How does the local director of vocational education see his role and how do others see it? A Minnesota survey found that local directors and school superintendents saw eye to eye more often than the other participating groups (board chairpersons, state vocational staffs, principals, and vocational teachers). (Editor/HD)

A study was undertaken to describe the job and required competencies of local coordinators of vocational education programs in Minnesota for handicapped and disadvantaged students. The approach taken to the job description was a competency-based training design, calling for the specification of the competencies required by the position. A list of…

This study of the school board agenda-setting role among 30 Minnesota superintendents interprets their perceptions in relation to environmental contexts, group demands, issues control, and district enrollment size. A microperspective of David Easton's political systems model provided the guiding conceptual framework. Respondents were interviewed…