This discussion of the needs and characteristics of single-staff librarians provides an overview of continuing education and professional development programs covering issues relevant to this group such as management techniques, the role of the library, time management, planning, budgeting, and automation. Eleven references are listed. (MES)

To provide an understanding of the issues and essential elements involved in developing effective inservice programs for administrators, information from research on teacher inservice programs was adapted in light of the insights of several administrators attending the 1986 national conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum…

A review of several well-known studies of schooling suggests that schools--and their principals--can indeed make a difference. The authors suggest four keys to improving the training and practice of the building principal. (Author)

Although there has been a paucity of research on what effective secondary school principals do, two recent studies offer some clues. A 1983 report by William Firestone and Bruce Wilson asserts that a high school principal may best be able to influence the school through bureaucratic and cultural linkages. Bureaucratic linkages are formal enduring…

Argues that leadership and managerial skills should be developed in all librarians including children's librarians. The problems of developing managerial skills as a training function of the library organization are addressed and suggestions for an administrator planning such training are given. (EM)

Reviews and organizes modern leadership theories. Notes the research supporting the main thesis of contingency theory and that effective leadership style is contingent upon situational factors. Characteristics of management training based on the contingency approach are identified. (Author/MLF)

A reconceptualization of leadership focuses on the individual, on future consciousness, and on outcome behaviors. Suggests the importance of the leader's emotional stability and future awareness. An application is made to leadership training programs in education. (MLF)

By promoting insight-sharing among members, Harvard's Principals' Center works to develop, personally and professionally, those influencing the quality of schools. Growing numbers of principals outside Massachusetts, having attended the center as visiting practitioners, are founding centers in their own areas; the Harvard center itself is creating…

Principals who understand the formative, planning, implementation, and evaluation dimensions of instructional leadership can affect the educational quality of a school. Required is transformational leadership: the ability to understand a changing environment and energize the institution to achieve new goals and to utilize new procedures. (SI)

This paper presents a literature review and describes an inservice plan for aspiring and current elementary administrators in schools serving English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) communities. The literature review examines habits and guidelines for effective leaders to use in educational settings, discusses laws regarding bilingual/ESL education,…

For the past five years, researchers at the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education have studied the role of school principals and other educational leaders in facilitating school improvement. Through this research, much has been learned about the school improvement process and what facilitators do on a daily basis to bring about…

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 guide is to help school administrators to develop time strategies and to use them successfully. The guide, written to be read…

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…

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…

Florida's department of education and state university system face the question of how to institutionalize effective methods and techniques to improve administrators' performance. This report attempts to clarify the management roles of coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring. The clarification is necessary because, first, the terms (especially…