Author: Ed Bengtson, Sally J.

Zepeda, Oksana Parylo

Article: School Systems Practices of Controlling Socialization During Principal Succession
Year: February 1, 2013
URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1741143212468344

Author: Ed Bengtson, Sally J. Zepeda, Oksana Parylo

Article: Analyzing principal professional development practices through the lens of adult learning theory
Year: August 8, 2013
URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19415257.2013.821667

Author: Ed Bengtson, Sally J. Zepeda, Oksana Parylo

Article: Examining the Planning and Management of Principal Succession
Year: 2012
URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/09578231211210512

This studys purpose is to evaluate the principal succession planning and management by
watching how current schools are handling leadership succession in the school atmosphere. In this study,
the authors evaluate four Georgia school systems to see the differences in the importance of the planning
and management of the succession of principals. They found that schools will go through a mentoring
process for becoming a principal. This is considered both the formal and informal way for effective
succession planning. It also showed that the partnerships with university leader preparation programs
were an important key to the succession of school leaders. Valuing partnerships helped get a grasp on
outside organizations ideas and training.
The authors of this study wanted more attention on how education organizations ran the process
of transitioning individuals into a leadership positions. Schools need foundation and a backbone and this
is what the leadership positions are. This article states that most individuals are promoted to a principal
position because of the growing of schools and other personal leavings due to retirement, advancement, or
termination. This study was to review the principal succession process through the lens of the leadership
succession theory presented by Rothwell (2010). Principals have been proven as a big reason for student
achievement, teacher performance, and school conditions. This study was to raise a concern over the
quality of the leadership position in the schools.