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Download full textWilburn, Kenneth T.; Summers, Ida May – 1983
The development of continuing education programs for school administrators has traditionally relied on the formal survey and the utilization of small samples of practicing administrators to provide direction to program planners in designing inservice activities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility, validity, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role
Skupaka, Betty M., Ed. – 1972
In August 1971, a large number of Indian leaders, youth, and lay citizens participated in a workshop designed to develop skills and knowledge which public school personnel could use to improve Indian attendance and retention patterns in New Mexico. The workshop yielded much information relevant to Indian students in public schools. Speakers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bias
Zimman, Richard N. – 1980
Using ethnographic case study methodology (involving open-ended interviews, participant observation, and document analysis) theories of administrative organization, processes, and behavior were tested during a three-week observation of a model comprehensive (experimental) high school. Although the study is limited in its general application, it…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Continuous Progress Plan
Day, Christopher, Ed.; Fernandez, Alicia, Ed.; Hauge, Trond E., Ed.; Moller, Jorunn, Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers links policy, school leadership, and teachers' lives, three factors that are influential in creating quality learning opportunities for students. Each chapter provides contemporary insights and represents a range of original empirical and conceptual research focusing on the ideological, social, and educational policy…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Educational Research
Biester, Thomas W.; And Others – 1983
This report presents the results of a New Jersey school district field test of a comprehensive administrator training program. The program's main objectives were to develop a knowledge-utilization approach to the improvement of instruction and student achievement in basic skills, and to develop and test strategies for installing and disseminating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Board of Education Role
Sheerer, Marilyn A. – 1988
An ethnographic investigation of interrelationships between teacher efficacy attitudes, teacher behavior, students' performance, and organizational climate in a total school setting was conducted at Chauncey Elementary School in Athens, Ohio. Chauncey was studied because its teachers had begun to implement an open classroom model which promoted a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Classroom Research, Educational Anthropology
Smith, Stuart C., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Based on the assumption that the survival of the nation's schools and their leaders depends on these leaders having real influence over the quality of schooling, this volume draws from the work of many authorities to look at leadership from three perspectives: the person, the structure, and the skills. Chapters focusing on the person who holds the…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Glanz, Jeffrey – 1978
Focusing on factors which shaped and influenced public school supervision, the paper investigates educational developments in the late 19th century. During this period the movement toward centralization in urban public schools gained considerable momentum. Educational historians have largely ignored the role school superintendents played in the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role
Kowalski, Theodore J. – 2003
This book addresses career-related questions commonly asked by students beginning the study of school administration. As an introductory text, it presents a broad overview of school administration as a specialized field of study and as an applied field of professional practice. Special attention is given to describing the social, political, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education
Caliver, Ambrose – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1941
Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements,…
Descriptors: School Administration, African American Education, United States History, Educational History
Smith, Iain; And Others – CORE, 1979
A survey of science and English teachers in 10 Scottish secondary schools indicated a complex relationship between a teacher's identity as a subject expert, subject department boundaries, and authority relationships. Teachers felt they had little influence on general school policies. (f=fiche numbers). (CP)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Department Heads
Hoyle, Eric, Ed.; McMahon, Agnes, Ed. – 1986
The 23 chapters in this yearbook provide a review of existing theory and research in the field of school management; offer accounts of how administrators in different countries are coping with problems; and report on the progress being made in developing school management training experiences. Each chapter has been specially commissioned by…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Developing Nations, Educational Improvement
Jordan, K. Forbis; And Others – 1985
This textbook reviews the principal concerns within each of 13 major responsibility areas in school business administration. The first chapter assesses the political, social, and economic context in which schools function and school administrators work. The role and function of the school business administrator within this context is addressed in…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Building Operation
Smith, Stuart C., Ed.; Piele, Philip K., Ed. – 1989
Recognizing the importance of good leadership to the achievement of educational excellence, the second edition of this handbook synthesizes a large body of school leadership literature and explores the subject from three perspectives: the person, the structure, and the skills. Part I examines characteristics of today's educational leaders;…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Communication Skills
Keesecker, Ward W. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1950
The general purpose of this study is to show the legal organization of State school administration. More specifically, it has for its objectives: (1) To describe present legal provisions pertaining to State boards of education and chief State school officers; (2) to show legal relationships between these State agencies; (3) to show trends with…
Descriptors: School Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, State Departments of Education, State Boards of Education
