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Ramirez, Anel-Janeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The growing English learner student population in California faces the daunting challenge of both meeting the academic expectations of school curriculum while also learning to speak, write, read, and understand a new language. Often it is the task of school administrators to choose, plan, implement, and maintain instructional programs that best…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Schools, Immersion Programs, Program Implementation
Kezar, Adrianna; Eckel, Peter; Contreras-McGavin, Melissa; Quaye, Stephen John – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2008
Research demonstrates that leadership, particularly among presidents, is important for moving a diversity agenda forward and make appreciable progress on it. The research questions pursued here are: What is the role of the college president in advancing a diversity agenda? What strategies do presidents identify as important to facilitating a…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Diversity (Institutional), Leadership, Change Strategies
Flannery, K. Brigid; Frank, Jennifer L.; Kato, Mimi McGrath; Doren, Bonnie; Fenning, Pamela – High School Journal, 2013
Schoolwide positive behavior support (SWPBS) is a systems-level intervention designed to prevent the occurrence of problem behavior and increase social competence. A growing body of research documents that SWPBS reduces problem behavior and improves academics (e.g., McIntosh, Chard, Boland, & Horner, 2006), yet documentation of the feasibility…
Descriptors: High Schools, Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Student Behavior
Mulcahy, Dianne; Perillo, Suzanne – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2011
This article examines the significance of materiality for management and leadership in education using resources provided by actor-network theory (ANT). Espousing the idea that human interactions are mediated by material objects and that these objects participate in the production of practices, ANT affords thinking management and leadership in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Vocational Education
Armstrong, Denise E. – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: Over four decades ago, Arnold van Gennep used the term rites of passage to describe the ceremonial and ritualistic behaviors that marked the passage between social roles. Although the transition from teaching to administration is not as clearly delineated as passages in traditional societies, it is also characterized by…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Socialization, Ceremonies, Leadership
Buckner, Terrie M. – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
Administrators sometimes let themselves get locked into the "front end" of their buildings. There are phone calls to take, emails to answer, payments to post, and events to plan. It's easy to find the day coming to a close and they haven't even taken time to grab lunch or venture beyond the lobby of the building. In this article, the author…
Descriptors: Employees, Administration, Administrator Role, Leadership
Nicolaidou, Maria; Petridou, Alexandra – Professional Development in Education, 2011
Leadership development programmes come in plenty internationally and a number of resources, time and money are being spent to this end. The benefits for schools, staff and pupils arising from professional development activities have been well researched into and elaborated on extensively internationally. Currently in Cyprus, leadership development…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development
Ricks Scott, Heather Inez – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the ascension patterns and experiences of past and present female board of trustee chairpersons at independent institutions in a southeastern state. Although females continue to account for more of the college student population and obtain more degrees than males, females are severely underrepresented in…
Descriptors: Females, Governing Boards, Trustees, Leadership
Gray, Susan Penny; Streshly, William A. – Corwin, 2010
Great leaders are made, not born. Written by the authors of "From Good Schools to Great Schools," this sequel shows how great school leaders can be developed and how leaders can acquire the powerful personal leadership characteristics that the best administrators use to lead their schools to greatness. Based on sound strategies and the work of Jim…
Descriptors: School Culture, Leadership Qualities, Leadership, Principals
Scott, Geoff; Bell, Sharon; Coates, Hamish; Grebennikov, Leonid – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
This paper discusses responses provided by 31 Pro Vice-Chancellors (PVCs) and Deputy Vice-Chancellors (DVCs) who were part of a larger study of more than 500 higher education leaders in roles ranging from DVC to head of programme in 20 Australian universities. Using both quantitative and qualitative data the paper gives an insider's perspective on…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Higher Education, Educational Change, Leadership
Williams, Allan P. O. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2009
A UK business school was researched to record its history and to account for its development. The data collection and interpretation were influenced by the flexible and iterative nature of the methodology. Theories and concepts used to make sense of the findings include: open systems, force fields, and power. The focus is on strategic leadership,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies
Baartman, Ingrid – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine professional leadership experiences of college deans of education with formal and informal mentoring in the course of their career progression at 4-year nonprofit private colleges and universities in California. Methodology: Using a mixed-methods approach that emphasized the qualitative data…
Descriptors: Deans, Private Colleges, Universities, Mentors
Bredeson, Paul V.; Klar, Hans W.; Johansson, Olof – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2011
It is widely acknowledged that context matters, that it affects leadership practices. A large body of descriptive studies documents common elements in the work of school superintendents. What is less well known is how superintendents' leadership may be expressed very differently given the varying contexts in which they work. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Location, Superintendents, Leadership
Hawthorne, Mary Jane Golding – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The mandates of the federal law "No Child Left Behind," enacted in 2002, have placed tremendous pressure on school principals in this current era of unprecedented accountability. Because of the increasing number of targeted schools, the rigid standards of federal legislation, and the punitive consequences imposed by accountability…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Organizational Climate, Leadership, Principals
Daniels, Danielle Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore the link between elementary principal work and teacher professional development in a setting of school change. It was a study of principals' purposeful behaviors and efforts as their school communities experienced curricular change or reform measures. It was not known to what extent the role of the…
Descriptors: Principals, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development