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Eichinger, Lynn – American School Board Journal, 1984
The histories of two alternative programs are compared. Considered a main factor in one program's success is a high level of administrative support; among problems causing the demise of the other are failure to involve the developing committee in the program's implementation and changing the program's emphasis and the students targeted. (MJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Exploration, Nontraditional Education, Program Implementation
Edmonds, Ronald R. – 1981
In accordance with research into what makes schools effective, efforts were made to translate the findings into a school improvement project in the New York City Public Schools. The research isolated five characteristics of schools identified as effective (that is, as demonstrating for 3 years the ability to deliver basic school skills to the full…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Institutional Characteristics
Peer reviewedClark, Terry A.; McCarthy, Dennis P. – Educational Researcher, 1983
Describes the development and implementation of New York City's School Improvement Project (SIP), a program designed to improve schools through school-based planning groups. Discusses the program structure and outcomes, and indicates that SIP schools with greater student achievement show more commitment to the SIP process. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Committees, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedWalter, James E. – Social Policy, 1981
Describes new curriculum developments, supervisory strategies, and management techniques that were found to have improved educational outcomes in 16 urban school systems. (GC)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decentralization, Educational Administration, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedMcClare, Greg – Education and Urban Society, 1990
Discusses the role of school principals and school boards in developing policies in the following areas in order to inform faculty members of their duty to report suspected cases of abuse: (1) child-abuse reporting procedures; (2) educational and training programs; and (3) community linkage mechanisms. (JS)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Dixon, Benjamin – Exceptional Children, 1980
The authors focus on the need for administrators to deal with the problem of teacher burnout as it relates to the implementation of Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Download full textBiester, Thomas W.; And Others – 1983
This report presents the results of a New Jersey school district field test of a comprehensive administrator training program. The program's main objectives were to develop a knowledge-utilization approach to the improvement of instruction and student achievement in basic skills, and to develop and test strategies for installing and disseminating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Board of Education Role
