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Download full textConstable, Cheryl; Renwick, Margery – 1992
The study reported in this document was conducted to measure the impact of the New Zealand Fire Service's new fire safety program on elementary school students. Firefighters in each fire station and voluntary fire brigade in New Zealand were responsible for arranging a visit to every elementary school within their area to present a learning…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Demonstration Programs, Elementary School Students, Fire Fighters
Seagren, Alan T.; And Others – 1994
Drawing from a national survey of 9,000 community and technical college department chairs in the United States and Canada, this book offers insights on the personal characteristics, responsibilities, challenges, and strategies of chairs. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the study, including information on its rationale and purpose, instrument…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Community Colleges
Williams, Michael T. – 1979
The 3-part inquiry described focused on geography departments in maintained secondary schools in England, Scotland, and Wales to study the process of decision-making in the curriculum context which needs to be done before using a television set in the classroom. In part one, four local education authorities were studied to determine and describe…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
Decker, Robert H.; Talbot, Adrian P. – 1989
In the face of declining enrollments, many Iowa rural school districts have begun sharing superintendents. In 1988-89, 88 districts shared 44 superintendents; 42 of these participated in structured interviews for this study. All participants were male. Interviewees indicated that most school boards had undertaken the new arrangement because the…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1986
The study group of five teachers who examined aspects of the Kentucky Beginning Teacher Internship program developed this guide for beginning teachers. Members of the group (3 resource teachers and 2 first-year teachers) surveyed a random sample of 234 interns to assess their opinions about the internship program and to aggregate advice they would…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Internship Programs
Cote, Lawrence S. – 1986
In early 1983, a survey was conducted among the presidents and board chairpersons of the 14 public community colleges in Pennsylvania, asking respondents to rate the level of importance of 20 presidential roles based on their institution's needs during the 1982-83 academic year. During a joint annual meeting of Pennsylvania community college…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role
New York State Education Dept. Albany. Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. – 1981
Intended for New York State school board members, the guide outlines the responsibilities of board members regarding education of handicapped students. An overview of state and federal rules and regulations is followed by sections on the board's role in the following areas: working with the Committee on the Handicapped, identifying children in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Garberina, Thomas J. – 1976
This administrator's guide is designed to provide a systematic and objective means of evaluating an ongoing reading program. The procedures outlined recognize the important role of the administrator as the change-agent who initiates, encourages, supports, observes, and evaluates programs. The systems approach simplifies the Generic Planning…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Anderson, Philip Wayne – 2002
This study utilized Mintzberg's taxonomy of managerial roles to examine the roles performed by community college chief academic officers (CAOs). Mintzberg's taxonomy defines managerial roles as a set of behaviors and identifies 10 distinct roles: (1) figurehead; (2) leader; (3) liaison; (4) monitor; (5) disseminator; (6) spokesperson; (7)…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Role
Olson, Gary A.; Ashton-Jones, Evelyn – Writing Program Administration, 1988
Surveys freshman English directors in order to help define the role of the writing center director. Discusses how writing center directors are viewed within English departments. Appends the questionnaire used. (MS)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College English, English Departments
Norris, Cynthia J.; And Others – 1996
What leaders encourage others to do must be congruent with the values they espouse and demonstrate through action. The educational leadership platform has recently been used as a tool to assist aspiring leaders in clarifying their personal values. This paper presents findings of a study that explored the effect of the educational leadership…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Education, Administrator Role
Daresh, John C.; Playko, Marsha A. – 1992
Findings of a study that examined the needs of beginning school principals are presented in this paper, with a focus on the differences in perceptions of aspiring and experienced principals. A questionnaire was mailed to 420 aspiring school principals in 5 universities in 3 states and to 100 practicing elementary, middle, and secondary principals…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility
Furtwengler, Willis J.; Hurst, David – 1992
Findings of a study that examined principals' leadership behaviors in implementing a systemic program for school reform and improvement are presented in this paper. The program, Reaching Success through Involvement (RSI), is an implementation strategy that involves comprehensive assessment and student leader participation. A survey was…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Change
Gougeon, Thomas D. – 1991
An analysis of principal-teacher social control communication dynamics is offered in this report, with a focus on the effects of gender on such communication processes. Surveys were administered to 319 K-12 teachers in 19 Washington State schools and to 19 principals. Onsite interviews were also conducted with five principals. Findings from the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Pellicer, Leonard O.; And Others – 1990
This study was the third in a series of national studies of the high school principalship dating back to the early 1960s. Its major purpose was to analyze and describe high school leaders and their schools. This volume describes the characteristics and behaviors of high performing principals (type "A") and typically performing principals ("type…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, High Schools
