• Background.- Perspectives on Change, Transitions, and Passages.- Narrating the Administrative Passage.- The Individual Narratives.- Charting the Administrative Passage.- Entry–Exit: Crossing the Administrative Threshold.- Immersion–Emmersion: Ascending the Administrative Hierarchy.- Disintegration–Reintegration: Shifting Perspectives – Letting Go, Holding On, and Reframing.- Transformation–Restabilization: Becoming and Being an Assistant Principal.- The Way Forward: Connecting Theory and Practice.- Reconceptualizing Assistant Principals’ Leadership Transitions.

From the reviews: "Denise Armstrong has done an excellent job in bringing together theory and practice in this book. ... Armstrong gives a compelling picture of the transitions that have to be made as teachers move into more formal leadership positions. ... I would recommend it because ... the way that it draws together work on transition and suggests new ways of looking at the way transitions happen. ... It is certainly a book that I would recommend both to postgraduate students and teachers in schools." (Megan Crawford, Educational Review, November, 2011)

• Background.- Perspectives on Change, Transitions, and Passages.- Narrating the Administrative Passage.- The Individual Narratives.- Charting the Administrative Passage.- Entry–Exit: Crossing the Administrative Threshold.- Immersion–Emmersion: Ascending the Administrative Hierarchy.- Disintegration–Reintegration: Shifting Perspectives – Letting Go, Holding On, and Reframing.- Transformation–Restabilization: Becoming and Being an Assistant Principal.- The Way Forward: Connecting Theory and Practice.- Reconceptualizing Assistant Principals’ Leadership Transitions.

From the reviews: "Denise Armstrong has done an excellent job in bringing together theory and practice in this book. ... Armstrong gives a compelling picture of the transitions that have to be made as teachers move into more formal leadership positions. ... I would recommend it because ... the way that it draws together work on transition and suggests new ways of looking at the way transitions happen. ... It is certainly a book that I would recommend both to postgraduate students and teachers in schools." (Megan Crawford, Educational Review, November, 2011)

• Background.- Perspectives on Change, Transitions, and Passages.- Narrating the Administrative Passage.- The Individual Narratives.- Charting the Administrative Passage.- Entry–Exit: Crossing the Administrative Threshold.- Immersion–Emmersion: Ascending the Administrative Hierarchy.- Disintegration–Reintegration: Shifting Perspectives – Letting Go, Holding On, and Reframing.- Transformation–Restabilization: Becoming and Being an Assistant Principal.- The Way Forward: Connecting Theory and Practice.- Reconceptualizing Assistant Principals’ Leadership Transitions.

From the reviews: "Denise Armstrong has done an excellent job in bringing together theory and practice in this book. ... Armstrong gives a compelling picture of the transitions that have to be made as teachers move into more formal leadership positions. ... I would recommend it because ... the way that it draws together work on transition and suggests new ways of looking at the way transitions happen. ... It is certainly a book that I would recommend both to postgraduate students and teachers in schools." (Megan Crawford, Educational Review, November, 2011)