Induction for Headteachers: Choosing the Right Focus

Abstract

Recent suggestions to encourage the development of programmes to assist new headteachers have tended to suggest that induction is a simple process which requires little more than providing general information needed by newcomers during the first few weeks in a new environment. John Daresh, Director of the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies of the University of Northern Colorado, and Marsha Playko, Principal of Hazelwood Elementary School in Newark, Ohio, suggest that this is not enough. Without a comprehensive understanding of the multiple goals of such induction, it is unlikely to be effective.