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Direct linkMaas, Bruce; Paige, Brian; Ridley, Michael; Rowe, Theresa; Wandschneider, Bo; Woo, Melissa – EDUCAUSE Review, 2012
The role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in higher education is continuously changing, and the career path to becoming a CIO is not always well defined. As campuses consider succession planning, and as CIOs and those who hope to become CIOs think about filling the IT leadership "pipeline," the transformation both of information…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Leadership, Labor Supply, Higher Education
Fullan, Michael – Principal, 2010
After more than 20 years of vague reference to the principal as instructional leader, progress is finally being made, and the specificity and results are truly awesome. In 1989, William Smith and Richard Andrews wrote a monograph titled "Instructional Leadership: How Principals Make a Difference." In their study of 1,200 school…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Scott, Nelson – Elements: Translating Theory into Practice, 1980
Inquires into what the role of the educational administrator should be with regard to instructional leadership. Provides eight suggestions for the instructional leader in the area of language arts. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Instruction
Fast, Ray – Education Canada, 1992
In response to a changing society, superintendents must develop a new set of skills involving knowledge of fiscal management, school law, management systems, human resources, curriculum, educational research, and policy development, among others. Superintendents must be agents of change with a vision of the future. Priorities should include an…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
Adamowski, T. H. – ADE Bulletin, 1988
Discusses the role of the University of Toronto's humanities chair in dealing with other disciplines at the university. (MM)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Department Heads, Foreign Countries
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
Moorthy, David – Education Canada, 1992
Although principals typically emphasize their managerial role, they need to increase their role as instructional leaders. The principal's role as an instructional leader encompasses three dimensions: (1) defining the school mission; (2) overseeing the instructional program; and (3) promoting the school learning climate. (KS)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Bernatchez, Berthe – Education Canada, 1999
The director of a new professional-development center describes living and surviving a year of rapid change in Quebec. Four important management strategies are identifying and understanding reform goals to communicate them effectively, translating reform goals into specific institutional objectives and an action plan to mobilize staff, inviting…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Stuhr, Christian – 1988
Policies for educational institutions reflect social values. However, modern Canadian society is pluralistic; many values are held, and often these are in conflict with one another. Neither an appeal to the facts nor reasoned argument will reconcile such conflicts. Policy makers must think globally and act locally to ensure that all levels of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy
Common, Dianne L. – Education Canada, 1981
Successful curriculum implementation must be deliberate, planned, and supervised. Characteristics affecting the success of curriculum innovations include the degree of change from the status quo, complexity, explicitness, practicality, and comparative advantage of the curriculum. Teachers' personalities, comprehension, and willingness to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adoption (Ideas), Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Forbes, W. G. – 1981
Three issues concerning educational policy making are examined in this paper: (1) Who has the power to affect major policies in Canadian postsecondary education? (2) How does a shift in power affect educational policy making? and (3) How can institutional management best respond to this power? After presenting a rationale for its focus on power,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Policy, Governance, Government Role
Download full textWatson, Roy E. L. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1979
A study of the influence of academic discipline, sex and nationality on the definition of the role of the head of a university department indicates the importance of discipline, the coordinator or representative role, and the lack of influence of nationality on expectations. (JMF)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, College Faculty, Demography
Berard, Robert N. – Education Canada, 1981
Discusses why the principal's position in the school system in general and within teachers' organizations in particular is, at present, hazy and in urgent need of reappraisal. (NEC)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Organizations, Foreign Countries
Dyer, John; Fontaine, Omer – Education Canada, 1995
Describes collaborative teacher and administrator training in cognitive coaching, a form of teacher supervision in which the administrator acts as a facilitator of teacher reflection on teacher's own teaching practices and the thinking behind them. Includes one principal's thoughts on his own professional development as he proceeded through the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives
Watts, O. B. – 1986
Inspired by Franz Kafka's predatory leopard anecdote, this speech explores the plight of Canadian secondary school principals trying to meet students' educational needs within the constraints imposed by politics and finance. A cross-country survey of 60 principals disclosed some typical problems. Principals must be reponsive to public opinion…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Instructional Leadership
