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Black, Maggie, Ed. – UNICEF News, 1983
This issue of UNICEF News explores the theme of connections between water and health in developing countries. The introductory article discusses prospects for improving health through water projects during the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (1981-90). Subsequent articles focus on (1) effects of a piped water supply on…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Family Life, Females, Foreign Countries
Ramirez, Jennifer, Ed. – Academic Leadership, 2002
Volume 9.1.1 [v9 n1 Winter 2002, Commemorative Anniversary issue] of "Academic Leadership" includes the following articles: (1) "Growing our Own Leaders" by Gary Filan; (2) "Facilitating Change: Leadership's Major Challenge" by Paul Elsner and Larry Christiansen; (3) "Servant Leadership: Robert K. Greenleaf's Legacy and the Community College" by…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Community Colleges, Instructional Leadership, Leadership
McIntyre, Kenneth E. – 1988
This bulletin provides principals with tips concerning how to increase their assistant principals' effectiveness. It explains a four-part process to accomplish this task. First, principals must select the right person based on qualifications that meet the school's profile. Second, they must furnish needed training in self-assessment, goal setting,…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Assistant Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership
Download full textRohland, Mark, Ed. – LSS Review, 2002
This publication of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory is dedicated to articles on educational leadership. This issue contains the following articles: "Educational Leadership: Reports and Recommendations From a National Invitational Conference" (Joseph Murphy, JoAnn B. Manning, Herbert J. Walberg); "Redefining Educational Leadership:…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Leadership, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedRobillard, Douglas, Jr., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2000
This volume of New Directions for Community Colleges contains the following articles: (1) "Toward a Definition of Deaning," by Douglas Robillard, Jr.; (2) "The Dean as Chief Academic Officer," by John Stuart Erwin; (3) "The Dean and the Faculty," by Hans A. Andrews; (4) "The Dean and the President," by Hans J. Kuss; (5) "Aspects of Difficult…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration
National School Resource Network, Washington, DC. – 1980
Twelve junior and senior high schools in California and ten in New York City are working to mitigate violence and vandalism in their schools and reduce high droupout and absentee rates by addressing a problem central to these issues--student alienation. Through the Open Road Student Involvement Project, natural student leaders form a volunteer…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Leadership Training, Prevention, Problem Solving
Leithwood, Kenneth; And Others – Connections!, 1995
This paper describes the results of a study that investigated the nature and consequences of a unique set of university-sponsored school leadership preparation programs. Begun in 1987, the Danforth Foundation Program for the Preparation of School Principals (DPPSP) was part of a two-pronged effort to more fully develop the potential of school…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Adrian, Judith, Ed. – NELD Update, 1993
These six issues of the National Extension Leadership Development (NELD) newsletter include feature articles, book reviews, profiles of regional and local NELD programs and activities, information on conferences and seminars, and names and addresses of various persons involved in the NELD project (including advisers, interns, and participants in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Conferences, Educational Philosophy, Extension Education
Ellis, Thomas I. – Research Roundup, 1988
Five selections summarize training methods for the principalship from the perspective that cognizance of the complexities of being a principal arises from practice, thus experiential learning should be incorporated into preservice and inservice training programs. The first selection, "Making Sense of Principals' Work," by Kent Petersen, is a…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Elementary Education, Inservice Education, Leadership Training
King, Betty S.; Hustedde, Ron – Rural South: Preparing for the Challenges of the 21st Century, 2001
Citizen engagement is important for preserving a prosperous democracy and keeping elected officials accountable to their constituents. New issues affecting rural citizens are causing communities to reframe and ask new planning questions. Two approaches to citizen engagement are asset mapping, in which communities focus on their strengths and…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Economic Development
Leo, Tara; Cowan, D'Ette – Issues...about Change, 2000
A Professional Learning Community (PLC) is a school where administrators and teachers continuously seek and share learning to increase their effectiveness for students and act on what they learn. PLCs are characterized by five dimensions: shared and supportive leadership, shared values and vision, collective learning and application of learning,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change
Appalachia, 1995
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a regional economic development agency representing a unique partnership of federal, state, and local governments. Established by an act of Congress in 1965, the Commission is composed of the governors of the 13 Appalachian states and a federal co-chairperson. Grassroots participation is provided by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Lynn, Leon – Brief to Principals, 1994
This publication examines some of the skills that informed observers see as most critical for principals who seek to be effective leaders in restructuring schools. It also highlights some principal-preparation programs, both preservice programs at colleges and universities and inservice programs for practicing principals. The document examines…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Leatt, Desmond J. – OSSC Bulletin, 1987
This bulletin reports on five high schools that have effective, comprehensive student leadership programs. First, it reviews ways in which student councils can enrich students' lives. In addition to having a positive effect on students' success in school and later life, involvement in student activity programs influences the way that students…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High School Students, High Schools, Leadership Training
Mazzarella, Jo Ann – 1979
Many educational administrators are too overwhelmed by paperwork and too short of time, resources, and training, to be effective leaders. Yet some educators and schools are finding ways to make good leadership easier through improving time management skills, providing assistants, instituting administrative training programs, and cutting paperwork.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Environment, Leadership
