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Taylor, Dorothea M. – 1986
This document summarizes a study examining perceptions of supervision by teachers in small, isolated Alaskan schools. The study was conducted to provide information for improving rural teacher supervision, for assisting teacher development, and for improving teacher-supervisor relationships. The study, based on a mail survey that gathered 156…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Mail Surveys
Download full textGlickman, Carl D. – 1985
Effective teacher supervision for successful schools seeks to remove obstacles in the work environment that hinder teachers from seeing each other at work, receiving feedback from others, engaging in professional dialog, and participating in decisions about collective instructional actions. Just as teachers try to encourage the cognitive…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Role, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development
Jarvis, Oscar T.; And Others – 1970
This study provides present and future elementary principals and interested persons with information about the actual role of the elementary school principal in Georgia. The survey identifies certain personal and professional characteristics of the elementary school principal and the practices under which the principalship operates. Topics…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility
Carlsen, Thomas, Ed. – 1969
This workshop was planned to review the findings of a study on manpower utilization of professional (M.S.W. degree) and nonprofessional social work personnel in mental hospitals and to determine their application to the demands of a changing mental health program. A literature search and questionnaire survey were used to investigate the proportion…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Educational Needs, Inservice Education
Parsons, G. Llewellyn – 1971
Although a large number of studies on supervision have been redundant, some important empirical knowledge has been gained from research in this area. Gwaltney, Andburg, Blumberg, Weber and Amidon, and Marquit have studied the differing perceptions of supervisory behavior by teachers, supervisors, and administrators. Gross and Herriot and later…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Administrators, Educational Research
Peer reviewedOgawa, Rodney T.; Hart, Ann Weaver – Journal of Educational Administration, 1985
A sample of elementary and high schools was investigated to determine principals' influence on student achievement test scores. Analysis of variance estimated principals' effects while controlling for environmental and organizational factors. Findings indicate that principals exert a small but important influence on school performance. (TE)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Administrator Role, Analysis of Variance
Peer reviewedSweeney, James – Educational Leadership, 1982
Reviews recent research on school effectiveness to identify the behaviors of effective principals. Maintains that effective principals emphasize achievement, set instructional strategies, provide an orderly atmosphere, frequently evaluate student progress, coordinate instructional programs, and support teachers. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Cole, Ardra L. – 1993
Findings of a study that examined the school administrator's role in the induction and support of beginning teachers are presented in this paper. Conducted in a school district in southwestern Ontario, Canada, data were derived from interviews with 4 principals who volunteered to develop school-based induction programs in their schools and from…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers
Capital Area School Development Association, Albany, NY. – 1986
A summary of the Select Seminar II for the development of innovative practically implemented teacher evaluation practices is provided in this report. Two central concerns are linking teacher evaluation to professional growth, and establishing collegial relationships. Discussion topics include: the relationship between teacher evaluation and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development
Blank, Rolf K. – 1986
The role of the principal as leader has been a subject of considerable debate and research in education. This study examines the extent of variation in leadership behavior and activities among urban high school principals. Data were collected through interviews with principals and teachers in national samples of urban comprehensive high schools…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Analysis of Variance, High Schools
Eberts, Randall W.; Stone, Joe A. – 1985
Using nationally representative data generated by the normal, day-to-day operation of schools, this research tested the major conclusions drawn from case studies focusing on principal effectiveness. On the basis of detailed information regarding individual student characteristics and achievements, detailed characteristics of teachers and their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role
Midwood, Dale; Hillier, Dudley – 1987
This resource booklet attempts to describe the new directions of the department head role. In a recent study by Kenneth Leithwood, "The Secondary School Department Head," 1987, department heads identified democratic decision-making, human relations, planning for program and staff development, and teacher supervision as functions crucial…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decision Making, Department Heads, Faculty Handbooks
Cox, William N. – 1982
High quality instructional supervision can be provided when educational objectives have been stated clearly and a strong staff development program has been instituted. The success of the staff development program used in the Newport News (Virginia) Public Schools is dependent on several prerequisites: the existence of clearly established district…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Acheson, Keith – OSSC Bulletin, 1985
The role of principal as supervisor and evaluator of teachers is central to instructional leadership, and this means direct involvement through classroom observation and interaction with each teacher. Principals often neglect this role, with lack of time usually given as the reason. There are other reasons: Interacting with teachers about their…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
