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Hord, Shirley M.; Hall, Gene E. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1987
The Principal Teacher Interaction Study analyzes what principals do to bring about curriculum implementation and school improvement. For one year, this study documented principals' interventions to assist new curriculum program implementation at nine elementary schools. Data on responder, manager, and initiator leadership styles show critical…
Descriptors: Change, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement
Jones, Helen E. – G/C/T, 1983
A model for designing a social studies unit for able (gifted) students that has no national boundaries or time, event, and cultural limitations is explained and illustrated by a diagram. The conceptual model provides an example built around the concept of leadership styles. (SEW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Leaders
Vacca, Anna M. – 1983
The development of the silicon chip and the microcomputer has caused the current age to be termed the "information age." Computer technology needs to be incorporated into the educational scene as computer literacy becomes a required skill. The National Labor Statistics Bureau projects that 75 percent of all jobs will require computer knowledge in…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Planning
Stark, Joan S.; Briggs, Charlotte L.; Rowland-Poplawski, Jean – 2000
This paper examines the role departmental chairs play in curriculum planning, who is chosen to lead the process, the behaviors used, and the complementary or conflicting roles played by other faculty members. Data for the analysis were drawn from interviews with 44 department chairs and 83 faculty in Carnegie classification institutions; these…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Collegiality, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Weber, James R. – OSSC Bulletin, 1987
Instructional leadership is long-term dedication to instructional excellence that includes both instructional and school management issues. Recent research suggests that effective principals can make a significant difference in their schools' instructional programs through a combination of personal traits, particularly a strong belief in their…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education

Brady, Laurie – Journal of Educational Administration, 1984
A study of 20 representative primary schools in New South Wales, Australia, revealed that a high degree of principal supportiveness as measured by the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire was associated positively with curriculum decision making by staff groups and negatively with curriculum decision-making by individual teachers. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
McKenzie, Floretta Dukes – 1985
To assist educational leaders in understanding the implications of the transformation from an industrial to an information society, this paper cites selected societal changes. Among these are new information technologies that will give birth to new activities, processes, and products; and the existence of masses of data from which leaders must…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)

McCartney, Cameron; Schrag, Francis – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1990
Investigates the role of social studies department heads and principals in five schools involved in a project studying higher-order thinking skills. Identifies similarities and differences between department heads and administrators. Develops indicators of the success of the five schools in promoting higher-order thinking in social studies…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Curriculum Development
Weber, James R. – 1987
This synthesis of research findings translates investigations in instructional leadership into a working model for practitioners--principals, assistant principals, teachers, and others. Three kinds of research--theoretical, practical, and ethnographic--are used to develop a model based on six interrelated functions of instructional leadership,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Leadership
Luckett, Rebecca; And Others – American School Board Journal, 1987
From a random sample of 4,441 board members, 1,482 (33 percent) responded to a survey. Women board members are more interested in curriculum than finance and expect to be more involved in school system decision making. Respondents' demographic characteristics and areas of concerns are shown in region-by-region charts. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Curriculum Development
Walz, Garry R., Ed.; Benjamin, Libby, Ed. – 1983
This monograph contains the proceedings of the Flagship Conference of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), which was designed to discuss the future of counselor education and to share images of how the counseling profession can be promoted and enhanced. The 16 papers are loosely divided into categories. The first two…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Counselor Training, Counselors
Nelson, Linda J., Ed. – 1989
On-the-job learning experiences of 47 school administrators, representing a broad range of administrative settings and roles, are described in this collection of reflective narratives. The authors, who had completed at least one year of training with the California School Leadership Academy (CSLA), wrote of how they applied learning acquired…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators