Evaluating teacher-leaders for careers as administrators: Effects of job attributes, teacher leader role, and teaching assignment area

Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-38

  Shumate, Brian T ^a   Muñoz, Marco A ^b   Winter, Paul A ^c  

^a Jefferson County Public Schools   (United States)

^b VanHoose Education Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrator recruitment; Assistant principals; Public schools; Recruitment; School staffing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746189407     PISSN: 0920525X     EISSN: 15730425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-006-9007-2     Document Type: Article

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