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| Blase, Jo | 5 |
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Peer reviewedBlase, Joseph; Blase, Jo – Journal of Educational Administration, 1997
Describes the everyday micropolitical facilitative strategies and personal characteristics of exemplary principals who have influenced and enhanced teachers' sense of empowerment. Data were drawn from a qualitative study that interviewed 275 teachers in 11 schools affiliated with C.D. Glickman's League of Professional Schools in Georgia.…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Styles, Participative Decision Making
Peer reviewedBlase, Jo; Blase, Joseph – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
A study of 18 exemplary Georgia principals found that major psychodynamic changes can result from developing a shared-leadership style. There were changes in motivation, role conflict, and use of power. Principals sometimes wondered if they were needed, but most reaped major rewards: satisfaction, pride of accomplishment, and good press. Contains…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Styles, Motivation
Peer reviewedBlase, Jo; Blase, Joseph – Journal of School Leadership, 2000
Presents descriptive and conceptual findings about shared-governance leadership from the perspective of 45 effective principals affiliated with the Georgia-based League of Professional Schools. Discusses contributing socialization factors and strategies (building trust, initiating facilitative structures, setting limits, encouraging group…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedBlase, Jo; Blase, Joseph – Journal of Educational Administration, 1999
Describes practices, thoughts, and feelings of exemplary, shared-governance principals at nine schools affiliated with Glickman's League of Professional Schools in Georgia, using open-ended interviews. Findings showed that implementing shared governance incorporates five salient themes: meanings, involvement of others, redistribution of power,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Blase, Joseph; Blase, Jo Roberts – 1994
This book is about exceptionally effective school principals and how they meet the challenges for leadership in a new era of educational reform. It describes the major elements of successful facilitative leadership from the perspectives of teachers. Drawn from a study of highly successful principals affiliated with Carl Glickman's League of…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Change
Blase, Joseph; And Others – 1995
This book was written for teachers and principals committed to instituting shared governance and more democratic forms of leadership and to help understand today's principalship and what it means to administer a shared-governance school. The data were derived from a study of successful principals in schools affiliated with the League of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Blase, Joseph; Blase, Jo – 2001
The ideas presented in this book are drawn from a study of highly successful principals of schools affiliated with the League of Professional Schools. Chapter 1, "Sharing Governance," presents an overview of the literature on professional development and a description of the study. Chapter 2, "Trusting the Experts: Teachers,"…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Leadership
