Principal Recruitment and Retention Best Practices for Meeting the Challenges Today
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Chanina Rabinowitz served as a school principal on three continents. His doctorate is in School Leadership and Policy Studies from Loyola University of Chicago. He taught graduate students at Michlalah College, Jerusalem, and English at a public high school there. He directs and teaches a teacher training program at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Michael Reichel is an adjunct professor in the Leadership and Management of Educational Systems program at Michlalah Jerusalem College and Orot College. He was a school administrator in Jewish elementary and middle schools for over 20 years in the USA as well as Jerusalem, Israel. His research interests include management leadership, theories in educational administration, bridging theory with practice in educational administration programs, and recruitment strategies for hiring qualified principals.
In Principal Recruitment and Retention, editors Chanina Rabinowitz and Michael Reichel have assembled a slate of international scholars to frame the world-wide issues surrounding the recruitment and retention of school principals. Each chapter includes but goes beyond research by unpacking systematically the barriers associated with recruiting and retaining school principals by offering promising practices that school systems and leadership preparation programs can frame actionable steps to stop the incessant cycle of leadership attrition. This world-wide approach is a first of its kind and surely this book will become a trusted reference for those who recruit aspiring leaders but more importantly, for the work needed to prepare and retain leaders for the complexities of schools.
- Sally J. Zepeda, PhD, College of Education, University of Georgia,
Principal Recruitment and Retention is a timely and much-needed book. Finding qualified principals and supporting them on the job is critical and a worldwide issue. In my country, there is a dire need to create fair policies for recruitment and to provide support to principals in the public sector schooling system. This edited volume provides many fresh ideas on the subject with practical strategies from authors in diverse settings.
- Shazia Rehman Khan, Senior Assistant Professor, Bahria University, Pakistan,
Principal Recruitment and Retention affords us a rare opportunity to examine a single, complex issue from multiple perspectives. This book presents a purposeful blending of theory and praxis into a lens for investigating solutions to a very real educational issue. The similarities and idiosyncrasies of the needs, habits, and realities of different countries and locales – the United States, Turkiye, Israel, and New Zealand – are examined as each struggles to attain the same goal.
- Stephanie Bravmann, Professor, Seattle University,
Recruiting and retaining talented principals is certainly a big challenge in schools in the New York metropolitan area. Research is axiomatic. Schools need talented principals, efforts need to be enhanced to attract the very best, and programs and practices need to be implemented to encourage retention. Principal Recruitment and Retention is an important addition to the literature. Each chapter explores these issues with a grounding in extant research in the field with practical suggestions that will be helpful to many schools and districts. The editors did a marvelous job recruiting a diverse cadre of contributors.
- Susan Sullivan, College of Staten Island, City University of New York,
The importance of principal leadership for the success of schools has been well-documented in international literature. At the same time, many schools worldwide have been struggling to recruit qualified principals and retain them in the job. This book brings highly relevant and exciting cases from various national contexts together and expands the current knowledge base on the recruitment and retention of school principals. I want to congratulate the editors and authors for their great effort to provide such a guiding source for educational leaders and policymakers around the world.
- Sedat Gümüs, Associate Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR,
This book will confront the difficult situation of principal recruitment and retention across several leading countries around the world.
Series Editor's Introduction
Editor's Introduction
Chapter 1: A Systematic Review of the Literature on Principal Recruitment: Best Practices – Dustin Miller & Belinda Gimbert– The Ohio State University
Chapter 2: Principal Recruitment in New Zealand: The Role of Boards of Trustees - Gülay Erin Dalgiç, University of Auckland
Chapter 3: Towards a Solution to Solve the Shortage of Principals In Israel by Recruiting Anglo Former Principals – Michael Reichel, Michlalah Jerusalem College, Israel
Chapter 4: Strengthening Educational Leadership Preparation Programs to Better Prepare Principals to Aid Retention - Kathleen M. W. Cunningham, Henry Tran, Suzy Hardie, Rinice K. Sauls, & Tammy S. Taylor – University of South Carolina
Chapter 5: We’re Hiring, But Will They Come? The Challenges of Recruiting Racially Diverse Principal Candidates in Rural Schools - Simone Gause, University of South Carolina; Henry Tran, University of South Carolina; & David Buckman, Augusta University
Chapter 6: Retaining Principals: What Works Most Effectively? – Belinda Gimbert & Dustin Miller – The Ohio State University
Chapter 7: Who Wants to be a Principal? Recruiting Instructional Leaders – Haim Shaked, Hemdat College of Education, Sdot Negev, Israel Chapter 8: Challenges Facing Principals: Voices from the Field – David Scanga & Renee Sedlack, Saint Leo University
Chapter 9: Initiatives to Support Principals from their Preparation Program to On-the-Job Mentoring to Proficiency during Induction in the Early Years of their Careers – Shmuel Shenhav, Michlalah Jerusalem College
Chapter 10: A Proposal to Enhance Retention of School Principals in Türkiye - Pinar Ayyildiz, Ankara Medipol University & Köksal Banoglu, Turkish Ministry of National Education
About the Editor & Contributors
Index
This international series on school leadership reflects the latest cutting-edge theories and practices in school leadership. Uniquely, we seek manuscripts that bridge the perennial divide between theory and practice. The Series motto is framed after Kurt Lewin's famous statement, and we paraphrase, that there is no sound theory without practice, and no good practice that is not framed on some theory. Authors will be expected to illustrate the intimate and integral connection between the two divides. For instance, a volume may address a new theory in educational or school leadership but implications for practice are expected. Readers of the volume will be both practitioners, professors at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and policy makers. Submit proposals, questions or concerns to Jeffrey Glanz at yosglanz@gmail.com. The Series Editor welcomes interested parties to contact him, prior to submitting a formal book proposal, to discuss potential ideas.
Series Editor: Jeffrey Glanz
Advisory Board: Köksal Banoglu, National Ministry of Education, Istanbul, Turkiye, Clair T. Berube, Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia, USA, Stephen P. Gordon, Texas State University, Texas, USA, Sedat Gumus, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, Helen M. Hazi, West Virginia University at Morgantown, West Virginia – USA, Jessica Holloway, Australian Catholic University, Queensland, Australia, Shazia Rehman Khan, Bahria University, Pakistan, Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Queen's University - Kingston, ON – Canada, Fiona Longmuir, Monash University, Australia, Chanina Rabinowitz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Susan Sullivan, The College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA, Melissa Tuytens, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium,
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Chanina Rabinowitz served as a school principal on three continents. His doctorate is in School Leadership and Policy Studies from Loyola University of Chicago. He taught graduate students at Michlalah College, Jerusalem, and English at a public high school there. He directs and teaches a teacher training program at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Michael Reichel is an adjunct professor in the Leadership and Management of Educational Systems program at Michlalah Jerusalem College and Orot College. He was a school administrator in Jewish elementary and middle schools for over 20 years in the USA as well as Jerusalem, Israel. His research interests include management leadership, theories in educational administration, bridging theory with practice in educational administration programs, and recruitment strategies for hiring qualified principals.