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Order out of Chaos.
Holayter, Marlene C.; Sheldon, Don P. – Executive Educator, 1994
School leaders can take comfort from the new sciences and use them to cope with the many paradoxes and swirling changes that nullify their usual leadership tools. School leaders inhabit a chaotic, nonlinear world, but everyone wants more structure for security. The challenge is to find predictability even in the most unpredictable of times. Trying…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Chaos Theory, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Doormat or Dictator?
Pawlas, George E. – Executive Educator, 1993
Somewhere between easygoing and hardboiled management extremes lies the realm of true leadership. An effective administrator gets results by leading people (not ordering them), learning how to handle them, and discovering what makes each one tick. A true leader captures and holds staff members' confidence, helps them develop needed skills, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Labor Relations
Central Office Blues.
Tewel, Kenneth J. – Executive Educator, 1994
Under restructuring, the roles and responsibilities of upperlevel school executives and middle managers are rapidly shifting. Districts are creating new job titles, and central-office personnel find themselves competing with outside contractors. Superintendents can help by creating a trusting environment, giving staff a sense of mission, showing…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Central Office Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education
How Your Colleagues Handle the Prickliest School Problem.
Chism, Kitty – Executive Educator, 1983
School superintendents asked to relate the most difficult personnel problems of their careers and how they dealt with those crises agreed that sensational cases are easier to handle than those requiring delicacy and patience. Anecdotes illustrate the superintendents' problems and their solutions. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Is Your Discipline Policy Part of Your Discipline Problem?
Maynard, Bill – Executive Educator, 1983
Get-tough discipline policies may contribute to student misbehavior in school. Educators may also contribute by humiliating students who fail, unnecessarily complicating discipline policies, enforcing rules arbitrarily and inconsistently, punishing unfairly, or using double standards for teachers and students. The best discipline programs are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Does Your Style Threaten Your Survival?
Parker, Barbara – Executive Educator, 1981
Compares a school superintendent's unsuccessful management of conflict with community groups and the successful methods of a city manager. Notes differences in the two administrators' attitudes toward conflict management, public involvement, and professional status. (RW)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, City Officials, Conflict Resolution
Chuck the Checklist.
Harrington-Lueker, Donna – Executive Educator, 1996
Many schools are replacing checklists with performance-based assessments (portfolios and self-evaluation instruments), supplemented by cognitive coaching, student evaluations, structured simulation tasks, and action research. Evaluation is becoming a long-term, cyclical process linked to organizational goals. Teams of assessors are replacing…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Performance Based Assessment, Portfolio Assessment, Research Needs
To Hit the Ground Running, Pack Your Own Parachute.
Roder, Lawrence; Pearlman, David H. – Executive Educator, 1989
A new principal needs an entry plan in order to avoid a misstep in the administrative position. The entry plan includes details on interviews, visits, observations, and readings necessary. It lists activities that enable the principal to assess the school's basic strengths and weaknesses. (SI)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role
When You Step into Any New Job, Start Off on the Right Foot.
Dinklocker, Christina M. – Executive Educator, 1989
When accepting a new post as a school administrator, it is important to earn the respect and trust of the staff. Suggestions are made that are intended to generate the rapport and support required to succeed as a school executive. (SI)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
The Evolution of a New Teachers.
Tomlin, Michael E. – Executive Educator, 1993
What happens just after new teacher is hired establishes teacher's future attitude about profession. To keep teachers from turning against management, districts must create induction connection, network of people who will work with the teacher throughout year. These can include teacher sponsor, support staff, personnel office staff, curriculum and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Support Groups
The New Principal.
Tranter, William H. – Executive Educator, 1992
Under school-based management, principals are there to help staff members make the best possible decisions. The principal's job involves six discernable roles: (1) facilitator; (2) trainer; (3) expert adviser; (4) resource coordinator; (5) communicator; and (6) advocate. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment, Leadership Qualities
Help Teachers Help Themselves.
Barnes, Ronald E.; Murphy, John – Executive Educator, 1987
Peer coaching, teacher input, and focus on teaching improvement are important ingredients in an inservice teacher training program in a Palos Hills, Illinois, school district. Program goals and guidelines for training sessions and peer coaching teams are detailed. (CJH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Instructional Improvement
The Best Lessons I've Learned as a Superintendent.
Abrams, Joan D. – Executive Educator, 1987
A superintendent of 12 years presents a guide for superintendent success in interpersonal skills. His precepts include: always demonstrate integrity; maintain a sense of humor; be prepared to lead; respond to the situation, not the person; give credit where it's due; and insist on an objective evaluation. (CJH)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Try These Tonics to Pep Up Schools.
Lindsey, Charles – Executive Educator, 1986
Suggests time-honored tactics for superintendents wishing to boost community support for schools, including (1) weekly school visits, (2) teacher-observation requirements for principals, (3) weekly board newsletters, (4) daily lunches with school children, (5) minimal yearly teaching requirements for all administrators, and (6) a well-developed…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Discipline Reports Protect You.
Dewar, Randy L. – Executive Educator, 1981
Administrators need to document all events connected with disciplinary action, including dates and descriptions of the incidents and of actions taken. These records, signed statements from witnesses and others involved, and references to applicable board policies or state statutes serve as crucial documentation in case of a formal court hearing.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Court Litigation, Discipline, Discipline Policy
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