Principal preparation programs play an important role in developing future school leaders’ skills and practices. Internships, or structured opportunities for future leaders to engage in the work of school leadership in hands-on, authentic ways, are among the most essential components of principal preparation. Using longitudinal data from 12 programs in North Carolina, this study extends research on internships by examining the pathways of interns from prior- to post-internship employment. We find that internships are highly localized around interns’ prior- and post-employment schools but not their preparation program, with wide variability in placements between programs. Interns’ demographics do not play a large role in shaping the geography of internship placements. However, we find that preparation program type is strongly related to the geography of internship placements, suggesting that differences in program structure may shape internship placements. We conclude by highlighting the limitations and discussing implications for future research.

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北卡罗来纳州主要实习地点分布

校长准备计划在培养未来学校领导者的技能和实践方面发挥着重要作用。实习或为未来领导者提供以实际、真实的方式参与学校领导工作的结构化机会，是校长准备的最重要组成部分之一。这项研究利用北卡罗来纳州 12 个项目的纵向数据，通过考察实习生从实习前到实习后就业的路径，扩展了实习研究。我们发现，实习高度集中在实习生就业前和就业后的学校，而不是他们的预备项目，项目之间的实习安排存在很大差异。实习生的人口统计数据在塑造实习安置的地理分布方面并没有发挥很大的作用。然而，我们发现准备项目类型与实习地点的地理位置密切相关，这表明项目结构的差异可能会影响实习地点。最后，我们强调了局限性并讨论了对未来研究的影响。