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Peer reviewedGrier, Terry B. – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
A project team's success variables are autonomy, outward focus, accountability, and dependence. Administrators can prevent committee-it is by allowing teams to pick their own leaders; communicating who has "chartered" the team; establishing clear goals, decision-making expectations, and time-lines; advocating consensus; and providing…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Responsibility, Committees, Elementary Secondary Education
Wolfe, Edward W. – High School Magazine, 1999
Research indicates that the most profound barriers to implementing portfolio assessments are time requirements and grading difficulties. Principals can help teachers by allowing released time for organizing meetings, developing curriculum, networking, and grading portfolios. Teachers also need recognition and storage/documentation materials and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Documentation, Grading
Hall, Burnis – 1986
Recent research shows that principals can heavily influence schools' organizational effectiveness. This report describes the instructional leadership roles of elementary and high school principals participating in the Wayne State University Staff Development for School Improvement Program (SDSI) conducted from 1981 through 1984. The SDSI school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedJacobson, Stephen L. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1996
Examines deficiencies in traditional administrator preparation programs and discusses new directions. Describes the Leadership Initiative for Tomorrow's Schools, developed by the State University of New York at Buffalo. Key features include cohort groups and mentors, field participation in candidate recruitment and selection, promotion of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
