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Download full textRenchler, Ron – Urban Superintendent's Sounding Board, 1994
This publication contains three articles that examine the changing role of the urban superintendent. The first presents highlights of interviews with Dr. Walter Amprey, superintendent of the Baltimore City Public Schools, and Dr. Donald Ingwerson, who served 12 years as the superintendent of the Jefferson County, Kentucky, Public Schools. Each…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Agency Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
Lashway, Larry – Research Roundup, 1997
In shared decision making (SDM), principals collaborate with teachers and sometimes parents to take actions aimed at improving instruction and school climate. While research on SDM outcomes is still inconclusive, the literature shows that SDM brings both benefits and problems, and that the principal is a key figure. This brief offers a sampling of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decision Making, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Describes Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) publications that pertain to collaborative activities undertaken by community colleges and their partners, the types of agencies that fund such programs, and the strategies that guide effective partnerships. Groups publications into three categories: (1) existing partnerships; (2) funding…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Fund Raising, Institutional Cooperation
Lashway, Larry – Research Roundup, 2003
School-reform efforts in recent years have stressed, and expanded, the leadership role of the principal. But in the view of many analysts, the task of transforming a school is too complex for one person to accomplish alone. Consequently, a new model of leadership is developing: distributed leadership. This Research Roundup summarizes five…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Lashway, Larry – 1995
Influenced by leadership developments in the private sector, educational researchers have increasingly focused their attention on "transformational" models of leadership that emphasize collaboration and empowerment. The facilitative leader's role is to foster the involvement of employees at all different levels. This digest summarizes…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Cooperation
Zwerling, L. Steven – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1998
Presents the views of Steven Zwerling, Ford Foundation Senior Director, on collaborations with educational institutions and on factors that help make them successful. These factors include: (1) a college president who strongly believes in partnerships; (2) a strong working relationship with the school superintendent; and (3) strong ties to the…
Descriptors: College Presidents, College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Change
Imel, Susan – 2000
The 1998 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) consolidates more than 70 programs and gives states the flexibility to partner with local governments to develop streamlined services providing universal access. Because adult education and postsecondary vocational education are required partners in the one-stop systems being established through Title I of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education
