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School Administrator's Policy Portfolio, 1982
Techniques that reduced teacher absences from 8.7 to 7.6 per year in the Milwaukee Public Schools are described in this report. The techniques include (1) information, in each new teacher's orientation kit, on the district's attitude toward good attendance, (2) articles about sick leave in the staff bulletin, (3) periodic reminders and training…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Weldy, Gilbert T. – 1981
This newsletter describes the role of principals in managing the effects of declining enrollment. Suggestions are provided regarding the decision-making process, staff reassignment, student transfer, curriculum modification, disposition of equipment and materials, and how to deal with parent and student concerns. The experiences of five school…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Administrator Role, Declining Enrollment, Educational Equipment
Holliday, Albert E., Ed. – School Public Relations Journal, 2001
This document consists of the four 2001 issues of a journal (formerly "Journal of Educational Relations") published to promote student achievement through positive school-home-community relationships. Articles in the first issue include: "Crossing Basic/Higher Education Boundaries through a School-University Partnership" and "How a Group of Middle…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Case Studies, Educational Environment
Download full textEssex, Glenn L.; Ansbach, Charles – Foundation Development Abstracts, 1993
Due to the increase in the number of institutions asking for donations from businesses and individuals, community colleges seeking to raise funds must be responsive to the needs of their local business communities. In conducting major fundraising campaigns, its is important that potential donors believe that the need is crucial and have the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Presidents, Community Colleges, Fund Raising
Macpherson, R. J. S. – 1986
This paper reviews some key ideas that have emerged from recent research into administrative practices in education and their relationship to organizational culture. "Culture" is defined as a system of knowledge and conceptions that members of an organization use for giving meaning to and coping with problems that they experience. The…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Culture, Educational Administration
Geske, Terry G. – Executive Review, 1981
To help administrators improve school efficiency in a time of financial constraints, this document reviews research on school productivity, points out possible improvements suggested by the research, and discusses several problems in measuring school costs and effectiveness. The author first explains the analytical concepts of school productivity,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Input Output Analysis
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
Boyd, Victoria; Fitzgibbon, Kathleen – Issues about Change, 1993
This newsletter provides examples from four small, rural school districts of how innovative superintendents plan and provide resources and provide staff development, which are two of the six ways that school administrators effect change. The superintendents are located in a small poor district in the Arkansas Mississippi Delta region, a primarily…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Burke, Joseph C.; And Others – Studies in Public Higher Education, 1994
Four papers address the changing roles of system administrators in multicampus public higher education systems such as the State University of New York (SUNY). In the first paper, by Joseph C. Burke, "Unity and Diversity: SUNY's Challenge Not Its Choice," the role of a public university system is defined as doing for its campuses only…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation
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
Sullivan, Richard L.; Wircenski, Jerry L. – Curriculum Report, 1987
This volume is intended to help secondary school principals see more clearly how they can strengthen the vocational programs in their schools by supporting vocational student organizations (VSOs). The eight major national organizations are described, and their addresses are provided. Ways in which administrators can provide organizational,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Communication Skills, Leadership
Fredericks, Robert; Piltch, Benjamin – Streamlined Seminar, 1988
The school improvement movement during the past decade has, among other things, provided educators with realistic data on how effective schools got that way. One of the most basic findings is that successful schools have five common characteristics: principals who provide strong administrative and instructional leadership; high expectations,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Doucette, Don, Ed. – 1988
This series of abstracts from the League for Innovation in the Community College and the Community College Leadership Program addresses a variety of topics of interest to community college administrators. Topics include: (1) revitalizing leadership for community colleges; (2) improving relations with board members; (3) presidential succession; (4)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration, College Faculty
Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Curriculum Report, 1984
In cooperative learning, as opposed to competitive and individualistic learning, students work together to accomplish shared goals. It is the most important of the three types of learning, but least used. Research indicates students will learn more, like school better, like each other better, and learn more effective social skills when cooperative…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Techniques, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Clark, Doug, Ed. – Director's Link, 2002
This document consists of the four 2002 issues of a quarterly newsletter for Illinois early childhood program directors, providing information on current issues in early childhood education. Regular features in each issue include: "The Director's Toolbox," delineating practical suggestions for directors related to program policies and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Child Care, Child Caregivers
