Describes the continual challenges a Latino principal encounters trying to face issues of bigotry. Notes that colleagues understood the needs of the children in the school, but not the needs of the principal as an administrator of color who advocates for all children. Contends that resistance to serving bilingual students involves both personal…

The head of a firm that specializes in developing, operating, and evaluating after-school programs for schools and districts provides a useful guide to their planning, staffing, and sustainability. (Author)

Considers the relation of the qualities of leadership to child care management. Discusses what effective leaders know about themselves, about others, and about the cost of decision making. (DG)

Positive attitudes produce positive results. Offers practical suggestions for principals to develop a more positive atmosphere among faculty and staff. (MLF)

Describes several principles for helping parents feel a sense of ownership in early childhood programs. Principles concern inviting parents to be involved; helping them feel special; sharing insiders' information with parents; providing parents with insights about behaviors expected of them; and using staff-parent encounters to promote a sense of…

Golden rules for negotiating a good labor contract are directed at two groups: the negotiating team and the school board. (MLF)

Asserts that all building principals should have some direct and specific teaching responsibilities. (MS)

Steps and strategies to help senior development officers analyze activities, delegate duties, and concentrate on the central concerns of their job are provided. A distinction is made between activity urgency and importance. The techniques of selectively ignoring certain office cues and focusing on differential advantage in selecting activities are…

The role of the college student activities staff in advising student organizations is examined, and guidelines are offered for establishing an effective advisor-student leader relationship, attendance at student organization meetings and events, the extent of the advisor's influence and control over organizational and students' activities, and…

Notes that one of the most critical challenges the child welfare field faces is the need to understand and respond effectively to striking changes in the multicultural nature of American society. Discusses leadership approaches to the delivery of services to a multicultural client population and outlines several guidelines for developing…

Colleges and universities generally advertise themselves poorly because of improper planning, resistance, inexperience, and lack of marketing plan. Components of effective advertising include an appropriate and strategic plan, correct choice of planner, coordination with other marketing efforts, contingency planning, and follow-up activities. (MSE)

A number of factors keep college alumni staff and development officers from forging cooperative relationships, and campus and graduates suffer as a result. These factors include competition for resources and professional opportunities and stereotypes of administrator roles and characteristics. Successful partnerships require shared values and…

Examples are given of how United States universities are being affected by and coping with the declining revenues accompanying the current recession. The role of business officers in providing the facts, information, and guidance needed by an administration making retrenchment decisions is discussed. (DB)

Advises school superintendents who sit at the negotiating table to develop personal detachment and remain quiet if the session is open to the public. Quotes several collective bargaining experts who say school boards are courting disaster if they allow superintendents to negotiate with teacher unions. (MLF)

Describes the use of the At-Risk Program Management approach to project-delivery management, an approach that guarantees results for time, scope, quality, and cost for all components of project delivery while incorporating any combination of delivery methods. Explores its general parameters and the role of the at-risk program manager, as well as…