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Name:	School Administrators’ Perceptions of a Principal Preparation Program After Participating in Portfolio Defenses
ID:	m18756
Language:	English (en)
Summary:	A major recommendation, or mandate in some cases, handed down to principal preparation programs from accrediting agencies, state certification departments, or other bodies, is to prominently include school districts in the program. This might include Advisory Councils that include public school administrators, involving districts in the selection of mentors for fieldwork experiences, or other such efforts. The authors’ university has also included public school administrators in another, unique, way. After replacing the traditional, program-ending comprehensive exam with an oral portfolio defense, public school administrators were invited to participate on the defense panel. A focus group of administrators who participated as panel members was facilitated to determine their opinions on a number of questions related to program quality, the defense format itself, and the overall quality of candidates. The focus group provided meaningful information resulting in recommendations for making the program and the oral defense process even stronger.
Keywords:	Administration, Portfolio, Portfolio defense, Principal preparation, Principals
Document Type:	-//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License:	Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0

Authors:	Tony Armenta (tony.armenta@selu.edu), Thomas DeVaney (tdevaney@selu.edu)
Copyright Holders:	Tony Armenta (tony.armenta@selu.edu), Thomas DeVaney (tdevaney@selu.edu)
Maintainers:	National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (tcreigh@vt.edu)

Latest version:	1.2 (history)
First publication date:	Dec 4, 2008 12:20 pm -0600
Last revision to module:	Dec 4, 2008 4:21 pm -0600

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Version:	1.2 Dec 4, 2008 4:21 pm -0600 by National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Changes:	Corrected author order

Version:	1.1 Dec 4, 2008 4:18 pm -0600 by National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
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