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Hashim, Profithan; Boles, Harold W. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1984
Describes the development, characteristics, and validation of a model, derived from sources in the literature, for the inservice professional development of educational administrators. The model has three crucial stages: planning, implementing, and evaluating. Each of these stages contains four steps: analysing, developing, operating, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Administration, Inservice Education, Management Development

Morris, G. Barry – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1985
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)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Harrison, William C.; Peterson, Kent D. – 1986
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…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Rossmiller, Richard A. – 1984
Research studies have found a number of teacher-related variables that are associated with student achievement. Professional development activities designed to improve the knowledge and skill of teachers can help students improve academically. In investigating the motivation for professional development, the findings of several researchers support…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Gousha, Richard P.; And Others – 1986
This paper reports on (1) the results of a 1984-85 national survey of the status of school administrator preparation, (2) recent literature in the field, and (3) where the field appears to (and should) be going. Participants in the survey included state certification officials, large public school district officials, and directors of doctoral…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Duttweiler, Patricia Cloud – 1988
Factors that contribute to excellence in education, as well as those that have contributed to the failure of change efforts, are the subject of this document. It provides a summary of the literature on reform efforts; effective schools; new organizational perspectives derived from the business sector; organizational restructuring being tested in…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Effective Schools Research
Daresh, John C.; LaPlant, James C. – 1984
To help classify and map the field of administrative inservice, five generic administrative inservice models may be identified and their strengths and weaknesses determined based on what is known about effective inservice practices. The models are a traditional model, institutes, competency-based programs, the academy, and networking. A review of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education