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Competency: District Views from Southern California.
Tyo, John – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1979
Educators from Fullerton Union High School District, Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Capistrano Unified School District, and Huntington Beach Union High School District describe their efforts toward developing competency-based curriculum to meet state mandates. (SJL)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
What is Vision and How Do You Get One?
Scoolis, James – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1998
A powerful vision can help a school focus its values and reach beyond the ordinary to the extraordinary. No matter how well-formulated a vision can fail if inappropriate or when poorly communicated or implemented. A Northeastern Regional Lab document entitled "The Walk" can prompt school community members' reflective thinking in the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Mission
How Can You Spend a Year Planning?
Guilkey, Judy – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1980
A unique feature of the Vallejo/Dominican College Teacher Corps Project (California) is that the first year is set aside for planning. This allows better needs assessment, more teacher involvement, and a broader definition of staff development. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Committees, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Determining Factors of Responsibility in Management Positions.
Swartz, George A. – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1978
In 1976, the Shasta County Schools management staff devised a system to identify the factors of responsibility in management positions and to assign position titles and salaries on this basis. Factors were identified in the areas of program management, budget, and personnel supervision and weighted to rank staff positions. (SJL)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Responsibility, County School Districts, Factor Analysis
Improving the Arts in Your School.
Nash, Louis P. – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1979
Presented are brief descriptions and comments by administrators of some California arts programs on producing a quality arts program inexpensively. Topics discussed are: initiating a Comprehensive Arts program, the use of CETA artists-in-residence, curriculum development, and the coordination of a high school fine arts program. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Art Education, Artists, Curriculum Development
Building Peaceful Schools.
Tyrrell, Frank; Scully, Tim; Halligan, Jim – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1998
The Torrance (California) Unified School District is proving that learning flourishes when the community collaborates to create a conflict-resolution program. This article profiles North High School's efforts to develop and select peer mediators, integrate conflict-resolution principles into the curriculum, address roots of conflict in the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
With the Pursestrings, Comes the Power.
Wells, Barbara; Carr, Larry – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1978
The structure, implementation, and advantages of Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District's decentralized management and budgeting system are described. (SJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Ancillary Services, Budgeting, Decentralization
Project LEAD--Staff Development for All Needs.
Costa, Arthur L. – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1979
This article describes the inception and objectives of Project LEAD (League for Educational Administrator Development), an in-service consortium of school districts, county offices of education, institutions of higher education, and professional associations in the Sacramento, California area. Results of LEAD's in-service priorities assessment are…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Needs Assessment
Competency-Based Approach to Discipline--It's Assertive.
Canter, Lee – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1979
Assertive Discipline (AD) advocates a systematic approach which enables teachers to set firm, consistent limits for students while remaining cognizant of students' need for warmth and positive support. This article describes effective and ineffective teacher disciplinary behaviors, AD competencies, and the implementation of AD at Rice Elementary…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Teacher Education