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Book SynopsisThis book will confront the difficult situation of principal recruitment and retention across several leading countries around the world.
Trade ReviewIn 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 Gümüş, Associate Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
Table of ContentsSeries 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 Dalgıç, 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 Banoğlu, Turkish Ministry of National Education
About the Editor & Contributors
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