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Peer reviewedSwan, William W. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education Quarterly, 1985
Current research programs for handicapped preschoolers and their families is reviewed under five administrative roles--program manager, policy planner, monitor-evaluator, advocate, and trainer-facilitator. Implications for administrators include activities/skill building in affective development, family services, technology, policy analysis,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Disabilities, Leadership, Preschool Education
Download full textMcKinney, Sue; Smith, Nancy – 1993
This fact sheet reviews the role of advisory boards and boards of directors in the context of crisis nursery and respite care programs for families with special needs members. Typical responsibilities of advisory boards are listed, including program creation and planning, development of program policy, planning and implementing public relations,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agencies, Crisis Intervention, Disabilities
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1997
Leadership is a key ingredient in school-to-work system building. School-to-work systems represent an attempt to create a new administrative structure that integrates many formerly disparate programs, partners, and agencies and an attempt to change traditional institutions and views of education in profound ways. To accomplish those goals,…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Annotated Bibliographies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedSpaid, Robin L.; Parsons, Michael H. – Community Services Catalyst, 1990
Reviews findings from a 1971 study of the structure and design of community services/continuing education (CS/CE) in community colleges; and from a 1989 study of the tasks that CS/CE administrators perform. Assesses CS/CE administrators' leadership role in helping people build communities and other aspects of the community college mission. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Education, College Role, Community Colleges
Gersten, Russell; Carnine, Douglas – 1981
An attempt to identify methods of human resource management that emerge as schools and classrooms become more effective, this literature review emphasizes the importance of administrator "support functions," which include feedback to teachers, monitoring of teacher and student performance, incentives for teachers, and visible commitment…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 2002
Ireland's career guidance system and policies were evaluated. The review team that met with policymakers and guidance practitioners in the public and private sectors, analyzed data from a national questionnaire, and reviewed pertinent documentation. The evaluation focused on the following areas: a better balance of services within schools; more…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Programs, Career Education, Career Guidance
