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DeWitt, Douglas M.; DeWitt, Lori J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2012
While collegiate fraternity and sorority hazing are well documented problems that receive prominent attention, hazing at the high school level is also a serious issue. Across the nation, media headlines offer a continual reminder that high school hazing is not a phenomenon of the past. As high school principals seek ways to discourage and…
Descriptors: Violence, Principals, High Schools, Followup Studies
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McCullers, J. F.; Bozeman, William – NASSP Bulletin, 2010
This study examined how self-efficacy beliefs might be used to inform leadership regarding accountability. A survey of principals was used to investigate the degree to which they believed the goals of federal and state school measures were actually attainable, and to what degree they believed their leadership helped achieve these goals. The…
Descriptors: State Schools, Self Efficacy, Federal Legislation, Principals
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Militello, Matthew; Schimmel, David; Eberwein, H. Jake – NASSP Bulletin, 2009
The purpose of this national survey is to determine secondary school principals' knowledge of the rights of students and teachers, how often principals are legally threatened and sued, how they adjust their behaviors in response, and how they obtain and disseminate legal information. Survey results show that a majority of principals are uninformed…
Descriptors: High Schools, Principals, Knowledge Level, Legal Responsibility
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Kaniuka, Theodore Stefan; Vickers, Melinda – NASSP Bulletin, 2010
In 2002, Early College High Schools Initiative became a reality across the United States for students and educators looking for ways to improve student graduation rates, college attendance, and overall student achievement. This mixed method case study found that (a) the early college high school environment supported the academic success of…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students
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Kilbane, James F., Jr. – NASSP Bulletin, 2009
School change efforts to develop schools as learning communities result in schools that are constantly learning and thus changing. This collective case study of four schools involved in a 4-year reform effort begins to examine the ongoing sustainability of a learning community. The study draws insights about the sustainability of learning…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Professional Development, Learning Activities, Discourse Communities
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Hart, Leslie A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1973
To retrain teachers for better performance, the author says, the teaching environment must be changed significantly. He elaborates on his theory and gives examples of his method. (Editor)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Programs, Retraining
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Coppedge, Floyd L.; Exendine, Lois – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
By using the curriculum, teaching methods, student evaluation processes, human relations skills, and classroom management techniques in addition to verbal praise and token rewards as sources of reinforcement for student behavior and learning in the individual classroom, principals and teachers can enhance the school's educational environment. (PGD)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Richards, James J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
To avoid the dehumanization that can result from too much emphasis on efficiency alone, PPBS must conform with the pre-existing school environment, with its personal, political, social, and economic dimensions. (Editor)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Educational Environment, Organizational Change, Organizational Climate
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Karpicke, Herbert; Murphy, Mary E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
A positive climate is characterized by a comfortable, orderly, and safe environment. A healthy culture exists when all stakeholders understand an organization's goals and purposes and work productively to achieve them. This article contrasts the "McSchool" (efficiency-celebrating) cultural model with the spaceship-discovery model,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Leadership Responsibility, Models
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Wallinger, Linda Moody – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Humor can be a powerful, productive tool to help teachers succeed in the classroom. Humor cultivates spirit, alleviates stress, improves communication, and diffuses conflict. Reviews types of humor (satire, cheerfulness, eccentricity, and sarcasm), discusses humor's classroom uses and benefits, and shows how school leaders can introduce humor into…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Conflict Resolution, Educational Benefits, Educational Environment
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Krajewski, Bob – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
Leadership enlivens the school philosophy, mission, and vision and determines school climate and work culture. "Enculturating" principals are advised to envision a collaborative direction for the future, establish a clear mission/practice linkage, focus on solutions, be fair to others, foster staff development, create new networks, and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy, Guidelines, Institutional Mission
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Chance, Edward W.; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
To establish an effective, collaborative work culture, the school and its members must embrace continuous improvement. Principals can use certain activities and leadership approaches to help establish a productive school culture. One Oklahoma middle-school principal involved faculty in creating a school vision and developing grade-level teaching…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Environment, Institutional Mission, Intermediate Grades
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Houlihan, G. Thomas – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Many educators have been too quick to use traditional statistical data as measures of school effectiveness. Instead, educators should develop means of understanding and communicating to the public measures of social variables that operate in effective schools. (JW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
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Strom, Paris; Strom, Robert; Wing, Charlotte – NASSP Bulletin, 2008
Online polling was examined as a procedure for decision makers to find out how students perceive conditions of learning at their school. Students in Grades 7-12 from eight schools completed online polls about learning on the Internet, time management, and tutoring. Principals favorably evaluated polling as a method for gathering information and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Time Management, Electronic Learning, Student Surveys
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Clark, Arvel B.; Grube, John R. – NASSP Bulletin, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Programs, Individualized Instruction
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