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Download full textMazzarella, Jo Ann – R&D Perspectives, 1985
Although there has been a paucity of research on what effective secondary school principals do, two recent studies offer some clues. A 1983 report by William Firestone and Bruce Wilson asserts that a high school principal may best be able to influence the school through bureaucratic and cultural linkages. Bureaucratic linkages are formal enduring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, High Schools, Leadership Styles
McIntyre, Kenneth E. – 1988
This bulletin provides principals with tips concerning how to increase their assistant principals' effectiveness. It explains a four-part process to accomplish this task. First, principals must select the right person based on qualifications that meet the school's profile. Second, they must furnish needed training in self-assessment, goal setting,…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Assistant Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership
Ellis, Thomas I. – Research Roundup, 1988
Five selections summarize training methods for the principalship from the perspective that cognizance of the complexities of being a principal arises from practice, thus experiential learning should be incorporated into preservice and inservice training programs. The first selection, "Making Sense of Principals' Work," by Kent Petersen, is a…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Elementary Education, Inservice Education, Leadership Training
Small School District Administrators, 1985
"Making good things better" was the theme of the 1985 AASA Small School District Administrators' Conference. The keynote speaker listed four efforts school leadership should take: encouraging people to change, accelerating the growth of people, setting organizational goals, and continuing personal growth. A full day of the conference focused on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Fly, Emerson H.; High, Katherine N. – Business Officer, 1984
The University of Tennessee's management training and development efforts are described. The program is designed to improve the performance of academic and nonacademic department heads (middle managers) and includes an 8-day workshop called the Institute for Leadership Effectiveness. In addition to the attention given to the formation of networks,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Department Heads, Higher Education
Gall, Meredith D.; De Bevoise, Wynn – R & D Perspectives, 1983
The two articles in this bulletin concern an experiment in progress to determine if training teachers in a structured program for mathematics instruction results in higher student achievement and if the effects of the program on teachers and students would be enhanced if the building principal participates in and supports the inservice process. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
