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Administrative Passages Navigating the Transition from Teacher to Assistant Principal

:	Denise Armstrong
:	Administrative Passages Navigating the Transition from Teacher to Assistant Principal
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9781402052699
:	1
:	CHF 94.90
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:	Bildungswesen
:	English

:	152
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This book makes a much needed contribution to what we know about the role and work of the assistant principal. It offers terri c insights into the different challenges one faces after being appointed assistant principal, and it provides readers with a rich array of data regarding the mental, emotional, social, and physical adjustments accompanying one's transition to this new role. The author refreshingly moves beyond mere description of what assistant prin- pals do as they make their transition to that role, and actually helps us gain a sense of the lived experience of becoming and being an assistant principal. The book gives a realistic picture of the cognitive, social, and emotional con icts and confusions, the daily ups and downs, the fears, frustrations, and highs that are experienced by the men and women undertaking the passage from teaching to administration. This book is distinctive for a number of reasons. It is an empirical study of the role of the assistant principal. There are comparatively few helpful studies, and P- fessor Armstrong's research adds a solid and much needed addition to that body of work. It focuses on the transition from being a teacher to being an assistant prin- pal, and it reveals much about how the assistant principal's role transition differs markedly from that of the school principal.

	Foreword	6
	Preface	9
	Book Overview	9
	Book Focus and Content	10
	Book Structure and Organization	11
	Acknowledgments	14
	Contents	15
	List of Figures	18
	Part I Background	19
	1 Introduction	20
	Understanding Administrative Passages	21
	Understanding Individual and Organizational Narratives	23
	Listening to Assistant Principals Narratives	25
	Researching Assistant Principals Stories	26
	2 Perspectives on Change, Transitions, and Passages	30
	Psychological Perspectives Transitions as Personal Change	30
	Social Perspectives: Transitions as Social Passages	32
	The Assistant Principalship Career Transitions and Socialization	33
	Transition and Socialization	10
	Transition and Socialization Stages	11
	Transitions and Socialization Impacts and Mediators	38
	Transitions and Socialization Tasks, Tactics, and Outcomes	38
	Role Taking, Making, and Innovation	39
	Adopting a Person-Centric Perspective on Transitions	41
	Part II Narrating the Administrative Passage	46
	3 The Individual Narratives	48
	Michaels Story	48
	Esthers Story	52
	Jerrys Story	54
	Sandys Story	57
	Gregs Story	60
	Karens Story	62
	Andrews Story	64
	Barbs Story	68
	4 Charting the Administrative Passage	70
	Crossroads, Intersections, and Boundaries	70
	The Administrative Landscape	72
	The External Dimensions	72
	Stakeholder Impacts	73
	The Internal Dimensions	76
	Aporias, Dilemmas, and Crises of Meaning	76
	Epicycles and Transformational Trajectories	78
	5 EntryExit: Crossing the Administrative Threshold	81
	Forging a Pathway	81
	Threshold Rites	82
	Selection, Promotion, and Placement	85
	Betwixt and Between	88
	Leave Taking	91
	6 Immersion--Emmersion: Ascending the AdministrativeHierarchy	93
	Administrative Shocks and Surprises	93
	Middle Space and Absurd Contrasts	95
	Immersion Rites Separation, Isolation, and Intimidation	96
	Between Leadership and Management	101
	Milestones and Anchors	105
	7 Disintegration--Reintegration: Shifting Perspectives -- Letting Go, Holding On, and Reframing	107
	Disintegration Physical, Social, and Emotional Grinding Down	108
	Digging Deeper and Letting Go	110
	Anger and Alienation	113
	Reintegration Holding On and Reframing	115
	8 TransformationRestabilization: Becoming and Being an Assistant Principal	118
	Constructing an Administrative Identity	119
	Developing Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Competence	122
	Building Networks and Relationships	123
	Developing Cognitive and Emotional Competence	127
	Finding Meaning and Restoring Balance	130
	Part III The Way Forward: Connecting Theory and Practice	134
	9 Reconceptualizing Assistant Principals Leadership Transitions	135
	Reconceptualizing Transitions and Passages: Theoretical Challenges	135
	Researching Middle-Space Leadership	136
	Studying Individual Change and Transition	137
	Supporting Assistant Principals Transitions: Practical Challenges	138
	Reconfiguring the Assistant Principals' Role	139
	Recommendations for Change	140
	Enabling Supports and Structures	141
	Recommendations for Change	141
	Pedagogical Approaches and Content	142
	Blending Theoretical Knowledge and Practical Experiences	142
	School Districts	143
	Recommendations for Change	144
	Recommendations for Change	145
	Aspiring and New Assistant Principals	146
	Professional Development and Learning	147
	Developing Networks and Sponsors	148
	Developing Administrative Skills and Competence	149
	Conclusion	149
	References	152
	Index	159