Description: Introduction I. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives 1. The Evolution of Training for School Administrators Bruce S. Cooper and William L. Boyd 2. Principles of Quality Staff Development:Lessons for Administrator Training Nancy J. Pitner 3. The Legacy of the Theory Movement: Learning from the New Tradition Robert L. Crowson and R. Bruce McPherson II. Professional Associations 4. The Center for Advancing Principalship Excellence (APEX): An Approach to Professionalizing Educational Administration Paula F. Silver 5. The AASA Model for Preparing School Leaders John R. Hoyle III. State Models 6. Maryland's MPDA: The Maryland Professional Development Academy and Its Odyssey in Comprehensive Training A. Skipp Sanders 7. The North Carolina Leadership Institute for Principals Lee W. Grier IV. Laboratory and University Approaches 8. Peer-Assisted Leadership: Peer Observation and Feedback as Catalysts for Professional Growth Bruce G. Barnett 9. The Harvard Principals' Center: School Leaders as Adult Learners Sarah L. Levine, Roland S. Barth and Kenneth W. Haskins 10. The Institute of Educational Administration in Australia Colin R.J. Moyle and Keith C. Andrews 11. Facilitating/I/D/E/A/ Principals' Collegial Support Groups as a Means of Professional Development and School Improvement James C. Laplant 12. Lewis and Clark College's Summer Institute for Beginning School Administrators Daniel L. Duke 13. Research, Practice, and Conceptual Models:Underpinnings of a Principals' Institute Kent D. Peterson 14. The Australian Administrative Staff College:The Syndicate Method W.G. Walker V. Conclusion 15. New Directions in the Professional Development of School Administrators: A Synthesis and Suggestions for Improvement Joseph Murphy and Philip Hallinger Contributors Index

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