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AERA: April 2007

How Preparation Influences School Leaders and Their School Improvement: Comparing Exemplary and Conventionally Prepared Principals (PDF file)

How Preparation Influences School Leaders and Their School Improvement (PowerPoint)

Learning Leadership Matters: Teachers’ Experiences of Innovatively and Conventionally Prepared Principals (PDF file)

Learning Leadership Matters (PowerPoint)

"The Gendering of School Leadership: “Reconstructing the Principalship” (PDF file)

UCEA: November 2006

Exemplary Programs Produce Strong Instructional Leaders
(PDF file)

Policy and Resource Supports for Exemplary Principal Preparation and Development Programs: Findings from the School Leadership Study
(PDF file)

Innovative Leadership Preparation and Effective Leadership Practices: Making A Difference In School Improvement
(PDF file)

AERA: April 2006

Preparing and Supporting Principals for Effective Leadership: Early Findings from Stanford’s School Leadership Study
(PDF file)

AEFA: March 2006

Understanding the Costs of Professional Development Initiatives (PDF file)

UCEA: November 2005

Financing and Policy Contexts for Principal Preparation and In-Service Training Programs:
Mid-Course Findings from a Study of Innovative Programs (PDF file)

For more information about this research, please contact:

Dr. Michelle LaPointe
Research Director
Stanford School Leadership Study
seli@stanford.edu