The different faces of principal mentorship

International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-135

  Parylo, Oksana ^a   Zepeda, Sally J ^a   Bengtson, Ed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational leadership; Mentoring; Mentoring for staff development; Mentoring in education; Principals; Professional development and mentoring; Schools; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879369510     PISSN: 20466854     EISSN: 20466862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20466851211262860     Document Type: Article

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