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Scott, Elizabeth A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Outlines a successful high school orientation program using volunteer upperclass students to acclimate new students. (MD)
Descriptors: School Libraries, School Orientation, Secondary Education, Student Adjustment
Thiers, Naomi – Currents, 1992
This article offers suggestions from the University of Redlands (California) and other universities on improving Alumni Board Handbooks. Considered are seven basic elements of the handbook; possible additions (such as a glossary of alumni-related terms and sample fund-raising letters); and the need to consider format, method, and cost in handbook…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Alumni, Guides, Higher Education
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Kergaard, David – NASSP Bulletin, 1991
Four major areas (office traffic, the telephone, organization, and discipline) consume much of a school administrator's time. Because principals of small and rural secondary schools do not always have adequate personnel support, planning a daily calendar, setting priorities, and delegating to other administrators and staff are essential…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Coping, Goal Orientation, Rural Schools
Giles, Douglas E.; Giles, Sharon – Executive Educator, 1991
Successful superintendents recognize that taking charge is not a one-time event, but a two- or three-year process. Inspired by John J. Gabarro's May 1985 "Harvard Business Review" article, this article identifies five passages (taking hold, immersion, reshaping, consolidation, and refinement) that new superintendents must navigate…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Leadership Qualities
Noel-Levitz, Inc, 2006
What do you want to accomplish? Whatever it is, you need money to do it, and on most campuses, the biggest source of funding is enrollment-related revenue from students. Yet, interestingly, perhaps because most chief executives are more familiar with fundraising, opportunities to strengthen enrollment revenue often receive less attention than…
Descriptors: Colleges, Income, Fund Raising, Educational Finance
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Aborn, Matt – Education, 2006
Over the last three decades there has been a major shift in how practicing educators think about intelligence. One great driving force of this change can be attributed to "Frames of Mind: Theory of Multiple Intelligences," written by Howard Gardner in 1983. Gardner's book is conceived around the premise that every human being maintains seven (now…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Academic Aptitude, Expectation, Goal Orientation
Buchanan, Aaron; Bachelor, Patricia – 1983
This study investigates the nature and scope of current staff development activities and their relation to better teaching or school improvement in a representative sample of school districts and private schools in Arizona and southern parts of California and Nevada. Findings are based on telephone discussions with 72 administrators in the region.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Consultants, Cooperative Planning, Educational Improvement
Buffie, Edward G. – 1989
The first of six volumes in the "Elementary Principal Series," this booklet identifies three major components of the building administrator's role (as chief administrator, operations manager, and instructional leader) and concentrates on instructional leadership as the key to educational excellence. Research shows that principals spend…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Beliefs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1987
Intended for educational leaders, this three-section monograph presents information and perspectives regarding support given to beginning teachers. The first section reviews a variety of perspectives on the purposes that teacher induction programs can serve. Among the perspectives discussed are those based on studies of beginning teachers'…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development, Socialization
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Podemski, Richard S.; Childers, John H., Jr. – Journal of Educational Public Relations, 1984
Making sure positive information about the schools is promoted within the community is the job of news liaison persons in each school in a successful network that gets balanced news coverage for schools in Virginia. (MD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, News Media, Organizational Communication, Public Relations
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McNeil, Ogretta V. – National Academic Advising Association Journal, 1990
A three-day program at the College of the Holy Cross (Massachusetts) was developed to address low retention rates for African-American students meeting the usual predictive criteria for academic success. It familiarized students with the college, allowed them to meet significant college community members, and assisted in adapting to academic…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Black Students, Higher Education, Liberal Arts
Vann, Allan S. – Principal, 1991
One way to exert leadership in orienting new teachers is to act confidently as master teacher. This can be accomplished by scheduling informal monthly orientation meetings centered on priority topics. Roundtable discussions of sensitive topics foster a different image of the principalship, increase administrator visibility, and facilitate both…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Education, Guidelines
Jackson, Jerlando F. L., Ed.; Terrell, Melvin Cleveland, Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2007
This book serves as a sourcebook to enhance and evaluate safety programs, generate new solutions and interventions, comply with new legislation, and present practical steps and guidelines to establish best practices. It pays particular attention to the factors that may give rise to crime, considering high-risk drinking and examining the…
Descriptors: School Safety, School Security, Colleges, Crime
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Fuller, Nancy – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2006
This author prided herself as being one who embraced change, and often became disgusted with her fellow teachers when they dragged their feet and resisted district initiatives. She also believed in setting goals and then managing the tasks that allows one to reach the goals. She thought it was merely a matter of purposeful planning, effort, and…
Descriptors: Females, Career Development, Goal Orientation, Principals
Gordon, Stephen P. – 1991
Many beginning teachers leave the profession after only 2 years. In an effort to help beginning teachers succeed, the Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) was created to combat unforseen difficulties. The main difficulties are environmental in nature: (1) difficult work assignments; (2) unclear expectations; (3) inadequate resources; (4)…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mentors
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