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Bailey, Gerald D.; And Others – 1995
Board members' role in technology implementation ranges from prompting development of technology plans to gathering community support for funding technology initiatives; they need substantial knowledge to enable them to ask the right questions, absorb new information, make good decisions, set appropriate policies, and lead confidently as…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Randall, Ruth E. – 1992
The role of the principal in implementing school choice policy is examined in this paper. Choice policy is viewed as a triad composed of three points--policy, consumer information, and diversity of the learning environment. Guidelines are offered for principals to help parents make school choice decisions, and several helpful booklets are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Bornstein, Leonard – 1978
New Jersey's removal of $22 million from its 1979-80 state school aid payments requires that school administrators immediately establish priorities and explore options for dealing with enrollment decline. From 1969 to 1978 New Jersey K-6 enrollment has dropped 19.4 percent. The time for selecting reasonable approaches to declining enrollment is…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Budgets, Declining Enrollment
Gaswirth, Marc; And Others – 1980
This book is organized to give the reader an overview of the legal, practical, and technical aspects of grievance handling. The book contains four general sections. The first three chapters constitute the first section and concern the legal framework of contract administration, including constitutional, statutory, and contractual guidelines and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Collective Bargaining, Contracts
Foskett, John M. – 1967
To determine community attitudes toward the position of elementary school principal, data were gathered in a Pacific Coast community in 1965 through role norm inventories completed by 367 teachers, 22 principals, the seven members of the school board, the superintendent of schools, 603 citizens, 56 community leaders, and 207 parents. Findings…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Community Attitudes
Stollar, Dewey H.; Dykes, Archie R. – 1965
This is a report of two two-day institutes which were designed to encourage increased and more effective activity in school desegregation in the Southeastern region. Each participant received copies of desegregation guidelines and a set of publications for essential background information. Kickoff speakers focused attention on progress in…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Administrators
Wilsey, Carl E.; Schroeder, Glenn B. – 1974
This paper attempts to help professionals and laymen who have responsibility for, or a vital interest in, improving the accountability of the public schools to better understand the participants and their roles in the operation of accountability programs. The report is designed to stimulate analysis and discussion of roles as they apply to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Budgeting
Lovell, John T.; And Others – 1966
Administrators, supervisors, and guidance counselors comprised the membership of this institute held from September 1, 1965 through August 31, 1966. The objectives were mainly "problem" oriented. The development of strategies for problem solving, and the evaluation of legal requirements involved in school desegregation were dealt with by…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Educational Strategies
Menninger, W. Walter – 1972
"Human relations," in its specific frame of reference, has come to mean majority-minority relations. This paper discusses human relations in both its broader as well as in its narrower focus. In human relations, the problems that develop are fairly consistently a function of emotions, and in the area of emotional issues, the school board must…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Human Relations, Intergroup Education
Youngerman, Stephenson S., Jr. – 1972
This report presents a model for participation by the community, teachers, and administrators in the decisionmaking process. The report tells how the Boise, Idaho, school district used a systems approach to set up a decentralized decisionmaking system. The duties of various persons in the system (with emphasis on the importance of the role of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Community Involvement
Templeton, Ian – 1972
This review discusses the principal's role in collective negotiation in light of the increased acceptance of the right of teachers and their representatives to negotiate directly with the board rather than through the principal. The literature cited discusses the ambivalence of the principal's role in collective negotiation, describes the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Educational Legislation
PELLEGRIN, ROLAND J. – 1965
THE MINORITY OF PEOPLE WHO OCCUPY THE TOP LEADERSHIP LEVEL IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES WERE DISCUSSED IN THIS PAPER. VARIOUS CONCEPTS OF THE COMMUNITY POWER STRUCTURE WERE REVIEWED, AND SOME RESEARCH FINDINGS WERE REPORTED ON A COMPARATIVE STUDY CONDUCTED IN THE POWER STRUCTURES OF THREE COMMUNITIES. FOUR ACTIVITY AREAS WERE STUDIED FOR EACH…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Community Involvement, Community Leaders
Cartwright, Gene J.; Schwartz, Allen D. – 2002
Student disciplinary proceedings often present a challenge for school-board members and school administrators alike. One of the biggest obstacles to fairness in any school-related hearing is the potential for confusing the roles among administrators and the board. It may be impossible to avoid all these role conflicts in some situations, but this…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship
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Elkin, Sol M. – Education, 1972
Author examines the various groups associated with the educational enterprise to assess the prospects for reform. (MB)
Descriptors: Activism, Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Change Agents
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Ornstein, Allan C. – Urban Education, 1989
A ratio comparing the number of administrators in central offices with those outside central offices was used nationwide in 1988 to assess decentralization in large school districts. Sixteen of 62 districts were decentralized. The same survey in 1980 revealed 39 of 65 districts were decentralized. Decentralization is decreasing as an…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education
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