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Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Springfield. – 1989
This report of the Illinois Council on Vocational Education for 1987-88 is 1 in a series of 25 technical reports prepared to fulfill mandates of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. It focuses on policies needed to strengthen vocational education programs, specifically the Illinois State Board of Education's education for employment…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Competition, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Liebertz, Skip; And Others – 1987
This paper addresses the issue of community relations through a presentation given by the four members of the school board and administration of a medium-sized school district in Salem, Oregon. Community relations is defined as two-way communications between a school district and the public. Public feedback is necessary for improvement of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Audience Analysis, Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education
McMahon, Dennis O. – 1987
This report describes a problem-solving approach to grievance settling and negotiations developed in the Brighton, Michigan, school district and inspired by the book, "Getting To Yes," by Roger Fisher and William Ury. In this approach teachers and administrators come to the table not with fixed positions but with problems both sides want…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education
Young, I. Philip; Ryerson, Dean – 1986
This monograph, structured for administrative use in analyzing and building systems for selecting teachers, outlines the legal, applied, and theoretical issues of teacher selection. This overview is presented in five sections. "Legal Aspects of Teacher Selection" examines individual rights and employer reactions in relation to federal and state…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Decision Making, Educational Theories
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1986
An annotated bibliography of 11 publications on teacher tenure and teacher dismissal focuses on the responsibility of school policymakers and administrators to establish clear employment policies and maintain teacher evaluation records. Citing numerous court decisions, Joseph Beckham examines tenure, employment qualifications, contractual…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Due Process
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, Denver. – 1984
Policies of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education on the outreach program for adult students are outlined, along with procedures to be followed by participating institutions. The program encompasses both noncredit and credit instruction at all levels and may be offered on- or off-campus in traditional or nontraditional formats and time…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Adult Students, Board of Education Policy
Arizona Governor's Office, Phoenix. – 1983
This document presents the deliberations and recommendations of the Arizona Governor's Committee on Quality Education, which met from June to October 1983. The broad goals of their recommendations are: (1) to increase expectations of student performance; (2) to increase the breadth and depth of the educational program to which students are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
p1,4 May 1984, 1984
Resolutions on the role of state higher education agencies are presented, along with related excerpts from the newsletter of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO). The resolutions represent the position of SHEEO concerning the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The resolutions call on the U.S. Congress to: define…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, College Libraries, Data Collection
Paterson, Lee T., Ed. – 1983
This manual is designed to help school boards and administrators avoid strikes, survive them, and recover from them when they are over. Chapter 1 distinguishes between public and private sector strikes; defines different kinds of strike strategies, negotiation goals, and strike goals; and provides a strike evaluation checklist for the employee…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Check Lists
Sage Inst. of Canada, Inc., Edmonton (Alberta). – 1986
Sage Institute of Canada, Inc. measured the priorities for improving education that are held by professional staff, the boards, and the public in the Alberta counties of Newell, Vulcan, and Warner. Over 1,800 people participated in identifying issues, conditions, and suggestions for improvement. They then assisted in validating the information and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Role, Community Attitudes, Delivery Systems
Hoffman, Lee McGraw; Rachal, Janella – 1985
A variety of adults were surveyed on alternative strategies for the State of Louisiana's minimum competency testing program. Both individual and group interviews were conducted with teachers, local school district supervisors and program administrators, parents, and state board of education members. Participants discussed what a state testing…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Alternative Assessment, Attitude Measures, Boards of Education
Elmore, Richard F.; McLaughlin, Milbrey Wallin – 1988
This report analyzes the relationship between educational policymaking and educational practice in schools and classrooms by drawing lessons from recent attempts to reform schools with policy. Educational reform operates on the following loosely connected levels: (1) policy; (2) administration; and (3) practice. Policy can set the conditions for…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Analysis of Variance, Board of Education Policy
Nettles, Michael T. – 1987
Recent college assessment initiatives of the federal government, regional accrediting associations, state systems of higher education, and higher education institutions are examined. The goals and strategies of existing college assessment programs are also considered. The following issues related to developing and implementing college assessment…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, College Programs, College Students, Evaluation Criteria
Funkhouser, Janie E.; Moore, Mary T. – 1986
Because magnet schools restructure school and district attendance area boundaries in order to achieve racial heterogeneity, they attempt to disassemble the very unit towards which the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 program targets its resources--neighborhood schools attended by poor children. A nine-district survey of the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Board of Education Policy, Compensatory Education, Conflict
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. – 1988
A survey of the finance and executive officers of the statewide coordinating and governing boards in the United States and one Canadian province (Manitoba) gathered information on state policy regarding college costs, tuition, and student financial aid. The first part, completed by finance officers, asked specific questions about the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Budgeting, Fees, Governing Boards
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