Call For Papers

Journal of Research on Leadership Education

Co-Editors: Gail Furman, Washington State University Michele Acker-Hocevar, Washington State
University
The Journal of Research on Leadership Education (JRLE), an electronic peer-reviewed journal, provides an international venue for scholarship and discourse on the teaching and learning of leadership across the many disciplines that inform the field of educational leadership. JRLE seeks to promote and disseminate rigorous scholarship on the teaching, learning, and assessing of leadership preparation and practice, the political and contextual issues that impact leadership education, and the links between leadership education and student learning. JRLE accepts empirical and conceptual articles and embraces both traditional and emergent research paradigms. The JRLE editorial team strongly encourages submissions related to:

http://jrle.sagepub.com
Published in association with the University Council of Educational Administration

Innovative approaches to leadership preparation and professional development, including technological innovations Research on leadership preparation programs, including evaluation of impacts and outcomes Conceptual/theoretical analyses that push the envelope in regard to leadership practice and preparation Analyses of current policy trends impacting leadership preparation, e.g., the growth of alternative routes to administrative certification and the wide variations in credentialing requirements across states International contexts of leadership preparation and professional development and comparative studies

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Special Issue Call for Papers

Special Issue The Policy Context of Race to the Top and The Future of Principal Preparation Programs Sheneka M. Williams & Ed Fuller Guest Editors The Journal of Research on Leadership Education (JRLE) is planning a special issue that focuses on the policy context of Race to the Top and other legislation that impact principal preparation and evaluation. We are seeking articles that address topics such as, but not limited to, the following: Impact of the policy context of Race to the Top/NCLB Waivers on the preparation of school and district leaders, including the supply, recruitment, preparation, and placement of students Analysis of principal preparation program evaluation systems The role of increased deregulation and competition on the principal preparation marketplace and the effect these trends have on principal preparation programs, including: changes in coursework and content; changes in requirements; adoption of on-line and hybrid delivery systems; and, conflicts between state and national standards Analysis of changes in principal preparation programs brought about by current policy efforts and the effect of such changes on program outcomes

This special issue would help ameliorate the paucity of research in these important policy areas that impact principal preparation.
Submitted manuscripts could be empirical or theoretical, although greater emphasis will be given to works with an empirical basis. Potential authors will be identified in two ways: (a) by invitation based on authors scholarly work; and (b) through a general call for manuscripts. Call for Proposals: January 15, 2014

First Draft of Manuscripts due to Guest Editors- May 2014

Special Issue Publication date- April 2015 For more information about the issue, please contact either Sheneka M. Williams (smwill@uga.edu) or Ed Fuller (ejf20@psu.edu).