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Bissell, George E. – School Business Affairs, 1987
The Association of School Business Officials has focused on workshop programs that (1) provide general orientation to new subject matters, (2) reinforce and/or illustrate new techniques of established practices, and (3) provide a structured instructional learning environment. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Development, Professional Continuing Education
Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Principal, 1986
Based on the premise that the principal's role is crucial in the quality of a school, the author provides 10 specifications for working to improve the quality of principals. (MD)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Management Development
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA. – 1991
Leadership is a concept that some school administrators know generally and others specifically. The term takes on new meanings and dimensions every time it is articulated. The tasks of leadership are envisioning goals, affirming values, motivating, managing, achieving workable unity, explaining, serving as a symbol, representing the group, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Download full textNational Association of Elementary School Principals, Alexandria, VA. – 1986
This report is designed for use by those specializing in the preparation of elementary and middle school principals and by those whose focus is on the inservice aspects of professional development. The paper identifies the proficiencies for K-8 principals and groups them into four major categories. The report elaborates on these categories,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Peer reviewedRodrick, Lewis – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Assistant principals are important people, reminds this principal, who asks his colleagues to probe how they use their assistants. He follows with several suggestions about how to improve the situation. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Assistant Principals
Patterson, Arlene H. – 1983
School leaders are finding that they are often not equipped to assume the responsibilities of their roles as principals and superintendents. Responding to the needs of educational executives are the "academies" that are funded, supported, and sometimes staffed by state education agencies. Today there is an increasing number of academy…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training
Webster, William E. – 1988
This step-by-step guide is intended to help educators learn about the characteristics and activities of high-performing managers. It synthesizes the ideas of several experts on business management performance and includes examples of highly successful educational managers. It also briefly presents a comprehensive strategy that educational managers…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Everett, R. E.; Glass, Thomas – School Business Affairs, 1986
From a sample of 943 school business managers, 370 (40 percent) respondents prioritized 15 different training categories for the position of school manager; described training they had received; identified those categories that currently apply to their work; and supplied basic demographic information. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Beaver, J. F. – 1990
Developing long-range plans that support educational computing programs requires leaders that understand the problems and promises of instructional computing. If administrators are expected to provide the vision needed to guide program development, they must first be encouraged to increase their computer competence. A course on administrative uses…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators, Computer Assisted Instruction
Harrison, William C.; Peterson, Kent D. – 1986
Most systems of administrative control include both formal and informal, explicit and implicit evaluative mechanisms that sense deviation from standards and activate corrective actions to return subordinates to acceptable levels of performance or to correct beliefs. A review of prior studies showed, however, that few school districts have specific…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Keyser, John S.; Rowray, Richard D. – 1986
This summary report presents a synthesis of discussions at a national colloquium on "Mastery Leadership in Student Development Services," sponsored by the American College Testing Program and the National Council on Student Development. Following introductory material on the colloquium,"Beyond Management to Leadership," by John S. Keyser, this…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Community Colleges, Leadership Training, Management Development
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Educational Policy and Management. – 1983
This workshop presenter's guide is intended for use by administrators in training one another in the Project Leadership program developed by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA). The purpose of this particular guide is to provide those who serve as liaison administrators (LAs) in Project Leadership with an understanding of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Peer reviewedWatts, G. Wayne – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
A South Carolina high school band director describes his experience with the Springfield Simulation, a role-playing seminar/workshop where individuals are assigned roles and situations that will aid them in developing administrative skills. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Peer reviewedLogsdon-Magos, Marsha – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
A migrant education resource teacher from California describes the personal and professional benefits she obtained from her participation in the Springfield project, a role-playing seminar/workshop for administrators. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility
Daresh, John C. – 1986
Several problems and issues are typical of the beginning years of a principalship. A study of first- and second-year principals in a midwestern state classified these problems and issues into three broad areas: role clarification, limitations on technical expertise, and difficulties with socialization to the profession and to a particular school…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility
