Mentoring school leaders: Professional promise or predictable problems?

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 495-517

  Daresh, John ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrator in service; Administrator professional development; Administrator training; Mentoring; Principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944223321     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X04267114     Document Type: Review

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