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English, Fenwick W.; And Others – 1992
This guidebook presents practical, everyday applications of effective school leadership principles. Chapter 1 describes the roles and responsibilities of school leaders today. Chapter 2 presents a litmus test of school leadership, which is described in terms of vertical and hierarchical models. Problem-solving techniques are presented. The role of…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Topor, Robert S. – 1993
This book discusses issues, ideas, themes and practices for marketing higher education based on personal experience. Chapter 1 discusses the kind and character of people found in higher education by describing the best and worst individuals as perceived through first-hand encounters. Chapter 2 looks at an approach to planning and building on every…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Institutional), Higher Education
Mckenzie, Jamieson A. – 1993
This book argues for a comprehensive approach to planning for and managing the use of technology in schools. In the first four chapters, emphasis is placed on the importance of: (1) anticipating the future; (2) creating stakeholders' planning committees; (3) providing staff development and training for teachers and administrators; (4) winning…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Support, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Hess, Frederick M. – 1999
Much of what ails urban education is actually the result of continuous or fragmentary reform efforts. A study of 57 school districts shows how political pressures drive reform, and suggests ways to nurture a more focused agenda for urban schools. The chapters are: (1) "The Politics of Urban School Reform"; (2) "Organizational and Personal…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts
Hughes, Larry W.; Ubben, Gerald C. – 1984
Basic to good leadership is a repertoire of management skills providing a productive climate in which teaching and learning are facilitated. The elementary principalship requires well-trained, intelligent individuals with the necessary human, conceptual, and technical skills to lead groups of professionals and students into rich educational…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Glickman, Carl D. – 1985
This textbook, intended for graduate students in introductory educational supervision courses, draws on the research on effective schools, teacher and adult development, and supervisory practice, as well as on direct practical experience, to provide information that supervisors can use to help their schools be more successful. The term…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Roueche, John E.; Baker, George A., III – 1986
Using as a sample the 154 secondary schools selected as the best in America in 1982 by the Department of Education's Secondary School Recognition Program, researchers examined the characteristics that made teachers, administrators, and school climates effective in the pursuit of educational excellence. The first chapter of this book interpreting…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
Ball, Armand; Ball, Beverly – 1987
From its perspective of experience in the field, this book offers practical and specific guidance for successfully managing an organized summer camp. It may also serve as a beginning orientation for potential camp directors, a quick reference for experienced directors, or a text for entry level courses in practical camp administration. This second…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Camping
Nason, John W. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1982
The responsibilities and problems confronting college and university trustees in the last quarter of the 20th century are considered. The following topics are briefly addressed: increased enrollments after World War II, the growth of community colleges, the establishment of state coordinating commissions, political influences, federal support and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Educational Change, Educational History
Creighton, Theodore – 2003
This book explores the complexities of change and implementation of technology in schools. It looks at current research while providing guidelines to development and planning, and includes sample technology plans. In addition, the book highlights instructional leadership and curriculum, the digital divide between needs and availability, needs…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Jacobson Stephen L., Ed.; Hickcox, Edward S., Ed.; Stevenson, Robert B., Ed. – 1996
Much of administrative preparation and practice centers on problem solving, developing alternative solutions, and selecting among competing alternatives for the most feasible solutions. Some of the persistent dilemmas resident in the training and the functioning of administrators are examined here by scholars and practitioners of educational…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Administrators
McEwan, Elaine K. – 1998
This book presents seven steps for principals to improve their leadership skills. These seven steps have been tested by practitioners and validated by research. Chapter 1 sets forth the differences between leadership and instructional leadership and defines the critical attributes of the latter. Chapters 2 through 8 describe the seven steps in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Instructional Leadership
McEwan, Elaine K.; Damer, Mary – 1999
This book offers positive and productive ways to deal with problem children, whether they are in elementary, middle, or high school. These students fall into the "unmanageable" category--those who take up the administrator's time, and undermine their effectiveness as an instructional leader. Chapters supply the tools needed to serve as a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Problems, Delinquency Prevention, Discipline
Skrla, Linda; Erlandson, David A.; Reed, Eileen M.; Wilson, Alfred P. – 2001
In 1990, the National Policy Board for Educational Administration identified 21 Performance Domains that define the basis for exemplary principal performance. Chapter 1 of this book challenges the principal to consider the 21 Domains in terms of the entire leadership performance of the school. Chapter 2 considers the unique role of the 21 Domains…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Crowther, Frank; Kaagan, Stephen S.; Ferguson, Margaret; Hann, Leonne – 2002
This book presents information from a 5-year research project on teacher leadership which offers evidence that the answer to school vitality lies largely in the redefinition of traditional leadership in education and in the elevation of the perception, status, and role of classroom teachers. The research involved interviews with teachers and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
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