Reports results of surveys and interviews with managers of technical publication departments regarding their financial responsibilities. (SR)

Shares an observation guide, created by the author, for supervisors and administrators to use to assist teachers who are working toward an integrated reading/language arts program. (MG)

Surveyed college administrators about how colleges were preventing binge drinking. There was widespread prevention involving general alcohol education, restricting advertising at sporting events, and allocating alcohol-free living spaces. Programming was less prevalent for more targeted alcohol education, social norms campaigns, outreach, and…

Discusses changes observed from the foreign language and literature deportment chair over the last decade that pose the greatest opportunity and risk for department leaders in the first decade of the new millennium. (Author/VWL)

At the beginning of the first year, student affairs staff members serve as educators through special programs and activities that have an impact on students' success in college.

Times are changing, and changes create different responsibilities for educational leaders. The most significant recent change is the absolute necessity that they be strong instructional leaders; that is, leaders of learning. Their primary learners are the members of the administrative staff and the teaching faculty, followed closely by students,…

School leaders carry great responsibility when a crisis occurs. Understanding the significance and use of school crisis teams is vitally important and often unknowingly overlooked. This article examines the crucial role of school leaders when a crisis event occurs. Through combining existing research, case vignettes of actual events, and…

This study examined the perceptions of early childhood center directors regarding their organizations, their roles, and their specific jobs. Data were obtained from 257 directors completing the Directors' Role Perceptions Questionnaire. The metaphoric images used in the directors' responses were analyzed to generate dominant themes in the way…

The supervisory conference presents an opportunity to stimulate growth and to improve performance despite the threat, in some cases, to self-esteem and job security. This document identifies the conflicting but challenging purposes of supervisory conferences and presents suggestions for setting up the supervisory conference through a…

This ERIC Digest provides an overview of the competencies needed for effective early childhood center administration and summarizes state regulations governing minimum qualifications of center directors. Specific administrator skills are listed in four topical areas: (1) organization, leadership, and management; (2) child development and early…

Contrasts popular myths about managers' duties with the facts, as indicated by various studies of managers and how they function. The author argues that managers often have distorted views of their role, and that they must first recognize what their job really involves in order to perform it effectively. (JG)

IN A NATIONWIDE STUDY OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES, CHARACTERISTICS, AND BACKGROUND OF ADULT EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS IN PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES, QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 126 ADMINISTRATORS (OF A POPULATION OF 127) WERE ANALYZED. THE TYPICAL POSITION WAS LOCATED IN ONE OF FIVE STATES, HAD BEEN CREATED SINCE 1960, WAS EXCLUSIVELY ADMINISTRATIVE, AND…

THIS MONOGRAPH DELINEATES THE CONCEPT OF A COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM. A FRAMEWORK OF MEMBERSHIP AND FUNCTIONS IS PROPOSED, AND BASIC GUIDES FOR TEAM OPERATION AND INTERACTION ARE SUGGESTED. REFINEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM CONCEPT AND EXPERIMENTATION WITH TECHNIQUES ARE NEEDED. INITIAL EFFORTS MADE IN A FEW COLLEGES INDICATE THAT THE…