Many of the essential characteristics of effective school leaders have been identified in the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium’s (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders. ISLLC includes standards such as “A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by collaborating with families and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources” (Murphy & Shipman, 1999, p. 218). Those ISLLC standards were found to have been incorporated into the licensure and preparation requirements for administrators in California (Murphy, Yff, & Shipman, 2000). Kaplan, Owings, and