Leadership Success in Schools: Planning, Recruitment, and Socialization, 8(10)
Authors
Anthony H. Normore
Abstract
This article presents findings from an exploratory study that compared and contrasted leadership succession planning in two large Ontario school districts with focus on three themes: (a) leadership succession planning, (b) recruitment and selection, and (c) professional and organizational socialization of school administrators. Among the findings from the two comparative cases were: (a) a need for financial support for leadership preparation, (b) a need for structured recruitment teams, (b) a need for structured administration preparation and training programs, (c) self-selection, (d) a need to examine policy for rotating leaders, and (e) a need for internal and external promotion.