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Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Foreign Language Service. – 1977
This publication is one of a series designed to inform and assist those responsible for foreign language instruction, including teachers, administrators, supervisors, and those engaged in teacher education. The complete series serves as a curriculum guide. The format of the series is such that it can be revised so as to keep materials current.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Credits, Curriculum Guides, Department Heads
Lyons, Raymond F. – 1981
Using the findings of two studies carried out in Nepal and Sudan, this report examines the methods and the problems of organizing formal and nonformal education in rural areas. The main aims of the two studies were to collect information on education and administrative performance at district and, where relevant, at regional and national levels,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adult Education, Decentralization, Decision Making
Perreault, George, Ed.; Lunenburg, Fred C., Ed. – 2002
The 26 essays in the volume compose the 10th annual yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. The essays examine the pressing issues facing educational leaders from a variety of philosophical perspectives. The essays are as follows: "President's Message: Professors and Practitioners: Building Bridges…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Principles, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education
Kirkwood, Antoinette A. – 1990
An overview of conflict management as it relates to the role of the principal is presented. The traditional approach to conflict, which minimizes conflict and emphasizes social control, is contrasted with the perspective that views conflict as inevitable, functional, and manageable. Intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts, functions of conflict,…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
Hannaford, Brian D. – 1986
This book by a former principal of Marion High School in Adelaide, South Australia who held that post from 1972 to 1983, examines the influence of theory and practice of secondary education in many countries upon the management of the school during those years. The first 17 chapters discuss the management of the school as a whole, addressing the…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Change Strategies
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
Ebaugh, Cameron D. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1947
The U.S. Office of Education has undertaken the preparation of a series of basic studies on education in a number of Central and South American countries under the sponsorship of the Interdepartmental Committee on Cultural and Scientific Cooperation. This series of studies is part of a program to promote understanding of educational conditions in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Business Education, Physical Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Farrell, Joseph P., Ed.; Oliveira, Joao B., Ed. – 1993
This volume discusses the major options decisionmakers face when they are dealing with teacher career and remuneration policies. The document deals with a central question: how can remuneration and managerial policies help improve teacher effectiveness? The book is divided into three parts containing 15 papers. The first part, "The Cost and…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Developed Nations
Guerrero, Frank; Eisler, Judith – 1990
During 1988-89, the Staff Development Program in Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science provided turnkey training programs, workshop sessions organized and conducted by community school districts, and training activities jointly undertaken by borough-based assistance centers and district personnel. This report describes the program background,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Pepper, Floy C.; Nelson, Steven R. – 1985
Using findings from national effective schooling research, the monograph describes tested administrative practices which are effective in enhancing the achievement of elementary-aged Indian students. The monograph is organized into 17 issues which commonly confront school administrators on or near Indian reservations. For each issue, steps are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, American Indian Education
Johnston, Lloyd – 1973
This document, the result of the Youth in Transition longitudinal study, describes procedures, rationale, and major results of an evaluation of American high schools. The purpose of the study was to examine factors that make some schools superior to others. A "good" school is defined as one which has a greater than average desirable impact on its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Adolescents, Environmental Influences
Dickson, George E.; And Others – 1968
Chapter 1 of this report presents an overview of a project to design an innovative, behaviorally oriented undergraduate and inservice teacher education program for elementary school teachers. Chapter 2 presents the conceptual design for developing the model program, one which incorporates the concept of the multiunit school and individual research…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educational Specifications
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
The study of the public-school system of Wilmington, Delaware, of which this bulletin is a part, was made by the United States Commissioner of Education upon invitation of a committee of 30 citizens of Wilmington appointed by the board of education, by the city council, and by the mayor of the city, and empowered to arrange for such a study. In…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, School Supervision, Health Education, School Organization
Knickerbocker, Addie H. – 1977
General objectives of a research study were (1) to gather information from superintendents in the public school systems concerning their opinions regarding the image and purpose of vocational home economics programs in Louisiana; (2) to obtain statistics on the number of vacancies for vocational home economics teachers occurring in the 1976-77…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, High Schools
Evans, Henry R. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1925
The General Education Board has, since its foundation in 1902, to July 1, 1924; appropriated $116,727,895.38 for various phases of educational endeavor. Of this sum, $59,313,857.68 was paid to or set aside for colleges and other institutions for whites, $6,902,813.91 for educational institutions for negroes; and $999,207.09 for miscellaneous…
Descriptors: General Education, Educational Finance, Medical Education, Museums
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