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Juan M. Nino; Mike Boone; Israel Aguilar; Dessynie Edwards – School Leadership Review, 2014
The primary task of the educational leader is to assure high quality learning environments for all students. Research (Gordon, 2004; Sparks, 2007) supports the proposition that effective professional development contributes to instructional improvement by building educator capacity. Much of the research on professional development focuses in…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Professional Development, Public Schools, School Districts
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Ruiz, Pablo; Kelsey, Cheryl; Slate, John R. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2009
The views of 33 superintendents in South Texas were obtained concerning the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act through a Likert-format survey. Results were that superintendents perceived NCLB as having limited, at best, impact in encouraging the development of more educational services; opening more communication between the district and parents;…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Haynes, Kathy; Blomstedt, Robert – 1986
This paper reports on a: (1) review of recent literature on the principal's role in the implementation of educational reform, and (2) study of teacher perceptions of the role of the principal in the implementation of recent Texas reform legislation. Research on societal and organizational change shows that the inevitability of change should be a…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Agents, Change Strategies