Findings from a Massachusetts Department of Education project to describe district-led experiences with school-based management and to identify factors for improved classroom practices are presented in this paper. Interviews with 12 superintendents and assistant superintendents involved in systemwide restructuring were conducted to learn about…

Principal induction is the process by which new school principals make the transition from theoretical to operational leadership. Many approaches to induction have been tried, ranging from simply handing over the building keys to comprehensive career development programs. To exemplify ongoing research and development in educational administration…

This document seeks to define the kinds of administrators who will be needed to ensure first-rate elementary and middle schools in the next century. Underlying the report is the belief that present principal preparation programs are inadequate and require overhauling. Chapters 1 and 2 focus on demographic changes, effective schools, and the nature…

Collected here are a number of varied materials on school supervision intended for secondary principals. These include a brief description of a presentation concerning school supervision; a number of visual aids, checklists, charts, and outlines used in the presentation; a short paper on the logistics of Supervision through Educational Management…

Past research has correlated differential curriculum implementation outcomes at the classroom level with the actions of the key change facilitator at the school level: the principal. Accordingly, this paper reports the results of a study of three change facilitator styles among principals: responders, managers, and initiators. Working definitions…

This report presents a description of the jobs of principals in a national sample of schools, summarizing the main results of a job analysis accomplished by using a structured task analysis inventory. It summarizes what principals in schools of different kinds report to be the most important aspects of their jobs. Results imply that principals are…

A revolution in American management is underway, based on theory, research, and hard fact, whose goal is to improve the productivity of our organizations, especially in the private sector, that must compete with other organizations here and abroad. The factor that empowers the work force and ultimately determines which organizations succeed or…

Adjustment is one aspect of the elementary principal's relationship to work, as he or she both responds to the work environment and contributes to its construction. This study furthers research examining adjustment from the individual, organizational, and individual/job match perspectives by investigating adjustment patterns for 113 satisfied and…

This paper describes a program at the Vallejo (California) School District involving the use of instructional support teams composed of principals and teachers from each school to promote instructional improvement by increasing school-site leadership and teamwork between administrators and teachers. First, background information is given to…

SUPERVISION, BECAUSE IT COVERS A MULTIPLICITY OF TASKS PERFORMED IN NO FIXED LOCUS, ITS ALMOST IMMUNE TO SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION. ELABORATE DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES ARE NEEDED (POSSIBLY REPLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION STUDIES) ON SUCH TOPICS AS RESISTANCE TO CHANGE AND SUPERVISOR-SUPERVISOR RELATIONSHIPS. THEORETICAL MODELS AND CONCEPTS WHICH…

This practicum report describes an effort to develop an effective teacher and administrator evaluation system for a small suburban school system in Connecticut. Besides meeting the requirements of a mandate from the state legislature, the system was also intended to enable the local school board to implement an incentive pay plan. A narrative…

The purpose of this study was to gather data and test the hypothesis that the number of constant dollars expended for educational supervision by Louisiana public school systems increased during the decade from 1963 to 1974. To facilitate comparison of expenditures from different years, all financial data are expressed in terms of "constant…

An innovative, entertaining television series, "The Electric Company" (TEC), was designed by Children's Television Workshop to help teach basic reading skills to seven-to-ten year olds either at home or in school. This report discusses two in-school audience surveys of TEC utilization--a Fall 1971 survey of elementary school principals…

Argues that effective principals are expected to be effective instructional leaders, that is, they must know something about curriculum development, teacher and instructional effectiveness, clinical supervision, staff development, and teacher evaluation. (NKA)

A survey of 39 schools in five states compared teachers' and principals' perceptions of the six most important functions of the principalship in maximizing school effectiveness. The study revealed that human resource management has the greatest impact on teachers' job satisfaction and performance. (TE)