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Peer reviewedMurphy, Joseph; And Others – Journal of Educational Administration, 1987
Investigates the nature of administrative control in 12 instructionally effective school districts in California. Nine control functions are assumed to affect student outcomes by influencing curriculum and instruction. Findings from interviews with superintendents revealed more district-level control of principal behavior and site activity than…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Centralization, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMurphy, Joseph; Hallinger, Philip – Journal of Educational Administration, 1986
Superintendents in 12 instructionally effective California school districts were interviewed and documents were analyzed for coordination of instructional activities management. Results suggest that these superintendents are more active "instructional managers" than expected. A uniform picture of instructional coordination is not…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles
Direct linkBarron, Ruben; Sanchez, Francisca S. – Leadership, 2007
Today, over a third of the nation's English language learners attend school in California, where they comprise more than a quarter of all its students. However, one million 18- to 24-year old Californians, about 30 percent of this age group, do not have a high school diploma. Regarding high school graduation rates, California ranks 45th among the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Graduation Rate, English (Second Language), Academic Achievement
Association of California School Administrators. – 1978
A number of forces are changing the role of the school site administrator. Federal, state, and local requirements, including categorical programs such as those for educationally disadvantaged children, place added administrative burdens on the principal. Increased paperwork, meetings, problems to be solved, and demands to be met from ever-growing…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textANASTASIOW, NICHOLAS J.; FISCHLER, ABRAHAM S. – 1966
THE CASE STUDY TECHNIQUE WAS USED TO RECORD AND ANALYZE THE FUNCTION AND EFFECT OF A FIVE-MAN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL TEAM OPERATION OF FIVE SCHOOLS. EACH TEAM MEMBER SHARED THE VESTED RESPONSIBILITY, ADMINISTRATION, AND INSTRUCTIONAL TASKS OF EACH SCHOOL BY PARTICIPATING IN GROUP PLANNING SESSIONS TO MAKE DECISIONS CONCERNING PROBLEMS IN THE FIVE…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Schools, Instructional Improvement, Management Teams
Smith, Robert R. – Educ Leadership, 1969
Descriptors: Activism, Administrator Role, Faculty Organizations, Higher Education
Cook, Glenn – American School Board Journal, 2001
The experiences of Columbine and El Cajon high schools with media onslaughts following traumatic shooting incidents underscore the importance of getting the message across and sticking to known facts. In a crisis, speculation can hurt everyone. The most important elements in crisis communications are planning and media relations. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Skills, Crisis Management
Soo, Mary; Carson, Cathryn – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2004
In the 1950s and 1960s, Clark Kerr led the University of California's Berkeley campus, and then the University of California as a whole. Throughout these years, he developed a system of managerial strategies. This paper shows how Kerr's administrative views drew upon his background in industrial relations, his liberal theories of pluralistic…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Administrator Role, Organizational Change, Organizational Theories
Pfeifer, R. Scott – 1986
As part of a study of teacher effectiveness and job satisfaction, a research team interviewed 85 elementary and secondary classroom teachers in 5 school districts in the San Francisco (California) Bay Area to gather teachers' perspectives on administrative leadership. Teachers portrayed effective principals as creating environments around the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
Lindelow, John; Heynderickx, James – 1989
Chapter 5 of a revised volume on school leadership, this chapter presents the case for school-based management, stressing the principal's central role. In site management, the school is the primary decision-making unit. Decisions concerning expenditures, curricula, and personnel are made by school site staff, with help from parents, students, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Fox, Dennis – Leadership, 2003
Describes several strategies California principals can use to make effective use of thematic assessment data to improve reading instruction, guide staff training in the use of assessment data for instructional decision-making, and establish schoolwide norms for aligning assessment data with instructional practices. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Based Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Bushman, James; Sahakian, Pauline – Leadership, 2003
Describes principal's role in transforming the Yamato Colony Elementary School in Livingston, California, from low-performing to high-performing in four years. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Lustig, Jeff – Academe, 2004
The death of famed educator Clark Kerr last December evoked tributes and testimonials everywhere from the "New York Times" to local faculty bulletins. Architect of California's famous Master Plan of 1960, skilled labor mediator, first president of the University of California system, bete noir of the early student movement, and chair of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Master Plans, Administrator Role, College Faculty
McBeath, Angus – Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform, 2006
This monograph is based on a keynote presentation by Angus McBeath at the "Getting Districtwide Results" Conference in Long Beach, California, which was co-sponsored by the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform and Focus on Results. The author, a former superintendent of the Edmonton Public Schools, how his school district was…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, Teacher Leadership, School Restructuring
Portis, Carrie; Garcia, Mary W. – School Administrator, 2007
In this article, the authors present Edwin Diaz, superintendent of California's Gilroy Unified School District and discuss the common challenges and strategies among those education leaders who take on--and succeed at--the role of change agent and reformer. When Edwin Diaz became superintendent of California's Gilroy Unified School District in…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Educational Improvement, Public Education, Professional Development
