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Erickson, Kenneth A.; Keirnes, Barbara – OSSC Bulletin, 1978
Over 100 former board of education members from Oregon completed a questionnaire originally prepared by the "American School Board Journal" for the purpose of investigating why school board members leave their positions. This document presents the full results of the Oregon survey and also provides a summary of the findings and an…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Brown, Donnise – OSSC Bulletin, 1981
A survey of a random sample of 165 Oregon school board members examined the degree to which they agreed with four standards for appropriate school board behavior. The standards were drawn from the literature intended to educate school board members about their proper roles. The respondents agreed strongly with three of the standards: that the…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Keller, Ernest R. – OSSC Report, 1989
The director of curriculum support services at Oregon's Wasco Education Service District discusses methods that superintendents, board members, and school leaders can use to control conflicts in their school organizations. Surveyed were 239 Oregon school board members and 135 superintendents who were asked to identify which of the following…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation
Download full textThompson, James P. – OSSC Bulletin, 1993
This bulletin explores the roles that various stakeholders have in systemic reform and offers some recommendations for action. Data were derived from a review of research on systemic education reform and interviews with four Oregon administrators. Chapter 1 provides a sampling of the diverse groups that are calling for reform and offers some of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Gaustad, Joan – OSSC Bulletin, 1992
Nongraded primary education is the practice of teaching children of different ages and ability levels together, without dividing them or the curriculum into steps labeled by "grade" designations. Changing from graded to nongraded structure requires a major investment of time, energy, and commitment on the part of teachers and…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Pitt, Steve – OSSC Bulletin, 1983
The dismissal of public school teachers in Oregon is governed by the Fair Dismissal Law. The statutory requirements of the law involve (1) a notice from the superintendent of intent to dismiss, (2) school board approval of dismissal, (3) the teacher's right to appeal to the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board (FDAB), and (4) the school board's and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation
Thomas, Anne Hill – OSSC Bulletin, 1992
This bulletin examines some questions that arise when children are not ready for promotion: Should they be retained? Who decides? Are there alternatives to retention? What is the effect of retention on the student? Despite research limitations, those who examine the studies on grade repetition say they show that grade retention does not have a…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Cost Effectiveness
