Profiles the principal of Terraset school in Reston (Virginia) and discusses the effects of her successful management of this model school for energy conservation. An adjacent article describes the design of the facility and resultant energy savings. (WD)

This study identifies specific coping techniques helpful to educators in handling the tensions of their jobs, clusters the reported techniques into coping categories, assesses the number and frequency of coping techniques used by educators, and identifies similarities and differences in coping responses. (Author/TE)

When a popular high school principal was reassigned under difficult circumstances, the school's culture was torn apart. A narrative of how this happened and how the principal's successor was able to heal the rift is provided in this report. The paper provides details of the actions that led up to the board reassigning the principal and the outcry…

This collection of readings (mostly from "Educational Leadership") is directed to leaders in educational settings who are responsible for curriculum development, professional growth, and improving instruction. The selections are organized under eight topics: (1) history, nature, and purposes of educational supervision; (2) organization…

Author, who was the head of a primary school, discussed the problems in operating small primary schools as well as their many important characteristics and potentialities. (RK)

A study was conducted to investigate the duties and responsibilities of local vocational education supervisors in Ohio. The study describes their current role as perceived by local superintendents and vocational supervisors, state vocational education supervisors, and local vocational education teachers, their expected role as described by the…

The supervisory tasks that a novice principal emphasizes upon school entry make a major difference in developing the principal's professional identity as one who leads the improvement of instruction. Over the course of 2 years (1987-89), 12 first-time high school principals (7 male and 5 female, 10 white and 2 black) were studied. To ensure…

Conditions in schools that reduce the effectiveness and perceived value of instructional supervision can be diagnosed and corrected through a cyclical process called "organizational learning." Rather than merely responding to symptoms, this method focuses on eliminating or mitigating the underlying causes of "organizational…

Selected teachers who completed their training at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale during the years 1969, 1970, and 1971 were asked to evaluate themselves and their performance in relation to an inventory of some fifty-one selected items designed to measure teacher performance and personal characteristics. (Author)

THE NUMBER AND CATEGORIES OF PERSONNEL TO BE USED IN THE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS WERE LISTED. JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL CATEGORIES OF PERSONNEL INCLUDED GENERAL AND SPECIFIC DUTIES AND THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED. THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECT COMMUNICATED AND WORKED WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CITIZENS GROUPS, AND WAS…

Identifies common characteristics among high-performing principals in their organizational context. These include a combination of personal vision, information sensing and analytic skills, and interpersonal skills, which collectively generate a schoolwide commitment to a common set of values. (TE)

The school principal's role in assisting teachers to excel at various types of reading instruction is discussed. This paper addresses several types of reading instruction and principal involvement: (1) guiding primary grade instructors to value their students' personalized reading experiences through familiarity and with demonstration of new…

In this 1980 survey, K-12 teachers in Tennessee were asked to identify those qualities of instructional leaders that they considered most helpful. Eleven characteristics are ranked under each of three broad categories: Personal Characteristics and Skills, Professional Characteristics and Skills, and Management Characteristics and Skills.…

Describes a research study that investigated the impact of negotiated master contracts for teachers on the functions of instructional supervisors. (JG)