Principal training: The missing link for successful school councils

International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Devereaux, Lorraine ^a,b,c  

^a Avalon East School District   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 1842494841     PISSN: 12069620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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