This manual is designed for individuals responsible for training Head Start staff and parents to lead "Exploring Parenting" groups. It focuses on the role of trainers of groups of leaders and effective training methods. Chapter 1, "Approach to Training," describes the approach to training group leaders in a nonthreatening,…

The Black administrator, whose role in higher education has been important historically in predominantly Black colleges and universities and also within predominantly White institutions, will become even more important in the future as demographics and technology continue to change. In general, Black administrators have been given responsibility…

This book is intended to enable educators to more fully implement the concept of leadership capacity in schools and districts. It begins by outlining the five major prerequisites for high leadership capacity: (1) skillful participation in the work of leadership; (2) inquiry-based use of data to inform decisions and practices; (3) broad involvement…

Focusing on the call for changes in school administration, this document reviews the nature of the educational reform movement in the 1980s before describing four trends that have fueled reform proposals. Trends described include general conditions such as the larger reform debate and the new conceptions of the appropriate organizational structure…

A collection of papers, from the Centre for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (CENDHRRA) Evaluation Seminar (1980) in Bandungan, Central Java, provides guidelines for evaluation of rural development projects of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The first part of the report contains a summary of group discussions on different…

The ideas, approaches, and issues guiding the efforts at principal reform are described in the following areas: (1) generic management skills or instructional leadership; (2) teaching experience as a requirement for the principalship; (3) restructuring principal preparation programs; (4) evaluating competency and proficiency; and (5) selection…

This book presents overviews of a wide variety of topics that are of priority concern to school district leaders. The topics deal with challenges and issues that are crucial to the success of public schools. The book is designed to get the reader up to speed quickly on important topics and issues, to learn where to get more information about areas…

Until recently, most educational managers, including head teachers and senior staff in schools, have performed their tasks without formal training. Today, however, many new courses are being established for the training of educational managers. This book provides a framework for such a course. It selects from existing literature, theory, and…

The Roosevelt School District, with the lowest wealth per pupil of the 56 districts located in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, worked with the Urban Education Department of the University of Massachusetts' Division of Instructional Leadership to design and implement a degree-granting staff development program centered around identifying and…

The Supervised Occupational Experience and Back-to-Business and Industry Programs were designed to help Florida vocational administrators to update their technical knowledge and to strengthen their relations with business and industry. The design phase of these programs consisted of two task force meetings. During these task force meetings, a…

Educational leaders' effective use of communications, collaboration, and common interests provides the key to managing a surplus of human resources. Students, like all members of an organization, are both a potential resource in fulfilling educational goals, and a personal and financial liability. Increases in the population, an aging citizenry,…

This document includes four papers presented at a symposium, based on a synthesis of five years of research--on the interaction of role groups and factors in the change process that are critical for school improvement in elementary and secondary schools. The papers identify elements of the change process crucial for the success of proposed changes…

The Florida Extern Leadership Training Program for Local Administrators of Vocational Education was conceived to meet the need for trained and certified leadership personnel in vocational education at the local level throughout Florida. During the third year of the project's operation, project staff implemented a training program to meet state…

In this article, the author proposes and discusses a collection of ten governance habits of boards of trustees that distinguish the average board from those that perform with excellence. They are interconnected, interlocking, and systemic. In the aggregate, the benefits of these habits are greater than the sum of their parts, because they function…

This program guide identifies particular considerations in the organization, operation, and evaluation of diversified cooperative training programs. Contents include information on the following: program content and structure, including program philosophy, program goals, and coordinator's responsibility; a curriculum framework that details major…