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This study examines professional development needs of assistant principals, including their perspectives toward such endeavors. This paper is intended to assist those planning and providing such programs in satisfying the needs of individuals as well as the larger educational enterprise. Using ISLLC and state standards as a guiding framework for professional development may provide useful input concerning the “what” of professional development for assistant principals. This in turn will hopefully increase assistant principals’ instructional leadership skills as well as instill in them the desire to become principals.  \nAssistant principals are vital resources available to support principalsin a host of ways. This support becomes more necessary as principals continue to be inundated with additional duties and responsibilities  \nVolume 17, Fall 2005 89  \nassociated with instructional leadership and reform efforts (Oliver, 2003; Weller & Weller, 2002; Teague, 2001). Assistant principals generally indicate they are satisfied with their positions and plan to stay in administration (Oliver, 2003); therefore, the need for their professional development is crucial to both enhance their instructional leadership skills as well as to instill in them the desire to become principals.  \nDeveloping instructional leaders and enhancing the instructional leadership skills of practicing administrators has been a long standing theme that pervades the literature associated with improving schools by focusing on student learning (Lambert, 2003; Teague, 2001; Marshall, 1992). This need has also been expressed atthe district level where superintendents,“… express concerns about the skills of their current principals, and many acknowledge difficulties in finding effective, well-qualified principal applicants (Farkas, Johnson, Duett & Foleno, 2001, p.22) . It is imperative that educational leadership preparation programs prepare candidates to enter the field of administration with appropriate knowledge, skills, and habits of the mind tobe successful instructional leaders.  \nFor the most part, professional development of assistant principals has rarely been mentioned in the literature. This oversight may be serious since these individuals are entry-level administrators and generally have a strong desire to become principals (Oliver, 2003; Oliver, 2001). Though given little attention, the need for assistant principals to acquire instructional leadership skills is not a new notion. Marshal (1992) recognized the need for assistant principal training to extend beyond the managerial aspects of their jobs, “Beyond this [managerial skills], assistant principals need to be prepared to fill roles and functions of administrators and to face the fundamental dilemmasin administration”(p. 89). A focus on management tasks seems to mitigate opportunities for assistant principals to acquire the needed skills associated with becoming instructional leaders (Oliver, 2003; Farkas et al., 2001).  \nSchool and community environments are changing and becoming more diverse, making it imperative that assistant principals be prepared to deal with the milieu confronting them in the absence of the principal or as their job responsibilities and tasks continue to change (NASSP, 2001). Brown and Irby (1997) found that,“Professional growth enables the principal torefine leadership practices and to increase school effectiveness” (p. 4). Assistant principals need the same professional growth experiences since they work in the same environment and may eventually become principals. ","cbCaipF8mB0wMHuT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipF8mB0wMHuT","pdf",37234,12,"English","# Abstract\n## Purpose\n## Professional development needs and rationale\n## Framework: ISLLC and state standards\n## Role transition to instructional leadership","[{\"question\":\"Why does the study emphasize professional development for assistant principals?\",\"answer\":\"Assistant principals face increasing demands linked to instructional leadership and reform efforts, and principals’ additional duties make their support more necessary. The study argues their development is crucial for both effectiveness and leadership progression.\"},{\"question\":\"What standards guide the paper’s approach to professional development?\",\"answer\":\"The paper uses the ISLLC Standards for School Leaders and related state and advanced program standards as a guiding framework to define the content of professional development.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper connect professional growth to future principal roles?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that developing instructional leadership skills through structured professional growth can enhance school leadership practice and also instill in assistant principals the desire to become principals.\"}]","Assistant Principal Professional Growth and Development - A Matter That Cannot Be Left to Chance | PDF"]