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Hall, Gene E.; Mani, M. N. G. – 1989
To determine the first things that a new principal does during the first few months on the job, an intensive case study was conducted of 12 first-time high school principals in Florida, Virginia, Missouri, and Colorado. Each beginning principal was assigned a research team member who conducted on-site visits, reviewed documentation regarding the…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Role, Entry Workers, High Schools
Download full textHord, Shirley M.; Hall, Gene E. – 1983
Past research has correlated differential curriculum implementation outcomes at the classroom level with the actions of the key change facilitator at the school level: the principal. Accordingly, this paper reports the results of a study of three change facilitator styles among principals: responders, managers, and initiators. Working definitions…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Innovation
Hall, Gene E. – 1984
This paper describes three paradigmatic "change facilitator styles": initiator, manager, and responder. These styles were identified through observations of principals' school improvement practices and the effects that those practices had on implementation at the classroom level. Initiators have clear, decisive long-range policies and…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Innovation
