What do we know about the values and selection standards of practicing school administrators as they recruit and replace one another as leaders of schools? By examining the experiences of successful and unsuccessful candidates who are licensed for and seeking school administrative positions, it may be possible to expand our understanding of the process by which school leaders are selected. Additionally, by describing the experiences of successful and unsuccessful candidates, educational researchers can begin to examine the role, if any, of university preparation programs at the juncture between the completion of pre-service training and the practice of leading learning in schools.
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