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Download full textDe Bevoise, Wynn – R&D Perspectives, 1982
The proceedings of a conference on collective bargaining sponsored by the Center for Educational Policy and Management at the University of Oregon are summarized by this publication. The conference, "The Effects of Collective Bargaining on School Administrative Leadership," explored a multiplicity of approaches to collective bargaining and its…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining
DeBevoise, Wynn – R & D Perspectives, 1982
Principals are expected to be instructional leaders but generally lack the time and training to assume such a role. Several theories and research studies suggest alternative views of the principal's role in providing instructional leadership. Ethnographic studies of principals show that principals spend little time on evaluation, instruction, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Discipline
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1980
Twelve essays and books reviewed in this annotated bibliography contribute information about how principals can identify the need for change and how they can implement successful change strategies. The literature contains several case studies as well as empirical research data. One study concludes that change is more likely to occur when…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role
EDUTECH Report, 1994
This newsletter examines education technology issues of concern to school faculty and administrators. Regular features in each issue include educational technology news, a book review, and a question and answer column. The cover articles during this volume year are: "The Build-or-Buy Decision: No One Right Answer"; "The National…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedPalmer, James C., Ed.; Katsinas, Stephen G., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1996
Focusing on the field of community college education as an academic specialty in graduate and continuing education programs, the 10 essays in this volume explore the role of these programs in training community college leaders. The following articles are provided: (1) "Legacy of the Post-WWII Growth Years for Community College Leadership…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Graduate Study
Zemsky, Robert, Ed. – Policy Perspectives, 1996
This article grew out of a roundtable of national leaders in higher education which explored questions regarding the role of, and trust in, institutional leaders when faced with seemingly insurmountable problems. The essay argues that while individual responses to change are certain to differ by institutional setting and circumstance, the very…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, College Faculty
Davies, Bill; And Others – Florida Educational Research Council Research Bulletin, 1989
Emphasizing the importance of information in effective planning and decision making, this document reviews the background on data in education both before and after 1976, with particular emphasis on the Florida Educational Accountability Act and its influence on: (1) comprehensive planning; (2) student assessment; (3) management information…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Demography
Burgdorf, Augustus – Southern Association of Community, Junior, and Technical Colleges (SACJTC) Occasional Paper, 1992
Total Quality (TQ), is a customer-oriented philosophy of management that utilizes total employee involvement in the relentless, daily search for improvement of product and service quality, through the use of statistical methods, employee teams, and performance management. In the TQ framework, "internal" customers are individuals within the…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Educational Quality
Alfred, Richard L., Ed.; Carter, Patricia, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1993
Intended as a forum for the discussion of governance and management in community colleges, this book details current trends in management approaches at the institutions, provides a practical description of management roles and responsibilities for college faculty and staff, and examines critical issues facing leaders engaged in management…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles
Here's How, 1982
One of a series of practitioner-oriented newsletters, the document provides elementary school principals with strategies for implementing effective public relations in the public schools. The article describes ways in which principals can assess their school's public relations needs, coordinate the various elements of communication, and evaluate…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Gall, Meredith D.; De Bevoise, Wynn – R & D Perspectives, 1983
The two articles in this bulletin concern an experiment in progress to determine if training teachers in a structured program for mathematics instruction results in higher student achievement and if the effects of the program on teachers and students would be enhanced if the building principal participates in and supports the inservice process. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
McLeary, Lloyd E. – The Executive Review, 1981
The principalship promises to be fundamentally different in the future than it has been in the past. Throughout the seventies, social trends and studies of schooling caused a loss of confidence in the principal. Yet by the end of the decade, principals were seen to be important in affecting school productivity, as was suggested by many studies of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility
New Leaders for Urban Schools, 1995
The theme of this inaugural serial issue is "Building a Community of Learners." The serial has been designed to address school restructuring and reform and the roles of teachers, administrators, and parents. The first essay, "Constructing Communities of Cooperation" by Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood examines structural change in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Community Development, Educational Change
Johnson, Larry, Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 1995
The abstracts in this series provide two-page discussions of issues related to leadership, administration, and teaching in community colleges. The 12 abstracts for Volume 8, 1995, are: (1) "Redesigning the System To Meet the Workforce Training Needs of the Nation," by Larry Warford; (2) "The College President, the Board, and the Board Chair: A…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Community Colleges
Gorringe, Richard; And Others – Coombe Lodge Report, 1994
The purpose of this collection of eight essays is to demonstrate some of the ways in which the culture of British colleges of further education are being consciously changed to meet the demands of the 21st century. The essays are: (1) "Change Where Contrasting Cultures Meet," (Will Bridge) which examines the experiences of South Thames…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Role, Cultural Influences
