The Intentions of Florida Educational Leadership Graduate Students to Pursue Administrative Positions.

This article reports ndings from a study that examined Florida universities' masters-level educational leadership students' intentions to pursue assistant principal positions in relation to demographic and self-assessed leadership characteristics. The study examined the in uences that self-assessed leadership behavior, gender, number of credits completed, age, and teaching experience had on respondent intentions as measured by the Leadership Practice Inventory and the Demographics and Intentions Questionnaire. Results found a majority of respondents 83% intend to seek an assistant principal position upon program completion. The study's results also found the majority of graduate students in Florida Educational Leadership programs are female, 64% rated salary had an in uence on their decision to go into administration, 14% claimed they do not know when or if they would ever seek an assistant principal position. Results regarding students' intentions to apply for administrative positions can be used to inform state licensure systems, school district leadership academy professional development, and university educational leadership department selection, recruitment, and retention e orts. 1 NCPEA Publications note: This manuscript has been peer-reviewed, accepted, and endorsed by the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) as a signi cant contribution to the scholarship ∗Version 1.2: Dec 25, 2011 8:24 am US/Central †http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://cnx.org/content/m42018/1.2/ Connexions module: m42018 2 and practice of education administration. In addition to publication in the Connexions Content Commons, this module is published in the International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, Volume 6, Number 4 (October December, 2011), ISSN 2155-9635. Formatted and edited in Connexions by Theodore Creighton and Brad Bizzell, Virginia Tech and Janet Tareilo, Stephen F. Austin State University. The assignment of topic editor and double-blind reviews managed by Editor, Linda Lemasters, George Washington University. 2 Sumario en espanol Este articulo informa conclusiones de un estudio que reviso maestros-plano educativo liderazgo los estudiantes de universidades de Florida intenciones para seguir posiciones de subdirector en relacion con caracteristicas demogra cas y auto valoradas de liderazgo. El estudio reviso las in uencias que conducta auto valorada de liderazgo, el genero, el numero de creditos completados, la edad, y experiencia docente tuvieron en intenciones de demandado como medido por el Inventario de la Practica de Liderazgo y las caracteristicas demogra cas y por Cuestionario de Intenciones. Los resultados encontraron una mayoria de demandados 83% piensa buscar una posicion de subdirector sobre la terminacion de programa. Los resultados del estudio tambien encontraron la mayoria de estudiantes de posgrado en Florida programas que Educativos de Liderazgo son femeninos, 64% de salario valorado tuvo una in uencia en su decision de entrar la administracion, 14% reclamo que ellos no saben cuando ni si ellos jamas buscarian una posicion de subdirector. Los resultados con respecto a las intenciones de estudiantes para solicitar posiciones administrativas pueden ser utilizadas para informar sistemas de licensure de estado, academia de liderazgo de distrito de escuela el desarrollo profesional, y la universidad seleccion educativa de departamento de liderazgo, la contratacion, y los esfuerzos de retencion. note: Esta es una traduccion por computadora de la pagina web original. Se suministra como informacion general y no debe considerarse completa ni exacta.