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Umphrey, Jan; Taylor, Wes – Principal Leadership, 2011
This article presents an interview with Wes Taylor, the 2011 MetLife/NASSP National High School Principal of the Year. In this interview, Taylor shares credit with the teachers and staff members at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, for the school's systemic and long-lasting improvement in instruction and climate. He mentions that the…
Descriptors: Principals, Interviews, Educational Improvement, Effective Schools Research
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Jenkins, Judith M. – CEFP Journal, 1986
The executive director of the Council of Educational Facility Planners, retiring after 17 years, views the biggest change in the educational planning field as the shift from a "bricks and mortar" mentality to a process that includes the users of the learning environment. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrators, Architects, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Bensimon, Estela Mara; Neumann, Anna – 1992
This report examines the usefulness of leadership teams in higher education based on study results involving 15 institutions of higher education located throughout the United States. In chapters 1 and 2 the concept of the "leadership team" is introduced by means of: (1) a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of teamwork; and (2) a…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Simpson, Kristen – Currents, 1997
College public relations and institutional development offices can provide media training for faculty to master interviews. Methods include providing portable media manuals to faculty, conducting workshops, providing seminars on media communication during a crisis, having journalists coach faculty, creating a section for faculty and staff on the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communication Skills, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Braskamp, Larry A.; Ory, John C. – 1994
This book addresses issues in higher education faculty assessment with emphasis on the role of assessment in fostering development of individual faculty members and their institutions. Part 1 describes the role of faculty assessment with the first chapter outlining inadequacies in current approaches. The second chapter offers a perspective on…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Faculty College Relationship
St. John, Mark; Helms, Jenifer V.; Castori, Pam; Hirabayashi, Judy; Lopez, Laurie; Phillips, Michelle – Inverness Research, 2009
The documents enclosed in this report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale. There is a logic to the studies that were done and to the reports that are included in this notebook. The following are the…
Descriptors: Workshops, Leadership, Administrators, Scientists
Touche Ross and Co., Washington, DC. – 1982
Following a management summary and introduction, chapters 3 and 4 of this report present findings and recommendations related to the Montgomery County, Maryland, Public Schools process of procuring supplies and equipment (food supplies, fuel oil, warehouse supplies, and maintenance parts) and contractual services (data processing maintenance,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Administration, Efficiency