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Preparing Principals to Manage Productive Schools: A Neglected Dimension of Teacher Education.
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Snyder, Karolyn J. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1984
This article presents 10 newly defined competencies in which principals must be trained if they are to manage productive schools. The competencies are in the areas of schoolwide goal setting, work group performance, individual staff performance, staff development, clinical supervision, work group development, quality control, instructional…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Instructional Leadership Training Needs for School Principals.
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Johnson, William L.; Snyder, Karolyn J. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1986
Principals' job orientation has recently changed from school management to instructional leadership, though research indicates principals are instrumental in influencing student achievement gains. Effective schooling characteristics are synthesized, a diagnostic instrument of principals' training relative to instructional leadership is discussed,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Role
Leadership Training for Administrators.
Snyder, Karolyn J.; Johnson, William L. – 1983
Based on a systems approach to management and organization, the Instructional Leadership Model identifies leadership tasks in clusters under school planning, staff and program development, and evaluation. A summary of analysis of research on effective schooling characteristics and leadership tasks supports the model and provides parameters for…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training, Management Development
Instructional Leadership for Productive Schools.
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Snyder, Karolyn J. – Educational Leadership, 1983
The principal can make a fundamental difference in the performance of a school by involving staff members in school improvement planning, specific teacher and program development, and careful assessment. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Educational Improvement
Instructional Leadership Training Needs for Educational Administrators.
Johnson, William L.; Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1990
School districts have primarily stressed the instructional management aspect of the principal's role, while research has focused on principal effectiveness as a factor for increased student achievement. A synthesis of effective school characteristics identified by the literature is the first objective of this paper. A second purpose is the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Administrators, Assistant Principals
The Implementation of Clinical Supervision.
Snyder, Karolyn J.; And Others – 1982
Because the use of clinical supervision methods by administrators in their evaluation and supervision of teachers has been linked to instructional improvement, administrators' perceptions about the implementation of clinical supervisory practices were surveyed. Participants in the study were 412 school district administrators and supervisors who…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Administrators, Classroom Observation Techniques
Instructional Leadership: Training Needs for Nonurban Educators.
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Johnson, William L; Snyder, Karolyn J. – Rural Educator, 1988
Draws on over 50 studies of effective schools to determine the role of effective administrators in school improvement planning, staff development, program development, and school assessment. Summarizes survey responses of 200 nonurban administrators concerning their desires for additional training in areas of instructional leadership. Contains 20…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role
Retraining Principals for Productive School Management.
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Snyder, Karolyn J.; Johnson, William L. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1985
A rating scale measured further training needs of 337 school principals. Their concerns were as follows, starting with highest concerns: instructional leadership role; staff development; creative problem solving; planning for school growth; collaborative long-range planning; personal awareness; and school as an ecological system. (GDC)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training
Managing Productive Schools.
Johnson, William L.; Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1990
The organizational and human productivity knowledge-base expansion of the past 5 years indicates that educational leaders and support staff must assume responsibility for schooling together to change student achievement patterns. The sociological management challenge is one of empowering groups to address educational productivity. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Leadership for Productive Schools.
Johnson, William L.; Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1990
Given that current redefinition of the principalship emphasizes instructional leadership, this document begins with a summary of previous research findings on effective school characteristics related to school improvement planning, program development, staff development, school assessment, and organizational culture with emphasis throughout on the…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Leadership Training Needs for Administrative Personnel in a Major Metropolitan District in Texas.
Johnson, William L.; Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1980
Developed as an assessment instrument for the Administrators-for-Change Training program, this survey of 195 administrative personnel in the Fort Worth Independent School District (Texas) identifies their priorities for training in management skills and the intensity of training desired. A synthesis of literature addressing the changing role of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Administrators, Educational Change
Managing Productive Schools: Toward an Ecology.
Snyder, Karolyn J.; Anderson, Robert H. – 1986
Intended for use by graduate students in educational administration and supervision as well as by practicing school administrators, this book is a guide to the most effective practices surrounding the school principalship. Ideas in the book reflect current views of good management, including systems approaches, participative and collaborative…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Ecology, Educational Administration
Imperatives in Staff Training, Evaluation, and Management.
Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1981
In serving two purposes, this paper explores elements in the current gap between what is known and what is practiced about how to influence student achievement and proposes a conceptual framework and an action model for rethinking the organization, management, and technologies of instructional programs. A comprehensive goal-based and role-based…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Objectives