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Worth, Charles E.; Worth, Maria M. – 1986
To provide an understanding of the issues and essential elements involved in developing effective inservice programs for administrators, information from research on teacher inservice programs was adapted in light of the insights of several administrators attending the 1986 national conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Mazzarella, 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
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Ivy, Barbara A. – Library Trends, 1987
Argues that leadership and managerial skills should be developed in all librarians including children's librarians. The problems of developing managerial skills as a training function of the library organization are addressed and suggestions for an administrator planning such training are given. (EM)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Leadership Training, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration
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Morris, G. Barry – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1985
A reconceptualization of leadership focuses on the individual, on future consciousness, and on outcome behaviors. Suggests the importance of the leader's emotional stability and future awareness. An application is made to leadership training programs in education. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Thompson, Scott – Texas Study of Secondary Education Research Journal, 1988
Principals who understand the formative, planning, implementation, and evaluation dimensions of instructional leadership can affect the educational quality of a school. Required is transformational leadership: the ability to understand a changing environment and energize the institution to achieve new goals and to utilize new procedures. (SI)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education, Instructional Leadership
Westendorf, David; Karr-Kidwell, PJ – 2002
This paper presents a literature review and describes an inservice plan for aspiring and current elementary administrators in schools serving English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) communities. The literature review examines habits and guidelines for effective leaders to use in educational settings, discusses laws regarding bilingual/ESL education,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Guidelines
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Educational Policy and Management. – 1983
This workshop presenter's guide is intended for use by administrators in training one another in the Project Leadership program developed by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA). The purpose of this guide is to help school administrators to develop time strategies and to use them successfully. The guide, written to be read…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
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Reilly, David H. – Education, 1984
Describes a conceptual framework that provides for the principal to be the "school leader" but not the "instructional leader." Defines the principal's primary duties as program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Discusses implications of framework on training and practice. (Author/NEC)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Qualities
Beaver, J. F. – 1990
Developing long-range plans that support educational computing programs requires leaders that understand the problems and promises of instructional computing. If administrators are expected to provide the vision needed to guide program development, they must first be encouraged to increase their computer competence. A course on administrative uses…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators, Computer Assisted Instruction
Harrison, William C.; Peterson, Kent D. – 1986
Most systems of administrative control include both formal and informal, explicit and implicit evaluative mechanisms that sense deviation from standards and activate corrective actions to return subordinates to acceptable levels of performance or to correct beliefs. A review of prior studies showed, however, that few school districts have specific…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Sample, John A. – 1984
Florida's department of education and state university system face the question of how to institutionalize effective methods and techniques to improve administrators' performance. This report attempts to clarify the management roles of coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring. The clarification is necessary because, first, the terms (especially…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Administrators, Change Strategies
Bacharach, Samuel B.; Conley, Sharon C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Education reform has wrongly focused on teacher motivation and rewards, when the organizational system itself is at fault. Research shows that effective school management hinges on increased individual discretion and decision-making opportunities for teachers and less controlling behavior by administrators. Ten characteristics of effective…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cooperation, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Taber, Bob; Halverson, Roy – 1985
This workshop presenter's guide is intended for use by administrators in training one another in the Project Leadership program developed by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA). The purpose of this scripted guide is to give administrators the knowledge and the tools to communicate effectively and professionally with the news…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Audience Analysis, Communication Skills
Rossmiller, Richard A. – 1984
Research studies have found a number of teacher-related variables that are associated with student achievement. Professional development activities designed to improve the knowledge and skill of teachers can help students improve academically. In investigating the motivation for professional development, the findings of several researchers support…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Georgia Professional Standards Commission, Atlanta. – 1985
This report (1) examines the latest developments in educational administration preparation, (2) provides an overview of educational administration programs in Georgia, and (3) identifies and reviews a sample of educational administration programs nationally. Chapters 1, 2, and 3 are titled as follows: "Public Concerns: A Focus on School…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Administration, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
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