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Download full textFirestone, William A.; And Others – 1982
Based on interviews of 68 key administrators, a survey questionnaire given to 345 principals and districtwide administrators, and a shortened questionnaire given to 177 teachers in 68 New Jersey and Pennsylvania school districts in 1981, this study examines how educators seek assistance to strengthen educational programs and promote change.…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Murphy, Jerome T., Ed. – 1980
This document presents edited interviews with four former superintendents of instruction--Ewald Nyquist of New York, Jack Nix of Georgia, Dolores Colburg of Montana, and John Pittenger of Pennsylvania. Although the states in which these persons held their positions are quite different, there are a number of commonalities in the problems they…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship
Cote, Lawrence S. – 1986
In early 1983, a survey was conducted among the presidents and board chairpersons of the 14 public community colleges in Pennsylvania, asking respondents to rate the level of importance of 20 presidential roles based on their institution's needs during the 1982-83 academic year. During a joint annual meeting of Pennsylvania community college…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role
Ribich, Frank M.; Debenham, Adaria Ruey – 1987
For a mainstreaming program to be effective, students should be able to experience success in a regular classroom with the enhanced self-image that accompanies a positive experience. Maximizing classroom accommodations for learning disabled students can help improve these students' access to educational opportunities and increase the probability…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Administrator Role, Educationally Disadvantaged
Garberina, Thomas J. – 1976
This administrator's guide is designed to provide a systematic and objective means of evaluating an ongoing reading program. The procedures outlined recognize the important role of the administrator as the change-agent who initiates, encourages, supports, observes, and evaluates programs. The systems approach simplifies the Generic Planning…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Russel, John H.; Ayers, Archie R. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
The academic program represents the major thrust of an institution of higher education toward the achievement of its objectives. An effective structure for academic organization is essential. Within such a structure, clarity of procedure is needed in both the development of academic policies and in the implementation of these policies. The Office…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Educational Finance, Case Studies, Higher Education
Adduci, Lynne L.; And Others – 1990
An analysis of the department chair role to determine the extent of role ambiguity and role strain inherent in the job is the purpose of this report. Methodology is based on structured interviews with 56 department chairs in 9 high schools in one district and content analysis of written job descriptions. The findings identify six factors of role…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators, Department Heads
Goldsberry, Lee; And Others – 1984
The aims of this symposium are to examine and discuss critically the findings of a major survey of practices in instructional supervision. Data from over 1,000 teachers and their supervisors in central Pennsylvania were compiled, and findings are reported in four sections. The first section is an introduction focusing on the theoretical…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
SHEDD, MARK R. – 1967
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A RECOMMENDATION FOR DECENTRALIZATION, THIS SPEECH DESCRIBES P.S. 192M IN HARLEM, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY AN INDEPENDENT PRINCIPAL WHO IS THE KEY FIGURE IN DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION HIS STUDENTS RECEIVE. HOWEVER, A PRINCIPAL USUALLY DOES NOT HAVE THIS FREEDOM AND IS SOMETIMES LIMITED BY THE "BUREAUCRATIC…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Bureaucracy
Walters, Donald L.; Pickands, D. Morgan – 2000
A study examined rural school administrators' perceptions of their jobs and how academic achievement and school climate were affected at rural schools that shared principals, compared to rural schools that had their own principal. Sixteen rural school administrators from across the nation were interviewed about their perceptions of their jobs, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education
Duke, Charles R.; Gates, Robin – 1990
Thirty-nine rural school districts in Pennsylvania responded to a survey designed to study new teacher induction programs. The total sample population of 392 included mentor/support teachers, inductees, and induction coordinators. Based on the survey data and information from 29 districts' documents, this report gives detailed descriptions of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Caldwell, William E.; Forney, Janet Williams – 1982
Superintendents and principals from 50 Pennsylvania school districts were asked to complete two questionnaires each to test, first, the relationships between superintendents' and principals' role conflict and ambiguity and, second, the relationship between superintendents' role conflict and ambiguity and their perceptions of their districts'…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role
San Francisco State Coll., CA. Center for Technological Education. – 1966
The presentation, review and evaluation of innovative vocational-technical curriculums in operation was the major function of a San Francisco conference sponsored jointly by the Center for Technical Education at San Francisco State College and the Center for Studies in Vocational and Technical Education at the University of Wisconsin. Major…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Conference Reports, Curriculum, Educational Innovation
Pavan, Barbara Nelson – 1987
A survey of male and female school administrators in Pennsylvania reveals that sexual division of labor in household activities differs little from stereotypical role expectations. A survey, mailed to 1,324 male and female administrative incumbents and aspirants, yielded 622 responses for a rate of 47 percent. The survey explored personal…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Tri-State Educational Research Conference Proceedings (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 15-17, 1983).
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1983
These proceedings of the 1983 New Jersey-Pennsylvania-Delaware conference are arranged in five sections. Section I, "National Issues," includes summaries of (1) a panel session on the role of educational research and research funding in the new Congress; (2) a paper on "most wanted answers" to questions concerning (a) teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness
