Preface.

Acknowledgments.

The Editors.

The Contributors.

1. Preparing Principals in the Age of Accountability (Marc S. Tucker, Judy B. Codding).

Part One: Roles of the Principal.

2. What Principals Need to Know About Teaching and Learning (Peter W. Hill).

3. The Principal as Moral Leader (Thomas Sobol).

Part Two: Best Practices in the T raining of Leaders, Managers, and Other Professionals in Business, the Military, and Beyond.

4. Best Practices in Leadership Development: Lessons from the Best Business Schools and Corporate Universities (Marie Eiter).

5. Professional Military Education: A Serious Enterprise for Leaders (Robert C. Hughes, Richard Haney).

6. Models of Preparation for the Professions: Implications for Educational Leadership (Gary Sykes with Cheryl King and Jeannie Patrick).

Part Three: An International Perspective.

7. Mission Possible? An International Analysis of Training for Principals (Brian J. Caldwell, Gerard T . Calnin, Wendy P. Cahill).

Part Four: A Current Situation Report: Preparing School Principals in the United States.

8. The Work of P rincipals and Their P reparation: Addressing Critical Needs for the Twenty-First Century (Carolyn Kelley, Kent D. Peterson).

9. Principal In-Service Programs: A Portrait of Diversity and Promise (Kent D. Peterson, Carolyn Kelley).

10. Associations and the Principalship: A History of Advocacy, a Horizon of Opportunity (Gerald N. Tirozzi).

Appendix A: The National Institute for School Leadership: Design for a New Institution to Train School Leaders.

Appendix B: People Consulted in the Design of the National Institute for School Leadership.

Index.