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Direct linkWang, Victor C. X.; Bain, Bernice; Hope, John; Hansman, Catherine A. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016
This book is intended for students, leaders and managers who wish to explore the personal relevance and conceptual bases of educational leadership and organizational management and to develop their expertise in this field. It is a book written for both scholars and practitioners. The general public will also appreciate the accessible language in…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Organizational Theories, Institutional Administration, Theory Practice Relationship
Erford, Bradley T., Ed. – PRO-ED, Inc., 2016
"Professional School Counseling" is a comprehensive, single source for information about the critical issues facing school counselors today. This third edition of the Handbook integrates and expands on the changes brought about by the ASCA National Model. Revisions to each chapter reflect the influence of the model. Several new chapters…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Teaching Guides, Educational Theories, Educational Practices
Johnson, Bob L., Jr.; Kruse, Sharon D. – SUNY Press, 2010
Why another book on decision making? In this increasingly complex world, there are many tensions inherent in the daily practice of educational leaders. This book illuminates these tensions, and acknowledges the reality that there are already multiple approaches to decision making in any educational context. The authors offer a guide to integrate…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Superintendents
Download full textSchmidtlein, Frank A.; Milton, Toby H. – 1990
This literature review seeks to provide an assessment of the current status of formal, institution-wide planning in higher education. It offers an overview of the roots and assumptions underlying the conduct of planning; summarizes higher education's experience with formal planning; and offers insights into factors that may limit its…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Higher Education, Influences
Light, Daniel; Honey, Margaret; Heinze, Juliet; Brunner, Cornelia; Wexler, Dara; Mandinach, Ellen; Fasca, Chad – Education Development Center, Inc., 2005
With funding from the Carnegie Corporation, in the spring of 2002, EDC's Center for Children and Technology began a two-year exploratory study that examined how educators and administrators within the New York City public school system are using data?made available to them through the print and web-based reporting system of the Grow Network to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Urban Schools, Student Evaluation, Public Schools
Peer reviewedBerger, Joseph B.; Braxton, John M. – Research in Higher Education, 1998
A study used theory elaboration to help revise Tinto's interactionalist theory of individual student departure from college to include the effects of organizational attributes on student withdrawal. Results provide strong support for including concepts from organizational theory and suggest future research should use theory elaboration to look for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Students, Decision Making
McLaughlin, Gerald W.; Howard, Richard D.; McLaughlin, Josetta S. – 1998
This paper describes a methodology for helping institutional research assess its roles and its effectiveness in supporting decision-making at all institutional levels. The paper discusses how to meet this goal by planning, doing, checking, and acting. Planning requires the understanding of the roles of the data custodian, the broker, and the…
Descriptors: College Planning, Decision Making, Educational Research, Higher Education
Felker, Roberta M. – 1984
The final report summarizes activities of a 3-year project which accomplished the following goals: (1) identification of the most pressing concerns in special education currently facing state and local education policymakers; (2) location of research information through the U.S. Department of Education and other sources which address these issues;…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Blankstein, Alan M. – Corwin Press, 2004
The author builds upon a foundation which identifies courageous school leadership and the professional learning community as the center of effective school reform. The author offers six guiding principles steps for creating and sustaining a high-performing school: (1) Common mission, vision, values, and goals: (2) Systems for prevention and…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Decision Making, Family School Relationship, School Community Relationship
McMurray, Alan R.; Bentley, Ernest L., Jr. – 1987
To test a situational leadership model, this study sought to determine (1) whether, among a population of educational administrators in East Tennessee, individuals possessing high flexibility/high effectiveness leadership characteristics can be identified and (2) whether those leaders consciously apply Hersey and Blanchard's concept of maturity…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Differences, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Lewis, James, Jr. – 1986
This book, based on the author's theory of "success emulation," presents 12 detailed lessons for school districts in adopting principles and practices that have worked for the best-run companies in America. Each lesson presents a step-by-step practical guide for achieving excellence in education by explaining what businesses are doing to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Poster, John B. – 1987
Dynamics in the education policy arena suggest that, despite two generations of researchers extolling democratic leadership styles and consensus building over autocratic techniques, wide participation in policymaking and the broadest possible consensus are not always productive: American society has not yet agreed on what schools should…
Descriptors: Administration, Collective Bargaining, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
Smith, Stuart C., Ed.; Piele, Philip K., Ed. – 1989
Recognizing the importance of good leadership to the achievement of educational excellence, the second edition of this handbook synthesizes a large body of school leadership literature and explores the subject from three perspectives: the person, the structure, and the skills. Part I examines characteristics of today's educational leaders;…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Communication Skills
Dean, Gary J.; Murk, Peter J.; Del Prete, Tony – 2000
This book, which is intended as a resource for individuals and organizations involved in adult and community education, presents guidelines and activities to assist in enhancing organizational effectiveness in adult and community education. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) experiencing professional and organizational development…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
