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Peer reviewedMartin, Kenneth E.; Wilkinson, Kenneth P. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1985
This study investigates the relationship between change in public affairs participation and involvement in a leadership development program for young adults in Pennsylvania at high and low socioeconomic-status levels. It was concluded that leadership development mediates the familiar relationship between public affairs participation and…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Leadership, Leadership Training, Public Affairs Education
Download full textNunnery, John A.; Ross, Steven M.; Yen, Cherng-jyh – Online Submission, 2010
This study examined the impact of NISL's [National Institute for School Leadership's] Executive Development Program for principals on student achievement in Pennsylvania schools between 2006-2009. Roughly half of the NISL-trained principals started the program during the 2007 school year and completed it in the 2008 school year, whereas the other…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Elementary Schools, High Schools, Academic Achievement
Quint, Janet C.; Akey, Theresa M.; Rappaport, Shelley; Willner, Cynthia J. – MDRC, 2007
The Instructional Leadership Study provides suggestive evidence that providing instruction-related professional development to school principals can improve teaching and learning in their schools. The study examines a theory of school change articulated by the Institute for Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. The IFL provides technical…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Strategic Planning, Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Schools
Direct linkHoover, Tracy S.; Bruce, Jacklyn A. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2006
What are the long term consequences associated with serving as a state FFA officer? Using a semi-structured interview format, selected state FFA officers from a twenty year time span were interviewed to assess their perceptions of and assets attributed to their experiences as a state officer. Results indicated that past state officers, regardless…
Descriptors: Leadership, Semi Structured Interviews, Attitude Measures, Experience
Peer reviewedShedd, Mark R.; And Others – Education and Urban Society, 1974
A discussion of managerial retraining in order to further administrative reorganization and improvement of management by the former Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia, an organizational development consultant, and an educator with an interest in organizational development. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Institutes (Training Programs), Leadership Training
Evaluation of Certain Aspects of Vocational Education Personnel Development Centers. Interim Report.
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1979
The activities of four vocational education planning district (VEPD) centers in Pennsylvania (Temple University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State University) are evaluated in this report. Following an introduction to the evaluation project, the report consists of five sections: a summary of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Leadership Training, Postsecondary Education, Program Descriptions
Michael, Jennifer, Ed. – Child Welfare League of America (NJ3), 2008
The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families and protecting every child from harm. By publishing a diverse range of views on a wide array of topics, "Children's…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Child Welfare, Access to Education, Higher Education
Roach, Ronald – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
This article describes the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program at University of Pennsylvania. It specifically discusses the experience of Charles Crockett, one of its earliest alumni. Crockett says the Leadership Education and Development program helped him to broaden the scope of his educational and career goals by convincing him…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Minority Groups, High School Students, School Business Relationship
Belzer, Alisa – 1998
The Pennsylvania Adult Literacy Practitioner Inquiry Network (PALPIN) was developed to improve the practice of adult literacy teachers, tutors, and program administrators throughout Pennsylvania. The project to develop PALPIN was initiated in 1995-1996. The primary objectives for the PALPIN project's third program year were as follows: adapt and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Delivery Systems, Information Networks
Howell, Robert E.; Cook, Annabel Kirschner – 1978
The comparative impact of 2 intensive rural leadership development programs on male and female participants in Montana and Pennsylvania was examined. One goal of the one to three year programs (to increase the participants' involvement in public affairs organization) was tested by analysis of pre- and posttest data regarding participants…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Community Services
Howell, Robert E.; Wilkinson, Kenneth P. – 1977
In an effort to determine preliminary results of an intensive public affairs leadership program designed to improve the skills of selected potential rural leaders in analyzing and taking action upon public problems, two control and one comparison group were pre- and post-tested. Group I (N=91 with a 65% response) consisted of all persons who…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Government (Administrative Body), Leadership Training
Howell, Robert E.; Weir, Ivan Lee – 1980
An evaluation of four experimental programs designed to stimulate participation of agricultural and rural leaders in public affairs assessed the effectiveness of leadership training on young men and women in California, Michigan, Montana, and Pennsylvania. Varying from two to three years in length, the programs emphasized the analysis of major…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Change Agents, Citizen Participation
Howell, Robert E.; Weir, Ivan L. – 1978
Intensive leadership development programs in Pennsylvania, Michigan California, and Montana positively affected the participation of program graduates in public affairs organizations. The programs, begun in 1965, and designed to prepare young men and women from rural areas for more effective leadership in agricultural and public affairs, consisted…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Community Services
Inverso, Diane; Brady, Kevin – 1999
The Administrative Leadership Institute offered a Leadership Institute, Regional Group Meetings, and online support to administrators of adult basic and literacy education programs in Pennsylvania. The program was developed following a needs assessment that gathered information from administrators in the state. The Leadership Institute, held in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrators, Adult Basic Education
Brantner, Seymour T.; Burrell, Linell, Jr. – 1977
In a study of self-evaluated levels of competence of area vocational-technical school directors in Pennsylvania, the two areas of planning and leadership management were investigated plus the method of training with which skills in these two areas should be developed in future administrators. An evaluative instrument was developed and mailed to 75…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility
