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Wilson, Lucile – 1996
This practical handbook focuses on interpersonal skills that will increase the effectiveness of recent library school graduates, paraprofessional librarians, and aides who have assumed the role of managing small public or school libraries. It describes numerous techniques that librarians can use to become better leaders and offers specific…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence
Heifetz, Ronald A. – 1994
This book grew out of a course at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (Massachusetts) in leadership designed to give students insight and tools for working in various official and unofficial roles where leading others can become essential to effective performance. After an introduction, Part 1 presents an overview of the meaning of…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making Skills, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Floyd, M. Kathryn – 1987
Although central office supervisors are emerging as critical linchpins of school improvement efforts, research is quite limited in this area. This study differs from previous efforts by focusing on the administrator's real world and identifying the subjective role conceptions and statements shared by four outstanding central office supervisors. It…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Central Office Administrators
Peer reviewedMinton, Anne – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
An assistant principal from Alabama describes her application of one of the skill dimensions derived from the Springfield Simulation--problem analysis--to a low-achievement problem among her fifth graders. Before she was through, she had exercised all the other skill dimensions as well: judgment, sensitivity, leadership, decisiveness, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications
Parker, Jeanette Plauche; Begnaud, Lucy Gremillion – 2003
This book provides an overview of leadership in grades 6-12. Drawing upon theories based on cognitive and affective leadership and the role of leadership in gifted education, it discusses leadership as it pertains to research projects, problem solving, interpersonal communication, and decision-making. The book offers strategies for curriculum…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Creative Teaching, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Peer reviewedRichardson, Steven M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1999
By helping faculty collaborate to enrich their teaching abilities and by supporting them when faculty/student relationships occasionally fail, the department chair models leadership skills that faculty themselves can use. The skills of leadership correspond very closely to good teaching skills, and can be combined with the skills of principled…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Standards, Classroom Environment, College Faculty
Download full textHanson, Karen L., Ed. – 1998
This case study digest is intended for classroom teachers who wish to discuss a variety of challenges in school leadership. The publication targets classroom teachers who desire leadership training and aspire to become school administrators. The case studies represent actual incidents experienced by school leaders. The cases are formatted to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Case Studies, Collegiality
Lankford, David; McKay, Linda – 1996
This curriculum is designed to increase middle level students' understanding of positive leadership through ethical decision making, and to help them apply knowledge learned to realistic situations. The program objectives are to: (1) provide students with an understanding of the characteristics needed for positive leadership; (2) provide…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Leaders, Curriculum Guides, Decision Making
Indiana Labor and Management Council, Inc., Indianapolis. – 1989
The purpose of this manual is to acquaint both teachers and administrators of vocational and technical education with the principles and methods of fostering better leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills as well as instituting cooperative models as a strategy for better preparing students to enter the world of work.…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Case Studies, Communication Skills, Decision Making
Smith, Stuart C., Ed.; Piele, Philip K., Ed. – 1989
Recognizing the importance of good leadership to the achievement of educational excellence, the second edition of this handbook synthesizes a large body of school leadership literature and explores the subject from three perspectives: the person, the structure, and the skills. Part I examines characteristics of today's educational leaders;…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Communication Skills
