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Burton, Dolores; Kappenberg, John – Corwin, 2012
This comprehensive toolkit will bring you up to speed on why RTI is one of the most important educational initiatives in recent history and sets the stage for its future role in teacher education and practice. The authors demonstrate innovative ways to use RTI to inform instruction and guide curriculum development in inclusive classroom settings.…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Curriculum Development, Literacy, Reading
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Hodson, J. Bradford – New Directions for Higher Education, 2010
The concept of actively leading constituents, internal and external, is second nature to many university administrators in most areas, except one: fundraising. For many university presidents and academic deans, it's a part of the job that is not well defined or well understood. They know there is an expectation that private funds will flow into…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Expectation, Extracurricular Activities, Private Financial Support
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Lumby, Jacky; Azaola, Cristina – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
South Africa presents a distinctive and varied context in which to explore the experience of women principals. The article draws on a larger data set to explore the interplay of gender and school size in seven schools with 200 students or fewer. From this study, we conclude that gender remains a potent influence on the career and experience of…
Descriptors: Females, School Size, Foreign Countries, Social Capital
Clark, Kristin Lane – ProQuest LLC, 2012
California's fiscal crisis is more severe than those of past decades and as a result, the State's community colleges have experienced substantial cuts to their budgets. Multiple reductions in funding since 2008 have forced colleges to scale back their course offerings, reduce personnel, and limit student services. This lack of funding has created…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Budgeting
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Russell, Eric James – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
The following note is that a review of existing literature pertaining to servant leadership and faculty development. Specifically, this work discussed delivering servant leadership to online faculty through the utilization of a faculty development program. The idea for this literature review stemmed from the author asking how an online academic…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Faculty Development, Leadership, College Administration
Rasheed, Lisa R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Within the last twenty years, some educational researchers initiated an emphasis to study the accomplishments and contributions of African-American women in higher education. Although they were marginally recognized, some African-American women forged into uncharted territories by providing examples of administrative leadership in post-secondary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Females, Sororities, Educational Research
Adsit, Tim L. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
"Small Schools, Education, and the Importance of Community" focuses on three successful approaches for using the school as a catalyst for community development and revitalization, particularly in rural areas. The strategies also work well in suburban and urban areas. The three approaches described include: leadership by K-12 teachers,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Community Development, Small Schools, Rural Areas
Schlechty, Phillip C. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
In Phillip Schlechty's best-selling book "Working on the Work", he outlined a motivational framework for improving student performance by improving the quality of schools designed for students. "Engaging Students" offers a next-step resource in which Schlechty incorporates what he's learned from the field and from the hundreds of workshops he and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Questionnaires
Mongillo, Maria Boeke – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Teacher self-efficacy has been linked to multiple positive student outcomes and teacher practices (Ashton & Webb, 1986; Grant, 2006; Klassen, et al., 2009; Perrachione, Rosser, & Petersen, 2008). However, few studies, have explored teacher self-efficacy qualitatively (Manuel, 2003; Tschannen-Moran & Hoy, 2007; Tschannen-Moran, Hoy,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Self Efficacy, Beginning Teachers, Leadership
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Lin, Yu-Fen; Li, Chi-Sing; Irby, Beverly J.; Brown, Genevieve – Qualitative Report, 2010
Women in many Christian cultures are told that men are strong and should lead the church. Consequently, some women rationalize that they should not assume top leadership roles in the church. When they do assume such roles, many female pastors experience challenges. The purpose of our qualitative case study was to give voice to Asian female…
Descriptors: Females, Focus Groups, Leadership, Asians
Courville, Keith – Online Submission, 2011
(Purpose) This article describes the basis for effective educational technology leadership and a few of the current initiatives and impacts that are a result of the aforementioned effective leadership. (Findings) Topics addressed in this paper include: (1) the role of the educational technology leader in an educational setting; (2) an examination…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Technology Integration, Leadership Effectiveness, Organizational Change
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Kelchtermans, Geert; Piot, Liesbeth; Ballet, Katrijn – Oxford Review of Education, 2011
Based on a secondary analysis of studies on Flemish primary schools, the article argues that the metaphor of the gatekeeper, on the threshold between the outside-school and the inside-school world, is a powerful frame to capture some of the particular complexities of principals' emotional experience of themselves and their working conditions. More…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Principals, Figurative Language
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Saltmarsh, Sue; Sutherland-Smith, Wendy; Randell-Moon, Holly – Ethics and Education, 2011
Research leadership in Australian universities takes place against a backdrop of policy reforms concerned with measurement and comparison of institutional research performance. In particular, the Excellence in Research in Australian initiative undertaken by the Australian Research Council sets out to evaluate research quality in Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Work Environment
Kimencu, Linda – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Previous research suggests that academic deans follow the human relations and structural perspectives in conflict management (Feltner & Goodsell, 1972). However, the position of an academic dean has been described to have undertones that are more political and social than hierarchical and technical. Hence, the current study evaluated the role of…
Descriptors: Human Relations, Human Resources, Leadership, Deans
Peterson, Erin – CURRENTS, 2011
An interim president has to perform a particularly difficult balancing act. He or she shoulders the burdens from--or legacy of--the previous president and must also provide a foundation of stability for the new president. Throughout the process, effective communication--both internally and externally--is critical to ensuring a smooth transition.…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Temporary Employment, Administrator Responsibility, Communication Skills
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