New Voices in the Field: The Work Lives of First-Year Assistant Principals

Virtually every secondary school in the United States with an enrollment over 600 students has at least one assistant principal. The position is critical to the operation of a school, and, for most secondary school principals and many district superintendents, the assistant principalship is their gateway to administration. New assistant principals find this new leadership role quite a change from their previous work as teachers. For them and others considering a move into administration, this new book is the next best thing to being there. Hartzell, Williams, and Nelson take you inside the role - as told to them by 90 first-year assistant principals working in secondary schools.