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Download full textSergiovanni, Thomas J. – The Australian Administrator, 1980
Educational administrators' concern with planning and time management results from the fragmentation of their daily activities, which research has documented, and their consequent search for order and control. Time is important because its scarcity affects productivity and its use has social-psychological effects on staffs' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Sweeney, James – The Practitioner, 1989
The supervisory conference presents an opportunity to stimulate growth and to improve performance despite the threat, in some cases, to self-esteem and job security. This document identifies the conflicting but challenging purposes of supervisory conferences and presents suggestions for setting up the supervisory conference through a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Communication Skills, Conferences
Decker, Virginia A., Ed. – 1979
This guide is the fourth in a series of eleven generated in 1978 as the result of workshops that focused on peer training, a different approach to teaching. The workshops provided the opportunity for members of eleven identified role groups to work together with peers to examine the relationship between their specific role group and community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Grady, Joan B. – Practitioner, 1981
Extracurricular activities in secondary schools are an important part of student preparation for adult life. This document presents guidelines on the components, administration, and evaluation of student activities. It suggests that a comprehensive activity program should include student government, publications, cultural activities, service…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Extracurricular Activities, Guidelines, Organizational Objectives
Decker, Virginia A., Ed. – 1979
This guide is the fifth in a series of eleven generated in 1978 as the result of workshops that focused on peer training, a different approach to teaching. The workshops provided the opportunity for members of eleven identified role groups to work together with peers to examine the relationship between their specific role group and community…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Decker, Virginia A., Ed. – 1979
This guide is the seventh in a series of eleven generated in 1978 as the result of workshops that focused on peer training, a different approach to teaching. The workshops provided the opportunity for members of eleven identified role groups to work together with peers to examine the relationship between their specific role group and community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Zemsky, Robert, Ed. – Policy Perspectives, 2001
This essay explores the need for higher education institutions to broaden their conceptions of the talent and experience required of those who assume managerial responsibilities. Colleges and universities are clinging to a parochial set of notions about the job descriptions and skills needed by those who would manage the enterprise of higher…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Administrators, College Administration
Stolp, Stephen – OSSC Bulletin, 1995
This bulletin focuses on the role that community plays in creating a positive school environment. Drawing from research and practice, it offers insights and suggestions for helping children form social bonds, instilling in them core values, and serving as a safe haven for those students whose home lives lack a sense of safety. The bulletin begins…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Cooperation, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKaragianis, L. D.; Nesbit, W. C. – Canadian Administrator, 1980
The transition from special schools and classes to the regular classroom will not be easy or inexpensive. A reorganization such as that envisaged requires effective educational administrators. The reorganization must be based on sound principles of special education as well as on a knowledge of administrative theory and practice. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Lemon, Donald K. – Streamlined Seminar, 1986
Effective leadership by school principals requires the ability to plan, organize, motivate, control, anticipate, orient, coordinate, implement, staff, make decisions, and program, all effectively. These abilities can be exercised in different ways, however, and several different directions, purposes, and attitudes can be emphasized by the leader.…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Thompson, Sydney – 1979
This publication discusses intrinsic teacher motivation by reviewing human resources literature and making use of educational literature and interviews with working educators. First it provides sketches of the work motivation theories of McGregor, Maslow, Herzberg, and Deci. Next, the paper examines the work and problems of teachers. Finally, it…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Literature Reviews
Lashway, Larry – Research Roundup, 1998
Ways in which teachers and principals respond to changing leadership roles and some practical steps that principals can take to support leadership are discussed in this article review. It focuses on five papers that explore educators' roles, offering advice on how to respond to changing expectations. "When is New: A Plan of Action" (A. W. Hart)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Book Reviews, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedBickman, Leonard, Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1990
Eight articles discuss Program Theory (PT) construction issues, administrators as applied theorists, tests of PT, using path analysis to develop/evaluate PT, using PT to describe/measure program quality, developing/testing program classification and function theories, a pattern-matching approach to link PT and evaluation data, and linking PT and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classification, Evaluation Methods, Innovation
Sipe, Rebecca Bowers – Here's How, 1994
A number of spelling strategies are available to help students who do not have a good visual memory. Phonics is a valuable tool in the early grades. Many students benefit from studying word families. Mnemonic devices and tactile methods are also useful. Spelling gains importance when students write, although both the purpose for writing and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Parent Participation
Parrish, William C. – 1981
The use of volunteers is one answer to the short supply of human and financial resources in our nation's secondary schools. There is evidence that volunteer programs planned with broad based faculty-student involvement greatly enrich classroom activities. The principal holds a key role in assuring the success of volunteer programs by coordinating…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Orientation, Recruitment, School Aides
