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Download full textPeterson, David – 1991
School-based budgeting decentralizes fiscal decisions and is usually adopted as part of a comprehensive school-based management plan. The practice requires cooperation, particularly from the school board, superintendent, and principals. The purpose of school-based budgeting is not to reduce costs but to improve school productivity by altering…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting, Central Office Administrators, Decentralization
Klauke, Amy – 1988
This ERIC Digest is an overview of the process of recruiting and selecting principals. Criteria for selecting a principal should include problem analysis, organizational ability, decisiveness, effective communication skills, and stress tolerance, along with personal qualities such as dedication, creativity, and enthusiasm. Innovative steps that…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Hartzell, Gary – 2002
Principals should support school libraries because it is in both their students' and their own best interest to do so. Quality library media programs can enhance student achievement, and informed, committed librarians can help principals enhance their own administrative practice. This ERIC Digest discusses improving student achievement, including…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Thompson, James – 1994
Economic forces and educational equity issues have combined to heighten calls for improved education for all students. Systemic reform calls for education to be reconceptualized from the ground up, beginning with the nature of teaching and learning, educational relationships, and school-community relationships. One of the assumptions made by…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Lashway, Larry – 2003
In recent years, the role of the principal has become more critical in the success of schools. School improvement is often tied to principal performance, yet the practice of evaluating principal performance leaves a lot to be desired, according to some educators. This ERIC Digest reviews current principal evaluation practices and describes some…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Board Administrator Relationship
Stolp, Stephen – 1994
The concept of school culture offers principals and other leaders a broader framework for understanding problems and relationships within the school. School culture can be defined as the historically transmitted patterns of meaning that include the norms, values, beliefs, and myths understood by members of the school community. Researchers have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Beliefs, Change Strategies
Stolp, Stephen – 1994
The concept of school culture offers principals and other leaders a broader framework for understanding problems and relationships within the school. School culture can be defined as the historically transmitted patterns of meaning that include the norms, values, beliefs, and myths understood by members of the school community. Researchers have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Beliefs, Change Strategies
