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To the Barricades: The Relationship between Secondary School Organizational Structure and the Implementation of Policy Initiatives.
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Hannay, Lynne M.; Erb, Cathy Smeltzer; Ross, John A. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2001
Explores the relationship between (Ontario) secondary-school organizational structures and implementation of legislated change initiatives. Examines the role of individuals responsible for implementing two legislated curriculum innovations: curriculum integration and performance-based assessment. Implementing whole-school or subject-based…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Departments, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Department Heads as Middle Managers? Questioning the Black Box.
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Hannay, Lynne M.; Ross, John A. – School Leadership & Management, 1999
Typically, subject department heads perform a middle-management role in secondary schools that is unquestioned. A Canadian study examined effects on school culture and educational practice when structure and roles are open to revision. The restructuring initiative is fostering cultural change in all eight district schools. (34 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Department Heads, Foreign Countries, Middle Management
Building Change Capacity within Secondary Schools through Goal-Driven and Living Organisations.
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Hannay, Lynne M.; Erb, Cathy Smeltzer; Ross, John A. – School Leadership & Management, 2001
Examines change capacity within one restructuring Ontario school district, employing the notions of chaos theory and a living organization. Analyzed 5 years of longitudinal quantitative and qualitative data to understand effects of organizational change on the whole school. School leadership teams worked differently, depending on context.…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Context Effect, Department Heads, Foreign Countries
Describing Typical Interventions.
Ross, John A.; And Others – 1982
Six papers, which comprise Part II of "Studies in Curriculum Decision Making," explore: (1) actions taken by those in nonteaching roles to facilitate teacher effectiveness; (2) how helpful these actions are likely to be; and (3) what individuals in nonteaching roles can do to assist teacher effectiveness. Interviews and questionnaires…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Change Agents, College Faculty