International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education: Volume 5 Issue 3

Supporting the development and professional growth of middle space educational leaders through mentoring

Linda J. Searby, Denise Armstrong

The purpose of this paper is to introduce readers to the special issue on “middle space” education leaders (those individuals who are second-in-command in schools). The special…

Mentoring aspiring racialized leaders: A review of a pilot program in the Peel District School Board

David Jack, Robert Lobovsky

The purpose of this paper is to examine the initial outcomes of a mentoring program designed to increase the advancement prospects of racialized teachers to vice principal…

The relevance and promise of relational mentoring for school leadership: a conversation

Kathleen M. Cowin, Gordon S. Gates, Kathleen Luckett

Studies uniformly portray the assistant principal (AP) position as challenging given a number of systemic issues that negatively impact job satisfaction and performance. Mentoring…

The politics of coaching assistant principals: exploring principal control

Chad R. Lochmiller, Jennifer R Karnopp

– The purpose of this paper is to explore how school principals influenced or controlled leadership coaches working with assistant principals in urban secondary schools.

Mentoring and induction for new assistant principals: the Kansas Educational Leadership Institute

Jia Liang, Donna Augustine-Shaw

The purpose of this paper is to present findings from an initial year of mentoring and induction provided to new assistant principals (APs) served by the Kansas Educational…

Striving for a way out from a rock and a hard place: Vice-principals’ development in Hong Kong

Paula Kwan, Yuet-man Benjamin Li

The purpose of this paper is to understand the dilemmas facing Hong Kong vice-principals in discharging their roles and to further explore their engagement in informal mentoring…

Implications of a shadowing/mentoring programme for aspiring principals

Brenda Service, Gulay Erin Dalgic, Kate Thornton

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of a shadowing/mentoring component of a post-graduate programme designed to prepare deputy and assistant principals for the…

As assistant principals enter their careers: a case for providing support

Catherine Marshall, Elizabeth Phelps Davidson

The purpose of this paper is to offer a viewpoint on the challenges that assistant principals (APs) face and to make the case for intentional mentoring, coaching, and sponsorship…