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Anderson, Mark E. – OSSC Bulletin, 1989
Now that educational reform has targeted principal performance as a key to school excellence, methods and procedures for evaluating these administrators have become an increasing concern. Current studies suggest that evaluation practices used in many districts are ill-suited to improving principals' performance and professional competence. Many…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Feedback
Mailer, Andre; Lyons, Geoff – CCBC Notebook, 1981
Programs for developing the managerial capacities of department heads in secondary schools tend to be of two types. One type concentrates on the dynamics of interactions between participants during the program. In this type of program, consultants either call for active involvement of the participants in the analysis of their interactions, or…
Descriptors: Consultants, Consultation Programs, Department Heads, Management Development
Acheson, Keith A. – OSSC Bulletin, 1990
Arguing that instructional leadership changes are inevitable during the 1990s, this Bulletin explores instructional leaders' roles and functions, along with some leadership styles, strategies, and skills, and proposes an administrator training program. Chapter 1 introduces six "organizers" for examining instructional leadership: setting,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Pence, L. Jean – OSSC Bulletin, 1989
Anticipating a 50 percent turnover of principals in the next few years, school districts and university training programs are exploring mentoring as one way to help aspiring and beginning principals learn complex administrative tasks and ease into their roles. This monograph highlights some formal administrator mentorship programs in Oregon.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Beginning Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedBrinkerhoff, Robert O., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1989
Seven papers are presented that demonstrate new directions and practices in the evaluation of training programs. Different perspectives and approaches are represented, but in each case the evaluation described has been successful in making trainers more effective and accountable. (SLD)
Descriptors: Business, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Peer reviewedSmith, Nick L., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1992
Seven articles highlight evaluations that are especially investigative in nature to examine how common elements in these studies can be used to improve evaluation and practice. The evaluator is seen as detective, ethnographer and management consultant, national program monitor and analyst, and international development specialist. (SLD)
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Case Studies, Court Litigation, Ethnography
Download full textMobus, Martine – Training & Employment, 2000
Major British, French, and German industrial companies are increasingly recruiting higher education graduates (HEGs) for middle management posts, traditionally filled through promotion of operatives. This new form of recruitment does not occur on the same scale or at the same rate in all the companies using it, and it is closely tied to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations
