of school administration and they perform a complex range of leadership and managerial roles. As important as they are, little academic attention has been directed to the role of the assistant principal and the ways in which newcomers navigate the transition from teacher to effective administrator. This book addresses this gap by offering a perspective on administrative practice which is not normally discussed in traditional textbooks. It describes the socio-emotional journey from teaching to administration through the eyes of eight newly appointed secondary school assistant principals, and it introduces a change model which integrates literature and primary research. The assistant principals’ narratives open a new window onto the inner and outer world of schools, revealing an uncharted landscape of paradoxes and emotions. These stories also uncover hidden boundaries, rites, and rituals which operate beneath a veneer of order, control, and stability, and shape administrators’ work lives in imperceptible ways. As the new assistant principals describe their dreams, disappointments, and accomplishments, they illustrate the complex challenges of leading and learning within shifting organizational contexts. This book will be of interest to practitioners, policy makers, and theoreticians alike. It provides practical advice on surviving this career passage, and it identifies how institutional processes, policies, and practices can be improved to support this important leadership role. This book offers terrific insights into the different challenges one faces in adjusting to the role of the Assistant Principal, and will provide readers with a rich array of strategies regarding the mental, emotional, social, and physical adjustments required for a successful transition. Professor Emeritus William D. Greenfield, Jr., Portland State University, USA Professor Armstrong provides a comprehensive review of vice principals’ career transitions and introduces a compelling new model for understanding the journey from teacher to administrator. Theory is brought to life and readers gain fascinating insights into the challenges which new vice-principals - real people – experience in the transition from teaching to administration. Dr. Chris Spence, Director, Toronto District School Board, Canada The few books currently available on the role of the assistant principal tend to be thin little survival guides aimed at practitioners working in the sink or swim environment of a new appointment. All the more reason to celebrate the publication of this substantial new book that skillfully addresses the craft knowledge and phenomenology of the transition from teaching to school administration roles, and does so in a scholarly manner –integrating relevant theory and research within an inspired and memorable conceptual framework of epicycles. The outcome is nothing short of ground breaking. This is an important new addition to the literature on the processes of professional socialization. Professor Paul Begley, Penn State University, USA
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Armstrong, Denise
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371.2011
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Language note
English
LC call number
LB2801-3095
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
Studies in Educational Leadership
Series volume
4
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  • Administration, Organization and Leadership
  • Educational Policy and Politics
  • Professional & Vocational Education
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Administrative Passages : Navigating the Transition from Teacher to Assistant Principal, by Denise Armstrong, (electronic resource)
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Publication
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Description based upon print version of record
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographic references (p. 139-145) and index
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online resource
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Contents
Background -- Perspectives on Change, Transitions, and Passages -- Narrating the Administrative Passage -- The Individual Narratives -- Charting the Administrative Passage -- Entry–Exit: Crossing the Administrative Threshold -- Immersion–Emmersion: Ascending the Administrative Hierarchy -- Disintegration–Reintegration: Shifting Perspectives – Letting Go, Holding On, and Reframing -- Transformation–Restabilization: Becoming and Being an Assistant Principal -- The Way Forward: Connecting Theory and Practice -- Reconceptualizing Assistant Principals’ Leadership Transitions
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unknown
Edition
1st ed. 2010.
Extent
1 online resource (163 p.)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781402052699
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computer
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c
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10.1007/978-1-4020-5269-9
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remote
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Label
Administrative Passages : Navigating the Transition from Teacher to Assistant Principal, by Denise Armstrong, (electronic resource)
Publication
Note
Description based upon print version of record
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographic references (p. 139-145) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Contents
Background -- Perspectives on Change, Transitions, and Passages -- Narrating the Administrative Passage -- The Individual Narratives -- Charting the Administrative Passage -- Entry–Exit: Crossing the Administrative Threshold -- Immersion–Emmersion: Ascending the Administrative Hierarchy -- Disintegration–Reintegration: Shifting Perspectives – Letting Go, Holding On, and Reframing -- Transformation–Restabilization: Becoming and Being an Assistant Principal -- The Way Forward: Connecting Theory and Practice -- Reconceptualizing Assistant Principals’ Leadership Transitions
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st ed. 2010.
Extent
1 online resource (163 p.)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781402052699
Media category
computer
Media type code
c
Other control number
10.1007/978-1-4020-5269-9
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (CKB)1000000000798462
  • (EBL)510440
  • (OCoLC)656398851
  • (SSID)ssj0000315704
  • (PQKBManifestationID)11232649
  • (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000315704
  • (PQKBWorkID)10256126
  • (PQKB)10559797
  • (DE-He213)978-1-4020-5269-9
  • (MiAaPQ)EBC510440
  • (EXLCZ)991000000000798462

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