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Jarvis, Adrian – Management in Education, 2008
Research has long accorded heads of subject departments a key middle leadership role in secondary schools. Unfortunately, researchers have found that the exact nature of this leadership is "blurred" in that it is difficult to isolate its distinctive qualities. In addition, there are also debates concerning whether professional and emotional…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Secondary Schools, Department Heads, Teacher Attitudes
Rico, Rachelle G. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This instrumental case study explores how the Ethic of Care is experienced within one Midwestern school system as an alternative approach to traditional school system hierarchical infrastructures. Through the qualitative tradition of portraiture (Lawrence-Lightfoot & Davis, 1997), this study documents the caring leadership actions, behaviors…
Descriptors: Caring, School Districts, Ethics, Superintendents
Ho, Choi-Wa Dora – International Journal of Educational Management, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact of falling rolls on human resource management in local preschools in Hong Kong. It aims to argue that the developing role of leadership in creating a culture and procedures for collective participation in staff appraisal is important for human resource management in preschool settings.…
Descriptors: Personnel Management, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Human Resources
Abrego, Jesus, Jr.; Pankake, Anita – Educational Considerations, 2010
Building and sustaining a school and district culture that has a technology "growth mindset" and the implementation of processes that support a technology-specific culture in which, "the role of the leader is to ensure that the organization develops relationships that help produce desirable results," would ensure that teachers and principals…
Descriptors: Educational Change, National Organizations, Professional Development, Leadership
Kingham, Sabrah Helms – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Are new school administrators prepared for the surprises, obstacles, and opportunities they are likely to encounter during the first-year in their new role? Sadly enough, too many new leaders do not feel prepared to meet the challenges of their new role as an administrator. In 2006, the National Center for Education Statistics (2006) reported that…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Mentors, Administrator Attitudes, Logical Thinking
Luskin, Bernard J., Ed. – American Association of Community Colleges (NJ3), 2011
More than 50 years ago, two men on a train made a stop at W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to share their vision for community colleges. Thus began a partnership that has advanced the community college mission by supporting the visionary leaders at the helm of American Association of Community Colleges from 1958 to 2010. In April 2011, W.K. Kellogg and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Profiles, Leadership, College Presidents
APPA: Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, 2011
It is not unusual in higher education circles to talk about issues affecting the campus. Experts might write about how shifting demographics are changing the campus, or say technology is becoming more pervasive on campus. The campus itself evolves alongside pedagogical practices, technological innovations, student needs, and the mission of the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Safety
Trachtenberg, Stephen J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
The author, recently retired from a university presidency, offers some lessons he has learned concerning the elusive quality called leadership: (1) Academic bureaucrats at all levels need luck in generous quantities; (2) Try to know as much as possible about your institution; and (3) Administration requires patience. He draws on personal stories…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Administrator Role, College Presidents, Leadership
Haque, Bali – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2014
This is a powerful critique of two decades of educational reform in New Zealand, from an educator who was deeply involved. It is also a provocative call for action. Bali Haque has been both a secondary school principal required to implement reform and a senior public servant in the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) tasked with pushing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Secondary Schools
Vine, Kim L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate public school administrators' perceptions of their level of ethics with respect to the amount of turbulence perceived on campus. In addition, ethical decision making processes and ethics training, based on the recommendations of the participants in the study was investigated. Survey research was used to…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Public Schools, Role Models, Decision Making
Whitchurch, Celia – Higher Education Quarterly, 2008
This paper adds to earlier reviews by the author of the changing roles and identities of contemporary professional staff in UK higher education, and builds on a categorisation of professional staff identities as having "bounded", "cross-boundary" and "unbounded" characteristics. Drawing on a study of 54 professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Personnel, Higher Education, Leadership
Stoeckel, Pamella Rae; Davies, Timothy Gray – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2007
This phenomenological study addressed the following question: How do community college presidents experience self-reflection in their leadership roles? Male and female community college presidents of diverse racial backgrounds were interviewed to better understand how they experienced self-reflection in their own leadership. Three themes emerged:…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Leadership, College Presidents, Phenomenology
James, John T. – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2009
Many Catholic high schools have transitioned to a president-principal administrative structure. This article discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the model, revealing pertinent issues that must be addressed while operationalizing the model. Recent research supports some aspects of the model, but it is no panacea. Clear job descriptions, role…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, High Schools, Principals, Presidents
Mncube, Vusi – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2009
This article explores governors' perceptions of the role played by school principals in the democratic governance of secondary schools in South Africa. The South African Schools Act No. 84 of 1996 has mandated that all public schools in South Africa must have democratically elected school governing bodies, comprised of the principal (in his or her…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Rural Schools, Familiarity, Governance
Leone, James E.; Judd, Michael R.; Colandreo, Robert M. – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2008
Context: Limited literature explores professional preparation of program directors (PD) to lead an athletic training education program (ATEP). Objective: To explore challenges, effectiveness, leadership, and PD role selection. Design: Descriptive and qualitative exploratory email survey. Setting: Educational. Participants: Emails were sent to 345…
Descriptors: Athletics, Allied Health Occupations Education, Administrators, College Programs