Programs in Educational Administration and the AASA Preparation Guidelines

Abstract

Persistent problems in the formal preparation of educational administrators and the background of the 1983 AASA guidelines are briefly discussed prior to the presentation of an overview of the guidelines themselves. As specific competencies and skills are presented, the rationale for each is set forth.

Doctoral Programs in Educational Leadership: A Duality Framework of Commonality and Differences

“…More specifically, in a national survey of educational leadership department heads conducted by Piper (as cited in Hoyle 1985), 69% endorsed the 1982 AASA guidelines, but 54% opposed NCATE's adopting them for use as criteria in accrediting educational leadership programs.…”

Educational Considerations, vol. 40(1) Full Issue

“…One of the purposes for the guidelines was to "assist … training institutions in refining … doctoral programs in educational administration" (AASA 1982, 2). The development included the input of education leadership professors (Hoyle 1985;Hoyle 1987). The 1982 guidelines consisted of seven performance goal areas-each with identified competency and related skills, for a total of 43 skills-concerning the learning climate, governmental support, curriculum, instructional management, evaluation/improvement, resource allocation, and research (AASA 1982;Hoyle 1985).…”

“…Instead of limiting the study to participant perceptions, the ultimate dependent variables would appear to include, for example, superintendent renewal and student achievement. However, as Hoyle's (2007) case study of the first of these two variables showed, the research to date has been largely limited to initial explorations. Similarly, the research to date that uses student achievement as the dependent variable is either based on varying broad conceptions of leadership (e.g., Leithwood, Patten, and Jantzi 2010;Robinson, Lloyd, and Rowe 2008) or an insufficiently clear conception of superintendent effectiveness (e.g., Waters and Marzano 2006).…”

“…40, No. 1, Fall 2012 More specifically, in a national survey of educational leadership department heads conducted by Piper (as cited in Hoyle 1985), 69% endorsed the 1982 AASA guidelines, but 54% opposed NCATE's adopting them for use as criteria in accrediting educational leadership programs.…”

Instructional leadership specifications for school executives: A preliminary validation study

“…Most recently the re-emergence of the assessment center efforts of the National Association of Secondary Principals (1982) has produced a variety of studies of performance criteria for principals (Bolton, 1988), women (Williams & Willover;1983;Stockard, 1986) as well as superintendents (Hoyle, 1985;Sclafani, 1987;Muriel, 1982).…”