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Gordon, David W. – School Administrator, 2004
In this article, the author asserts that now that states and school districts are enacting ever more rigorous standards, instructional materials and assessments, school board members are asking more questions, as they should. Superintendents would be wise to have strategies ready to help them learn more about the new standards-based environment.…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Boards of Education, Superintendents, State Standards
Association of Community Tribal Schools, Sisseton, SD. – 1994
This manual provides guidelines on the roles and responsibilities of boards of education and administrators in creating effective schools for American Indian students. Mission statements from both the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Indian Education Programs and the Association of Community Tribal Schools reflect a shared goal of ensuring…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education
Murdick, Olin J. – NCEA Bull, 1969
Presented at the 66th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 7-10, 1969.
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Catholic Schools, Educational Administration
Kudlaty, Frank – 1980
One of the conditions set forth in the hiring of the new superintendent of a southeast Texas school district was that a reduction in force would be accomplished. How this process, that usually involves six months planning time and and additional year to carry out, was accomplished in a period of six months is detailed in this speech. An analysis…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Class Size
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. – 1964
PARTICIPANTS AT THE INSTITUTES CONSIDERED BOARD-ADMINISTRATOR RELATIONSHIPS IN A FRAMEWORK OF THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE--"TO PROVIDE FOR ALL, YOUNG AND OLD, ABLE AND NOT SO ABLE, WELL PREPARED AND POORLY PREPARED, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT INDIVIDUALS." THE REPORT INCLUDES ADDRESSES ON (1) THEORETICAL BASES FOR…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Conference Reports
Melby, Ernest O. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
Community education appears to be peculiarly vulnerable to bureaucratic restrictions. Consequently, successful community education endeavors appear to require basic role changes among teachers, principals, supervisors, superintendents, and board members. (Author/JH)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Community Education
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Sapone, Carmelo V. – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Surveys teachers, administrators, superintendents, and school board members for opinions on whether each of 18 major characteristics commonly associated with effective schools could actually be included in the local school programs. Suggests courses of action for superintendents. (JW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
McIntire, Ronald G. – American School Board Journal, 1982
Outlines a seven-step process by which boards of education and school administrators can work as a team to develop and implement policies and procedures. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Educational Policy
Podemski, Richard S.; Steele, Ruth – American School Board Journal, 1981
Examines the problems inherent in working with citizen advisory committees and offers advice to boards and administrators on meeting or preventing conflict with these groups. (WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Advisory Committees, Board of Education Role, Citizen Participation
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Schrumpf, Fred; Kurtz, Don – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
Takes the reader step-by-step through the sequence of events required to develop an alternative educational program. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education
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McAdams, Richard P.; Cressman, Brad K. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1997
Perceptions of school superintendents and school board members regarding their respective roles in school governance were studied with 175 superintendents and 226 school board members. Significant differences were found in role perceptions of superintendents and school board members; both groups believed they should have more authority relative to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Boards of Education
McAdams, Richard P. – American School Board Journal, 1996
Describes strategies for conducting a successful superintendent search. Outlines issues for the school board to consider, including 10 questions about the nature of the school board and 10 questions to ask the prospective superintendents. Contains tips for identifying the board's and superintendent's operating and communication styles. (LMI)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Boards of Education
O'Callaghan, William G., Jr. – School Administrator, 2004
Realizing how difficult it is to pass tax issues today, many school boards with all good intentions place them on the ballot before the money is really needed. They do this so if the tax issues are not approved, they have another chance to get them passed before serious educational cuts have to be made. In states where school districts must rely…
Descriptors: School Taxes, School Districts, Public Schools, Boards of Education
Loveless, Tom – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2009
This study examines tracking--the practice of grouping students into separate classes or courses based on their prior academic achievement--at the middle-school level, and the percentage of high-achieving students in tracked and untracked schools. It focuses on Massachusetts, a leader in "reforming" tracking, and the changes that have…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Track System (Education), High Achievement, Middle School Students
Portis, Carrie; Garcia, Mary W. – School Administrator, 2007
In this article, the authors present Edwin Diaz, superintendent of California's Gilroy Unified School District and discuss the common challenges and strategies among those education leaders who take on--and succeed at--the role of change agent and reformer. When Edwin Diaz became superintendent of California's Gilroy Unified School District in…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Educational Improvement, Public Education, Professional Development
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