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Ordonez, Victor M. – 1975
Patterns of organization and management of Asian universities are discussed against the backdrop of the current situation of Asian universities generally. They are seeking to better address society's problems and to attain goals of national development more directly. If universities are to accomplish these tasks, given the scarce resources…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Wayson, William W. – 1974
If we do not fundamentally alter roles and relationships within the school, we will fail to educate large numbers of our pupils. The directions to take should be evident after we describe what we want the student to do when he faces the dilemmas of life. Then one may determine the necessary instructional strategies. Those strategies depend on…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavioral Objectives, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Hoerr, Thomas R. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005
Although it's true that effective school leaders focus on research, data, and statistics, the reality is that much of school leadership is also about how you handle personal relationships. That's why "The Art of School Leadership" is a must-read for any experienced or aspiring principal. Using concrete examples from his nearly 30 years of…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Instructional Leadership, Principals, School Administration
Daresh, John C. – Corwin Press, 2004
John Daresh's "Beginning the Assistant Principalship" provides you with excellent tools to navigate your way as a new administrator. Full of ideas for you to use in your work, this valuable new resource helps you ask yourself the important questions, find answers, and develop strong plans of action. Some significant topics to help you in your new…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership, Assistant Principals, Leadership Qualities
Gemberling, Katheryn W.; Smith, Carl W.; Villani, Joseph S. – 2000
This guidebook is intended to help school boards focus their efforts on understanding and achieving the elements of their key work. Chapter 1 discusses the concept of systems thinking as a framework for organizational thinking and learning. It also provides an overview of the key work of improving student achievement. This work focuses on eight…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship
Wallace, Richard C., Jr. – 1996
Written by a practicing superintendent for practitioners, this book provides guidelines for becoming a vision-based, reflective leader. Part 1 (chapters 1 through 6) conveys general principles of educational leadership based on personal experience. Part 2 (chapters 7 through 11) provides examples of effective, exemplary programs from Pittsburgh…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Beck, Lynn G. – 1994
This book demonstrates the centrality of caring in educational administration. As a conceptual framework that emphasizes personal development and the cultivation of community, an ethic of caring can be used to improve academic performance, combat social problems, and rethink organizational strategies. Chapter 1 draws from scholarship in a number…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Child Welfare
Bailey, Gerald D.; And Others – 1995
Board members' role in technology implementation ranges from prompting development of technology plans to gathering community support for funding technology initiatives; they need substantial knowledge to enable them to ask the right questions, absorb new information, make good decisions, set appropriate policies, and lead confidently as…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Leithwood, Kenneth, Ed.; Musella, Donald, Ed. – 1991
This volume presents several distinctive but related empirical studies and opinion pieces about chief education officers (CEOs). The collection begins with (1) "Introduction: A Framework for Understanding School System Administration" (Kenneth Leithwood and Donald Musella). Section A, "Chief Education Officers' Practices and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Patterson, Jerry L. – 1993
This book presents a vision of leadership at work in the schools of tomorrow. School-based examples are used to provide guidelines for developing core values and using them to guide decision making. Chapter 1 proposes a framework that opens the organization to five areas: participation; diversity; conflict; reflection; and mistakes. The second…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Principles
Zahorski, Kenneth J. – 1994
This book offers practical suggestions to college faculty for making the sabbatical experience more productive, satisfying, enriching, and enjoyable. Part 1 serves as an introduction, examining the origins and definitions of sabbatical leave and common institutional practices in regard to granting sabbaticals. Part 2 looks at the five stages of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Faculty, Definitions
Fisher, James C.; Cole, Kathleen M. – 1993
Based on the Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA) Certification Competencies, this book describes the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of professional managers to involve volunteers effectively in the work of organizations. Chapter 1 examines the leadership and management roles of volunteer administrators. Chapters 2 and 3 focus…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Bauer, David G. – 1994
This book provides principals of public and private elementary and middle schools with a step-by-step approach for developing a system that empowers faculty, staff, and the school community in attracting grant funds. Following the introduction, chapter 1 discusses the principal's role in supporting grantseeking. Chapter 2 describes how to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Corporate Support, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Cohen, Steven – 1988
The problems faced by public managers in managing an agency's internal operations and communicating with the outside world are described, and strategies for addressing these management problems are provided, as is personal advice on how to build and maintain a professional reputation and advance in the bureaucratic hierarchy. The following…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Administrators, Budgeting
Cuban, Larry – 1988
This book reexamines the organizational experiences that bond teachers and administrators; reaffirms the enduring legacy that teachers, principals, and superintendents jointly inherited once they entered classrooms; and, finally, argues that reconstructing that sense of common purpose about the role of schooling is essential to improving what…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Foundations of Education
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