School trips to museums do not have to be boring lecture-tours if educators and museum personnel work together to make the visits exciting learning experiences. Includes a simple plan for developing such trips. (Author/MD)

If administrators make sure that required competencies are taught in the existing curriculum, there will be no need to create remedial classes for those who fail competency tests. Without the need for remedial classes, there is no chance that the regular curriculum will be reduced to accommodate them. (IRT)

Offers 20 recommendations for administrators to follow in preparing for teacher evaluation conferences. (Author/WD)

Outlines how the Lounsberry Hollow Middle School in New Jersey has devised a scheduling program that minimizes the student pullout problem and maintains the academic integrity of the school day. (MD)

An innovative counseling program developed at Gordon High School (Atlanta, Georgia) illustrates the importance of administrators and counselors working together in partnership. (MD)

Schools are being encouraged to include more technology, but planning is an essential step in integrating technology into the curriculum. Provides a description of a successful approach to curriculum development taken in Minnesota. (MD)

Presents guidelines for planning, structuring, and executing a productive program to target school sites for closure. Two ideals are emphasized: accomplishing the task correctly and convincing potential critics of the integrity of the decision. (Author/IRT)

Outlines the effective counseling programs developed by the Jefferson County Schools (Colorado) that meet the needs of students and adults through a focus on the positive. (MD)

Effective principal training should reflect the relationship of theory, training, and practice. The Contingency Framework for Administrator Development (CFAD) model is presented as a training program that can integrate administrative task areas, processes, and characteristics through theory and application. (MD)

Prioritizing the use of time, effective communication, delegating authority, having detailed job descriptions, and good secretarial assistance are important components of time management for assistant principals. (MD)

Innovation insurance involves planning in order to avoid pitfalls. When adopting microcomputers, this means answering 10 preliminary questions, appointing a coordinator of computer services, and arranging inservice teacher training. (Author/JM)

Suggests techniques for planning and administering gifted programs, identifying gifted students, and gaining program acceptance. (JM)

Requirements for the effective performance of an administrative team are cooperative planning, coordinated implementation, and cooperative evaluation. (Author/MLF)

Presents an eight-step model for introducing computers into an educational program. Emphasizes advance planning, which includes developing a theoretical basis, specifying a mission, defining measurable outcome, refining evaluation criteria, preparing a program, and implementing, evaluating, and recycling the results. (MLH)

Offers advice to administrators for increasing their effectiveness in an era of shrinking resources. Stresses the necessity for careful planning, delegation of tasks, and setting of priorities. Includes a guide for setting priorities and a priority planning chart. (WD)