TY - JOUR
T1 - Novice principals’ perceptions of their mentoring process in early career stage
T2 - the key role of mentor-protégé relations
AU - Oplatka, Izhar
AU - Lapidot, Alona
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/7/3
Y1 - 2018/7/3
N2 - The purpose of the current study was to explore new Israeli principals’ perceptions, during the first three years in post, of the impact of their mentoring process on their leadership experiences. Based on 12 interviews with newly appointed school principals in the Israeli State Education System, the study found that many of them indicated that their mentor gave them professional and practical advice and performance feedback, especially on technical and administrative issues rather than on issues related to instructional leadership. In addition, the new principals shed light on the significant impact of proper educational and emotional matching between the mentor and the new principal on the mentoring process. We suggest some practical implications for establishing effective mentoring programs for new principals at the end of the paper.
AB - The purpose of the current study was to explore new Israeli principals’ perceptions, during the first three years in post, of the impact of their mentoring process on their leadership experiences. Based on 12 interviews with newly appointed school principals in the Israeli State Education System, the study found that many of them indicated that their mentor gave them professional and practical advice and performance feedback, especially on technical and administrative issues rather than on issues related to instructional leadership. In addition, the new principals shed light on the significant impact of proper educational and emotional matching between the mentor and the new principal on the mentoring process. We suggest some practical implications for establishing effective mentoring programs for new principals at the end of the paper.
KW - Mentor
KW - early career
KW - principal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85039553792&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00220620.2017.1420044
DO - 10.1080/00220620.2017.1420044
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85039553792
SN - 0022-0620
VL - 50
SP - 204
EP - 222
JO - Journal of educational administration and history
JF - Journal of educational administration and history
IS - 3
ER -