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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
Russell, Wendy R. – 1994
This facilitator's guide offers tools for training leaders to solve problems in new and collaborative ways. It distinguishes between having knowledge about a subject and being able to use that knowledge effectively. The guide offers 15 units designed to meet the following objectives: (1) draw on each participant's work experience; (2) engage…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Interprofessional Relationship
Popejoy, Barbara; McManigle, Brenda J. – 2002
Conflict is inevitable when people work together because they have different points of view, values, and ways of working. Resolving conflicts can be extremely difficult because of these differences. This short guidebook addresses ways successful leaders can work to manage conflict in the workplace, in particular conflict with people who report to…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Pickett, Anna Lou – 1986
This training program is intended to help administrators and staff developers prepare teachers of special needs students to work more effectively with paraprofessionals--to direct and monitor their activities, to assess their contributions to the instructional process, and to use systematic procedures to improve their skills and productivity.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Disabilities, Inservice Teacher Education, Interprofessional Relationship
Download full textWebster, William E. – 1988
This step-by-step guide is intended to help educators learn about the characteristics and activities of high-performing managers. It synthesizes the ideas of several experts on business management performance and includes examples of highly successful educational managers. It also briefly presents a comprehensive strategy that educational managers…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedPritchett, JoAnn H. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
A principal and assessor for an Alabama school system describes the professional benefits of her experience with the NASSP Assessment Center Project: peer interaction, informal exchanges, and close personal contact with five other practicing administrators. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Assessment Centers (Personnel)
Peer reviewedWatts, G. Wayne – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
A South Carolina high school band director describes his experience with the Springfield Simulation, a role-playing seminar/workshop where individuals are assigned roles and situations that will aid them in developing administrative skills. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison. – 1991
This guide describes 35 programs developed by the Wisconsin Leadership Identification Program. The Leadership Identification Program offers mentee participants a structured mentee/mentor relationship, an opportunity to design a formal professional growth plan, a statewide leadership training session, visibility through a statewide newsletter, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Interprofessional Relationship, Leadership Training, Management Development
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. – 1984
The first part of this publication delineates, in capsule form, the responsibilities of superintendents and other members of an administrative team. Thereafter, seven basic principles are presented that contribute to a sound, productive relationship between school boards and administrators: (1) a specific written description of administrators'…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Bottoni, Wayne R. – 1984
This speech proposes an approach to evaluating principals that incorporates strategies for motivating principals to improve. The first step is to abandon the "middle management mentality" by granting full decision-making authority to principals over matters directly pertaining to their schools, such as teacher employment, use of allocated funds,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBaughman, Dennis – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
According to a Pennsylvania assessment center director, the assessment center process provides continuous opportunities for professional development and allows for the sharing of concerns and understandings with others across the nation. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Assessment Centers (Personnel)
Peer reviewedHowe, Mary Lee – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Based on her own experience, a trainer of assessors for the NASSP Assessment Center Project describes the essential skills and practices needed for successful assessor training. She emphasizes the importance of collegiality and mutual respect between trainers and trainees. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Assessment Centers (Personnel)
Barth, Roland S. – 1985
This paper describes a new approach devised by the Harvard Principals' Center for improving professional development for practicing principals. The approach is predicated on a novel conception of principals as life-long learners and on the proposition that principals themselves can and should assume major responsibility for all aspects of their…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Cooperative Planning
Stokes, M. Jean – 1984
The nature and extent of conditions or barriers that inhibit women administrators in their professional responsibilities and careers were studied. A questionnaire mailed to 241 women was completed by 168 women with executive, administrative, and managerial responsibilities in nine universities of the State University System of Florida. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Career Ladders, College Administration
Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA. – 1997
This guide is designed to provide Head Start managers with the skills and knowledge needed to plan and implement integrated services for children with disabilities and their families. Module 1, "Identifying Shared Responsibilities," assists participants in identifying how current roles and collaboration practices as a team affect…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
