The vice-principalship in the Newfoundland central and regional high schools

• Main Author: Lake, Jasper
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1967
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/7269/; https://research.library.mun.ca/7269/1/Lake_Jasper.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/7269/3/Lake_Jasper.pdf

This study was designed for the purpose of exploring the vice-principalship in the central and regional high schools in Newfoundland. It examined the vice-principal's qualifications, experience, the school system in which he works, the method of his appointment, the duties he performs, the facilities available to him for discharging his duties, and the training for principalship which he receives in the system. Furthermore, the Newfoundland vice-principalship was compared with the vice-principalship in Nova Scotia high schools and with what writers and researchers have discovered about the position. -- The data for the study were obtained from the responses to a questionnaire sent to vice-principals in 87 central and 27 regional high schools in Newfoundland and 77 high schools in Nova Scotia. The data, except for Section D, Duties of the Vice-Principal, were presented in descriptive form. In Section D, the vice-principals were asked to respond to 108 duties by rating their responsibility for each item as 3, 2, 1, 0, or NA, corresponding respectively to wholly responsible, mainly responsible, partially responsible, no responsibility, and non-applicable. A statistical test, the median test, was applied to each of the 108 duties to determine whether the degree of responsibility exercised by the vice-principals in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia was statistically different. A statistically significant difference was found in only fourteen duties. -- Results of the analysis of data revealed that the Newfoundland vice-principals are younger, work in smaller schools, have occupied their present position for a shorter period of time, and are not as well qualified as are those in Nova Scotia; neither are they as active in professional organizations. The majority of vice-principals in both provinces are male, were promoted from within their school system and are engaged in the same type of duties, mainly of a clerical and disciplinary nature, and are not assuming much responsibility for specific assignments in areas of ...