Degree Name
EdD (Doctor of Education)
Program
Educational Leadership
Date of Award
8-2006
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Nancy Dishner
Committee Members
Terrence A. Tollefson, Louise L. MacKay, Henry J. Antikiewicz
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine principals' perceptions of how effective mentoring programs and university-based principal preparation programs are in developing the skills necessary to carry out the 13 critical success factors identified by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). A review of the literature addressed what it means to be an effective principal and what an effective mentoring program should look like.
The quantitative study was conducted using a survey developed from the SREB's 13 critical success factors that have been developed to determine what makes a successful, effective principal. Each factor was developed into a question about whether or not Northeast Tennessee principals perceive that they were adequately prepared to be successful principals in their principal preparation programs and if they received any training through a mentoring program on these same 13 factors once they received their principalship.
The overall results indicated that few principals participated in a formal mentoring program and those who did received a marginal amount of assistance on the critical factors identified by the SREB. The results also showed that, overall, the respondents indicated that they received more adequate leadership training during their principal preparation programs on the SREB's factors in their classroom experience than they did through their hands-on experience; although, respondents did not give particularly high marks to either experience. Furthermore, respondents who belong to a cohort scored their training higher than those who did not belong to a cohort, and those who received a degree higher than a master's degree reported a higher level of training than did their peers with only master's degrees on some of the SREB's critical success factors.
Document Type
Dissertation - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Dodson, Robert B., "The Effectiveness of Principal Training and Formal Principal Mentoring Programs." (2006). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2217. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2217
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.