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Bradshaw, Lynn; Bell, Edwin; McDowelle, Jim; Perreault, George – 1997
This paper describes a collaborative model for assessing and developing leadership skills, examining the need for new approaches, reviewing collaboration theory, and discussing preconditions of collaborative school district-university efforts to assess and develop leadership skills in future administrators. Representatives of East Carolina…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, College School Cooperation
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Piland, William E., Ed.; Wolf, David B., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2003
This document discusses how community colleges have become a vital and perhaps permanent aspect of the United States higher education system, and how it must maintain a competent leadership in order to maintain its integrity. It emphasizes the importance of effective leadership development within the community colleges as they continue to develop…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Community Colleges, Educational Strategies
Crawford, Iain – 2000
This paper offers the perspective of one chair of a large English department in a medium-sized regional comprehensive institution on the practicalities of implementing departmental assessment and program change. The discussion focuses on the complex ways in which institutional engagement, state politics, and demographic change interact, and it…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Change Strategies, Department Heads
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Duvall, Betty – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2003
Discusses the important impact of university doctoral programs for community college leadership training. Emphasizes the growing need for new community college leaders and the lack of specialized doctoral programs that focus on community colleges. Describes successful community college leadership programs as innovative, desirous of change, and…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Doctoral Programs, Educational Benefits
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Carroll, Constance M.; Romero, Martha Gandert – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2003
Describes the increasing difficulty of community colleges to attract and train new leaders, along with the intensifying trend of turmoil within institutional governance. The Community College Leadership Development Initiatives (CCLDI) group was formed to assist in the resolution of these problematic trends through the strengthening of college…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration, College Governing Councils
West, Thomas W.; And Others – 1996
The seven essays in this paper were submitted by winners of the CAUSE ELITE (Exemplary Leadership and Information Technology Excellence) Award. The papers reflect leadership and achievement through effective management and use of information resources. Papers include: "More Lessons from the CIO Trail: from Butch Cassidy to City Slicker," (Thomas…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Change Strategies, Futures (of Society)
Farmer, Lesley S. J. – 1995
This book offers practical advice to school library media specialists for developing and improving leadership skills. It is asserted that societal crises like illiteracy, poverty, alienation, and socioeconomic divisions make librarians "ecologists" of the mind. Librarians ensure equitable access to others' insights into life's concerns, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment, Folk Culture
Price, Elsa C. – 1990
Effective leadership techniques are needed by professional teachers both in the classroom and in interactions with other professionals. Issues related to appropriate leadership styles and leadership training are discussed and include: (1) leadership styles; (2) characteristics of a leader; (3) how leadership characteristics are developed; (4) what…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Relations, Instructional Leadership
Campbell, Dale F., Ed. – 2002
This document outlines the role of community colleges to maintain a diverse, flexible, innovative and creative college environment in order to respond to the educational and training needs of a changing society. It also discusses the upcoming possibility of a leadership shortage in community colleges as many of the current college presidents and…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, College Presidents, Community Colleges
National Collaboration for Youth, Washington, DC. – 1997
This report describes credentialing activities that seek to establish standards and promote professional development in the youth development field. Part 1, Federal and State Legislative Activities, focuses on: legislation promoting youth development activities and programs; welfare reform and the need for youth development and after-school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Certification, Child Caregivers
Hill, Marie Somers; Ragland, Joyce C. – 1995
This book contains guidelines, strategies, techniques, and common sense advice for enhancing the paths of women in pursuing a career in educational leadership. The Introduction to Part 1, "Women Leaders and the New Reality," outlines procedures used for conducting 35 interviews of selected women educational leaders which formed the basis…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Ladders, Career Planning
Hesselbein, Frances, Ed.; Cohen, Paul M., Ed. – 1999
Amid unprecedented social, demographic, and economic changes, leaders must enhance performance and deliver desired results. The growing importance of managing the explosion in information requires attention to defining organizational missions and visions. The 37 chapters in this work are divided into 7 parts. Part 1, "On Leaders and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Competition, Educational Change
Sermersheim, Katherine L. – Campus Activities Programming, 1996
A survey of 96 past leaders of college Greek organizations (chapter presidents, Pan-Hellenic councils, Greek service organizations) at Western Illinois University investigated the impact of Greek leadership experience on work-related and personal life skills. Ninety-five percent felt their undergraduate Greek leadership position was extremely…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship, Extracurricular Activities, Fraternities
OLMSTEAD, JOSEPH A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE GOAL-ORIENTED. HIGH-LEVEL LEADERSHIP MUST DEFINE ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND CHANNEL ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. STUDIES WERE MADE BY HUMRRO IN MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND SMALL GROUP EFFECTIVENESS. IT WAS FOUND THAT POTENTIAL SQUAD LEADERS, SELECTED FOR ABOVE-AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE AND…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Environmental Influences, Evaluation, Goal Orientation
Brubaker, Dale L.; Coble, Larry D. – Corwin Press, 2004
The best leaders are visionaries--individuals who possess a strong sense of purpose that inspires and motivates others. This book offers practical tools and insights designed to help school leaders access the power of their personal vision and translate it into truly dynamic leadership. This exciting new guide to becoming an authentic leader is…
Descriptors: Leadership, Motivation Techniques, Strategic Planning, Individual Power
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