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Gil, Libia S. – 2001
This book presents a framework for administrator peer evaluation within school districts that is already at work and succeeding. The evaluation design emphasizes results, promotes professional growth and development, models expectations for students and teachers, and meets Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium standards. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Development, Peer Evaluation
Hersey, Paul W. – School Administrator, 1986
The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Assessment Center Project expects to have 53 comprehensive centers in operation by June 1986. Behavior modeling is the training strategy for professional development, and research has confirmed that the process can help predict who will be a successful administrator. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Assistant Principals, Leadership Training
Drury, William R. – Spectrum, 1988
The Dayton (Ohio) City School District initiated a very successful pilot induction program for entry-year administrators in January 1987. Nine special workshops were planned to train both volunteer mentors and entry-year administrators in such areas as personal development, conflict management, problem identification and solution, time management,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Interprofessional Relationship
Peer reviewedHughes, Larry W. – Catalyst for Change, 1986
School study councils should explore adopting assessment center technology (ACT) for selection and development of administrators, a process long used by other organizations. A center's assessors identify, measure, and analyze acceptable position performance levels within simulated exercises and managerial skills. (ll endnotes) (CJH)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Educational Administration
Download full textBaltzell, D. Catherine; Dentler, Robert A. – 1983
A national study was conducted to determine the means by which school districts choose principals. The main goals of the study were to describe and characterize both common practices in principal selection and promising alternatives for improvement of common practice. Accordingly, the study was designed in two phases. In phase 1, field research…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
National 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 reviewedLindahl, Ronald A. – Planning and Changing, 1986
While pressures to revise administrator evaluation systems are increasing, the actual process demands great time, energy, and commitment to planned change. This article describes a large urban school district's efforts to redefine evaluation purposes, develop a process and principles, and implement and assess the new system. Includes 23…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Peer reviewedStow, Shirley B.; Manatt, Richard P. – Educational Leadership, 1982
Describes a systems approach to administrator evaluation that incorporates performance appraisal and management by objectives. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedShilling, Joseph L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
The Maryland Assessment Center Program (MACP), conducted in cooperation with the NASSP Assessment Center Project, consists of a Commission on School-Based Administration to review principal selection and training processes, a statewide assessment program, and a Research and Development Laboratory on School Based Administration at the University of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Peer reviewedJournal of Nursing Administration, 1980
It is argued that administrators cannot increase their administrative capabilities in isolation from the rest of the institution. The motivation to achieve a high level of competence must be supported at the institutional level. An approach to the simultaneous development of administrators and institutions is outlined. (Author/JMD)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Competence, Higher Education
Seldin, Peter – 1988
The complete process of initiating and monitoring an evaluation program is presented, noting that the ability to assess the performance of administrators and implement programs to enhance their skills and abilities is essential to the effective management of higher learning institutions. Such field tested resources as evaluation forms, performance…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Check Lists, Educational Improvement
Croghan, John H.; Lake, Dale G. – 1984
This paper addresses the need for a strategic focus on the improvement of the principalship. Whatever technical changes are made in a school district's formal system for selecting, training, appraising, compensating, and certifying principals, there are predictable consequences for the political and cultural dimensions of that district (that is,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Educational Change
Barnett, Bruce; Lee, Ginny – 1984
This paper briefly describes the rationale, aims, and proposed activities of an instructional management academy conducted by the Instructional Management Program at Far West Laboratory. The first academy, conducted during the 1983-1984 school year, allowed participating principals to analyze their management behavior, receive support and insight…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training
Peer reviewedFields, Joseph C.; Carrick, Charles F. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Thirteen ideas for marketing and implementing the assessment center concept are presented. These call for a primary focus on individuals and on excellence, preparation and organization, assessor training, assessor newsletters, accessible locations, a statewide advisory board, an action plan, confidentiality, both causal and formal meetings,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Assessment Centers (Personnel)
