The development of a reliable and valid instrument to measure levels of school administrator burnout is the objective of this research. The stages involved in the development and assessment of the Administrator Role Perception Inventory (ARPI) were item writing, field testing, participant selection, test administration, and data analysis. The…

TO DETERMINE HOW COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS ABOUT RULES OF BEHAVIOR AFFECT THE POSITION AND ROLE OF TEACHERS, INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORMATIVE STRUCTURE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WAS GAINED THROUGH USE OF ROLE NORM INVENTORIES ADMINISTERED TO 367 TEACHERS, 22 PRINCIPALS, 7 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, 603 CITIZENS, 56 COMMUNITY LEADERS,…

The objectives of this study of public school administrators were to determine the level of burnout experienced by school administrators, the relationships between burnout and stress measures, the factors associated with burnout, and the relationships between administrative level and components of the Administrative Role Perception Inventory…

This study is concerned with an analysis of similarities and differences in role expectations among the populations of principals, teachers, superintendents, and board members in two suburban school districts in Oregon. It attempts to identify the levels of agreement within each of these populations regarding the principal's role in…

TO EXAMINE THE ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF TEACHERS AS SOCIAL PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL AND IN THE COMMUNITY, QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY DATA WERE ANALYZED FROM A 62 PERCENT RESPONSE OF TEACHERS (508 OF 816 TOTAL) AND A 93 PERCENT RESPONSE OF NONTEACHERS (81 OF 87 TOTAL) IN THREE WESTERN OREGON COMMUNITIES. AS VIEWED BY TEACHERS, NORMATIVE EXPECTATIONS…