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Malone, Robert – Research Roundup, 2001
Increasing evidence shows that school leaders, throughout all stages of their careers, can benefit from a mentoring system in which a seasoned leader helps the protege combine theory and practice with experience. This research roundup reviews works that provide support for principal mentoring and share strategies for establishing mentoring…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Leaders Guides
Malone, Robert J. – Research Roundup, 2002
Never before has the need for effective mentoring programs for principals been more urgent. Record student enrollment, an anticipated retirement of about 40 percent of principals, and a shrinking pool of those who aspire to be principals have brought about a shortage of principals and an alarming lack of qualified applicants. This research roundup…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Guides, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Facilities Manager, 1998
Presents a series of articles that cover a range of issues with regard to the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers. Papers explore ways to balance natural and human settings, provide an overview of a professional leadership academy, describe the preparations for an effectiveness skills program, and outline some of the concerns…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Facilities, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Lumsden, Linda – Research Roundup, 1993
This publication reviews five information sources about new designs and recommendations for principal preparation programs. In "The Landscape of Leadership Preparation: Reframing the Education of School Administrators," Joseph Murphy examines the nature of current problems in administrator preparation. He argues that before they can draw sound…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Leithwood, Kenneth; And Others – Connections!, 1995
This paper describes the results of a study that investigated the nature and consequences of a unique set of university-sponsored school leadership preparation programs. Begun in 1987, the Danforth Foundation Program for the Preparation of School Principals (DPPSP) was part of a two-pronged effort to more fully develop the potential of school…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Lynn, Leon – Brief to Principals, 1994
This publication examines some of the skills that informed observers see as most critical for principals who seek to be effective leaders in restructuring schools. It also highlights some principal-preparation programs, both preservice programs at colleges and universities and inservice programs for practicing principals. The document examines…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Norrving, Bengt; Sannerstedt, Anders – School Research Newsletter, 1989
In 1984, the Swedish National Board of Education inaugurated a major research program on decentralized school administration. The research undertaken at the University of Lund focused upon regional and local school administration: county education committee, local education authority, local education office, and head teachers. Results are…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum, Decentralization, Educational Administration