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Peer reviewedWimpelberg, Robert K. – Education and Urban Society, 1988
Summarizes recent scholarship on superintendents and classroom learning. Concludes that central-office involvement is infrequent but probably necessary for widespread school improvement. Proposes guidelines for future research. (BJV)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Educational Change
Download full textEgelston, Darlene L.; Egelston, Richard L. – 1995
Membership on a board of education had been referred to as the most ill-defined position in local government. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the perceptions of experienced New York State school board members concerning 20 policy-formation and administrative activities. The respondents were asked to indicate whether a board…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board of Education Role
Howe, Robert C. – 1983
Principals are middle managers. Board members should have a superintendent who has a high regard for the principalship and who believes in the total team approach to school administration. They should allow principals to do the job they were hired to do--parental or citizen complaints should be referred to the principal instead of being personally…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship
Pace, Carey M., Jr. – 1973
The author discusses the implications of the administrative team concept in three dimensions. The first dimension is the local school level, where concern over middle management involvement in educational policy decisions becomes more significant as employee groups organize to negotiate school policies with the board of education. In the second…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Administrators
Hyman, Ronald T. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1995
"Rotondo" presents a conflict situation between a superintendent and his board of education. The New Jersey appellate court ruled that a board of education need not accept the recommendation of the superintendent and can appoint its own candidates after doing its own interviews. Emphasizes the broad power of a local board of education to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education
Collins, Lorraine – American School Board Journal, 1974
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Boards of Education
American School Board Journal, 1974
A test comprised of 30 questions designed to sharpen respondents' knowledge of board president responsibilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Boards of Education
American Association of School Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1967
The selection of a principal requires (1) a clear understanding of the responsibilities of the superintendent and others concerned in the selection process, (2) an objective and adequate view of the contemporary principal's role and the kind of person qualified to fill that role, (3) specific selection criteria, and (4) a careful development of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Board of Education Role, Principals
McAdams, Donald R. – School Administrator, 2003
Describes the superintendent's role in training members of the school board to lead. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training
Direct linkMcAdams, Donald R. – School Administrator, 2005
Board meetings are the time and place where school boards act. In fact, only when coming together as a body in a legal meeting do school board members become a board. Effective board meetings are the first prerequisite for an effective board. Furthermore, what parents and voters see at board meetings determines largely what they think about their…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Boards of Education, Meetings, Group Dynamics
Tagg, Geoffrey John – 1983
A case study of effects of government-imposed fiscal restraint on a rural British Columbia school system outlines the restraint in its various phases, its effects on School District No. 4 (Windermere), ways the district dealt with resulting problems, and the consequences, with implications for how not to implement fiscal restraint at the school…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Rhodes, Eric F.; Neal, Richard G. – 1968
Information is presented that is designed to help school board members and public school administrators successfully carry out collective negotiations with teacher organizations. The following topics are discussed: (1) Comparison of private and public collective bargaining, (2) essential ingredients of collective negotiations agreements, (3)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Arbitration, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
Sykes, Abel B., Jr. – Junior College Research Review, 1970
Six research reports dealing with the roles and proper relationships between professional administrators and boards of trustees are summarized in this review. The following topics are highlighted: the professional's theoretical basis for operation and its justification, roles and internal and external functions of the board, effects of vague or…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship
Hayden, J. G. – School Administrator, 1986
Describes the growing trend of conflicts between school boards and superintendents, some of the various causes behind these conflicts, and practical steps board members and superintendents can take to avoid and to solve them. (IW)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role
Mahoney, Dan – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
This is a research-based book to help school administrators understand and more effectively deal with the ethical compromises that arise as a result of the complex organizational and interpersonal demands of their leadership roles. The author combines personal knowledge, candid revelations, and interview data from five dedicated school…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Boards of Education, Ethics, Leadership Training
