Editorial Calendar and Submission Guidelines
You're an expert in education. Please share your knowledge and experience with your fellow school leaders in Principal Leadership magazine.
Write about one of the following themes or submit an article on another topic of interest to principals, assistant principals, or aspiring principals.
Principal Leadership is your magazine—help make it an even more valuable resource by writing an article or passing these themes on to a colleague who has a great program or unique perspective.
Principal Leadership for 2013
January 2013
Cross-Content Literacy and the Common Core
Share your successes with such literacy efforts as schoolwide initiatives, changes related to Common Core State Standards, and preparing all teachers to teach reading and writing.
Deadline: October 1, 2012
February 2013
NASSP Conference Special Edition
By Invitation
March 2013
Principal and Teacher Evaluations
How do you use the principal and teacher evaluation process to develop yourself and others? Share your insights about what accomplished principals do to encourage successful leadership and instruction.
Deadline: December 10, 2012
April 2013
Equity and Access
Help build a source of knowledge for academic equity, social justice, and transparent policies and procedures. What do you do to ensure that all students have access to a high-quality education?
Deadline: January 7, 2013
May 2013
Special issue Breakthrough Schools
Profiles of the 10 MetLife Foundation–NASSP Breakthrough Schools for 2013.
September 2013
Approaches to Teaching
What strategies for learning have succeeded in your school? Share great ideas for project-based learning, blended learning, flipped classrooms, and assessments that measure the effectiveness of programs and instruction.
Deadline: May 6, 2013
October 2013
Common Core Concerns
Tell your colleagues about how your school is meeting the challenges of the Common Core State Standards, ensuring teacher capacity to meet new curricular requirements, and preparing for the Common Core assessments.
Deadline: June 3, 2013
November 2013
Supporting Student Achievement
A personalized education experience promotes college and career readiness, motivates learning, and ensures teacher capacity to support student achievement. How have you achieved a personalized environment in your school?
Deadline: July 8, 2013
December 2013
Ethical Leadership
How do you maintain high ethical standards and maintain trust while providing ongoing professional development for all levels of leadership, meeting accountability demands, preparing others to lead, and evaluating teachers?
Deadline: August 5, 2013
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Principal Leadership Submission Guidelines
Content
Manuscripts should explore one of the monthly themes or other topics of professional interest to secondary school leaders. Manuscripts are evaluated by NASSP staff members and are judged on their relevance, interest to principals, timeliness, originality, readability, and credibility. Principal Leadership seeks articles that:
- Describe best practices and exemplary programs objectively and include evidence of success as well as a discussion of barriers or problems
- Address replicability and provide details about planning and process
- Include research as appropriate and necessary
- Explain how principals can act on the information
- Include tips, advice, resources, and examples for sidebars
- Offer opinions on some topic of professional interest to principals.
Requirements
Manuscripts should be no more than 2,000 words, including references, but may include additional supplemental material. Successful manuscripts are written in a tone and style appropriate to a magazine; are well-organized; clearly establish the purpose of the article; use specific examples—it is best to show, not tell; summarize relevant research succinctly; and adhere to the rules of grammar. When referencing other material, authors should use parenthetical references in text and a reference list according to the reference style outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition. The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is used for all other style matters. Research manuscripts with extensive notes and references are more appropriately submitted to the NASSP Bulletin, a peer-reviewed journal.
How to Submit
Please send your manuscript to plmag@nassp.org and include:
- The manuscript prepared in MS Word for a PC.
- A cover letter that indicates your intention to submit the manuscript to Principal Leadership magazine and stipulates whether the manuscript has been submitted elsewhere.
- Contact information for each author: affiliation and title, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
- A two-sentence author identification for publication. The first sentence should include a current title, affiliation, and e-mail address; the second sentence should highlight key accomplishments or reinforce your authority in discussing the topic.
Important Considerations
Photographs
If you'd like to send photos to accompany your article, please attach the JPEG files to an e-mail and send them to plmag@nassp.org. (Photos should be at least 4"x6" at 300 dpi.) Include a photo credit and a brief caption that identifies the school and the context. NASSP does not identify individual students and does not require release forms. If no photos are available, NASSP will select file or stock art to enhance the article.
Permissions
If you use an extended quotation (including charts, graphs, and tables) from another publication, you must obtain written permission from that publisher before submitting the manuscript to Principal Leadership. This permission must accompany the manuscript and be properly credited.
Copyright
As publisher, NASSP protects its rights and those of its authors from copyright infringement. An author who requests permission to republish his or her submission generally receives it, with the understanding that the author will cite NASSP as the original publisher. Each author is responsible for the accuracy of references, quotations, tables, and photo releases and should inform NASSP if the article has been published elsewhere. In accepting a manuscript, we ask the author to sign a statement that:
- The submission is original
- NASSP has permission to edit, publish, and copyright the submission
- NASSP may republish the submission or any part of it in any future publication
- NASSP may grant the right to reprint the submission in whole or in part.
The Process
- Within a few days, you'll receive an e-mail acknowledging receipt of the manuscript.
- Within 8 to 10 weeks, you will receive a letter of decision. If a manuscript is accepted, it may be months before a publication date is assigned.
- If the article is accepted, you will receive an Intellectual Property Transfer to sign. (See previous section for a discussion of copyright.)
- Editors will be in occasional contact with you to discuss revisions.
- When the article is published, you will receive three complimentary author copies.
Questions
If you have questions, please contact:
Editor
Principal Leadership
1904 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191-1537
Telephone 703-860-7315
plmag@nassp.org
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