Crossing Over: Learning the Roles and Rules of the Teacher-Administrator Relationship.

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This study examined the role of the administrator education internship in perpetuating the gap in relationships between teachers and administrators. It explored the moral socialization that teachers in pre-service administrative preparation programs experienced while engaged in administrative internships, examining the messages that administrative interns received which perpetuated the gap. Nine diverse female administrative candidates provided data via written questionnaires, journals, preand post-internship interviews, and audiotaped internship seminar sessions. Using these data, information was gathered on anticipatory and pre-service socialization before, during, and after completing the three-semester internship. Data analysis indicated that during the internship, prospective administrators received powerful messages from teachers and administrators about the nature of their organizational role and the organizational rules governing the role behavior. The messages informed interns

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