Isolated or Integrated? Tracing the Principal Mentor–Intern Relationship across an Academic Year

High-quality principal internships are defined, in part, by support from high-quality mentors. We traced the development and quality of mentor–intern relationships during an academic school year found that mentors played a significant role determining extent to which interns were isolated or integrated into leadership team. Specifically, influenced (1) types tasks activities allowed engage in, (2) level autonomy afforded, (3) received. Importantly, interns’ own proactivity shaped each these aspects their internship experience.