This essay proposes a responsive research agenda to examine relationships between supervisory inquiry and practice on one hand, and teaching and learning on the other. The agenda first calls for policy-oriented research that examines the implications of state-mandated educational changes on supervisory practices and commensurate teaching and…

This book is a series of personal accounts of the challenges faced by one female high school principal. The text recites a lengthy list of difficulties many women confront in their role as educational leaders. The book provides advice on day-to-day experiences, from carrying a walkie-talkie to obtaining a key to the gymnasium. The importance of a…

Findings from a study that explored the training/development opportunities desired by secondary school heads in Negara Brunei Darussalam are presented in this paper. A questionnaire administered to 22 national secondary school college heads who attended a workshop in July 1991 elicited 16 completions. Information was gathered about those aspects…

Article reviewed legal decisions in New York State that might result in some significant changes in how school boards, administrators, and teachers view the department chairman. (Author/RK)

The recently proposed school administration reforms concentrate largely on the issues surrounding recruiting, selecting, and preparing potential administrators; yet little is know about what it is like to become a school administrator, and virtually no research on beginning administrators has been done. Related literature does describe the…

This study is the third in a series of national studies of high school principals dating back to the early 1960s. The major purpose of this study was to analyze and describe high school leaders and their schools in 1987. Chapter 1 discusses characteristics and opinions of school leaders. Chapter 2 is devoted to the tasks and problems of school…

Describes the roles into which the student newspaper might be cast and explores several alternatives that can make the student newspaper increasingly independent from the identity of the parent institution. (LJR)

Argues from personal experience that a fundamental revision of school authority structures is necessary. Describes most school power organizations as "pyramids," with an all-competent principal at top. Suggests that principals "think small" and deal with problems realistically, maintaining their integrity by treating each teacher fairly and by…

A survey of 51 instructional supervisors sought information on their time management: ideal versus actual use of their time, assigned tasks perceived as superfluous to jobs, and constraints on more effective use of time. Job clarification and personal time audits are aids to time management. (JW)

Correlates two research projects and one review to provide a descriptive model for three styles of principal behavior in their role as change facilitator: responder, manager, and initiator. Implications are derived concerning the relationship between change facilitator style and implementation success, school climate, and potential for…

This report is based on interviews of 18 school superintendents who demonstrate the quality know as resilience. The 14 men and 4 women averaged 17 years as superintendent, serving 3 rural, 13 suburban, and 2 urban school districts. It was found that resilient superintendents deal with challenges in positive ways. They do not dwell on the negative…

This paper reports on a study that investigated the frequency with which principals practice behaviors believed to positively or negatively affect the supervisory climate that exists in a school. The secondary purpose of the research was to look at demographic factors, such as gender and grade level, that might influence a principal's supervisory…

Speech delivered at the national convention of the Department of Audiovisual Instruction (DAVI) of the National Education Association (NEA), April 29, 1969, in Portland, Oregon. (DS)

Quality supervision requires assessing the needs for the instructional program in vocational agriculture and carrying out appropriate activities for these needs to be fulfilled. (JOW)

Describes vocational agriculture supervisors as the bond that holds all the components together to form a stronger product than the components would be alone. Stresses the importance of team effort in building a better program, with teachers being the most important ingredient. (JOW)