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Wood, Fred; And Others – 1993
This booklet describes one of the earliest staff development models to support school-based improvement, the RPTIM model. The letters "RPTIM" represent the five stages of the school-based approach to staff development--readiness, planning, training, implementation, and maintenance. The model is based on the belief that the school is the primary…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Models
Edd, Leon – 1982
One of the tasks of school principals in some districts is to provide for an appropriate staff development program. From his own experiences the author argues that adopting commercial marketing techniques is not necessary when convincing the staff of the need for staff development. Instead, making the identification of staff needs and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Leadership Styles
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Hannay, Lynne M. – Journal of Staff Development, 1994
Designing staff development activities that incorporate four elements of reflective practice helps develop participants' reflective abilities. The article discusses focusing on real problems and concerns; changing the nature of the problem; process-oriented staff development; and promoting collaborative partnerships. (SM)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperative Planning, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Zion, Richard – 1987
This paper identifies a number of factors that staff developers should consider in planning an effective program. A staff development program is considered to be effective if teachers adapt the material or content learned into their classrooms and retain the implementation over time, if teachers and administrators express satisfaction with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Agents, Delivery Systems, Governance
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Nowak, Sheryl J. – Journal of Staff Development, 1994
The article examines four basic elements of staff development needed to manage the changes in educational systems today and in the future: multidimensional professional development for all staff, decentralized performance-based systems, understanding and implementing the change process, and the changing role of the staff developer. (SM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Central Office Administrators, Change Strategies, Decentralization
Brown, Walter B. – School Business Affairs, 1995
A healthy work environment for the business-office team requires a balance among the components of organizational leadership, collective continuous improvement, and individual caring. (MLF)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Human Factors Engineering, Management Teams, Office Management
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2006
Continuous improvement in the quality of service offered to children, young people, parents and carers has been a key priority of the education system in Scotland over many years. Scottish pre-school centres and schools have well-established processes for self-evaluation based on the quality indicators in "How good is our school?" (1996,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Effectiveness, Self Evaluation (Groups), Educational Quality
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Dukewits, Pat; Gowin, Lewis – Journal of Staff Development, 1996
Describes the Missouri Accelerated Schools Project and offers information about each component, suggesting activities that teams could use to develop the skills necessary to establish a collaborative culture. Five key components are necessary for productive school teams: establishing trust, developing common beliefs and attitudes, empowering team…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Collegiality, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Wood, Fred H.; Caldwell, Sarah D. – Journal of Staff Development, 1991
A school district planned and implemented site-based management. Schools developed ad hoc committees (AHCs) and created school management teams and plans. The AHCs effectively allowed school faculties to have input and involvement in developing management plans. The more they employed team building, the greater the impact on intended outcomes. (SM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Collegiality, Cooperative Planning, Decentralization
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Hayes, Carolee; Ellison, Jane – Journal of Staff Development, 1999
Discusses how staff development is different in standards-based systems, describing ways to ensure that systems have the capacity for growth and development based on the standards, explaining configuration maps, and presenting six components of building capacity for standards-based reform: covenants; staff and community involvement; curriculum,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
RMC Research Corp., Hampton, NH. – 1996
This training guide is intended to help Head Start staff and parents build the skills they need to work together on decision-making teams and to help develop ground rules by which the decision-making partnership will operate. The guide develops skills in analyzing the extent to which parents are currently encouraged to participate in the key…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation
Giancola, Joseph M.; Hutchison, Janice – Corwin Press, 2005
How do successful schools create meaningful change? How can stakeholders improve and impact final decisions in the change process? Lasting organizational improvement and effective leadership blossom in climates of compassion, trust, and productive relationships. The authors describe the key to true organizational transformation in the one-on-one…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Instructional Leadership, Educational Change, Leadership Effectiveness
Hayden, Jacqueline – AECA Research in Practice Series, 1999
This issue of the Australian Early Childhood Association Research in Practice Series provides staff management strategies for directors and others involved with the management of early childhood settings and suggests ways to effectively delegate authority and tasks in order to reduce administrative pressures and workload. The booklet presents…
Descriptors: Administration, Day Care, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education
Snyder, Karolyn J.; Anderson, Robert H. – 1986
Intended for use by graduate students in educational administration and supervision as well as by practicing school administrators, this book is a guide to the most effective practices surrounding the school principalship. Ideas in the book reflect current views of good management, including systems approaches, participative and collaborative…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Ecology, Educational Administration
McDermott, Betty; And Others – 1981
Compiled in response to California legislation excluding confidential employees (staff whose jobs involve access to information regarding employer-employee relations) from collective bargaining units and authorizing districts to expand their management teams to include confidential employees, this handbook defines the role of the confidential…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Employee Attitudes
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