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Assistant Principals Describe Their Decision-Making Framework

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The findings presented in this study illustrate as assistant principals make decisions, they use the framework in Figure 2: Decision-Making Framework. While the type of decision will guide the process used, as assistant principals described their decision-making, they described using the resources represented here. Their training, experience, and their collaboration with either other assistant principals or their principal identified as the guiding framework around their decision-making. The type of decision often dictated the process used. For decisions that assistant principals deemed “everyday”, like common discipline infractions, they use their own training or experience. However, when faced with a dilemma they had not experienced in the past, they used the experience of either another assistant principal or their principal. When decisions were more difficult, or types of decisions that may be questioned or had the potential to be questioned, assistant principals described starting with the collaboration with their principal and used that collaboration as a guiding framework. Reseach Question 1: How do assistant principals describe their decision-making process? “Nobody can prepare you for how many decision you …show more content…

These statements agree with the work of Sousa (2012) in Brainwork: The Neuroscience Behind How we Lead Others, in that when individuals make decisions in error the brain will recognize that mistake in the future and direct conscious attention to the errors. This causes learning from mistakes. Assistant principals learn over time as they make decisions, and are less likely to repeat mistakes over time. Fullen and Hargreaves (2012) also report that after many years of practice and analyzing decisions, educational professionals know how to assess situations effectively, backing up the finding presented here by the

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