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Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Early childhood centers today are buffeted with unprecedented financial, organizational, and societal challenges. This article profiles "exceptional directors" who have responded to these challenges through their skills in leading people, working with parents, developing programs, managing their organizations, and advocating for…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness
Peer reviewedHart, Ann Weaver – Education and Urban Society, 1990
Examines the ways in which reflection leads to better decision making and better administration. Discusses the following three sources of knowledge available to administrators who choose to enhance their effectiveness through reflection: (1) theoretical; (2) empirical; and (3) experiential. Examines the integration of knowledge and action through…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Conceptual Tempo, Decision Making, Educational Change
Farris, Pamela J. – Principal, 1989
Examined are 14 leadership tenets of a successful principal as discussed by Wess Roberts in "Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun." Leadership strategies are analogized in relation to decisive action on the battleground. (SI)
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Decision Making Skills, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGlasman, Naftaly S. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1992
Reports on two studies that found differences among principals in schools that differed in student achievement levels. Two approaches for assessing the performance of principals are examined. One approach includes rationally segmented steps; the other focuses on programs as preliminarily identifiable steps. Study summaries are provided. (GLR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedHaring-Hidore, Marilyn; And Others – Education and Urban Society, 1990
Examines how women administrators make decisions in a higher education setting. Studies female administrators' ways of knowing and how these affect their decisions and leadership. The following four bases of knowledge are discussed: (1) received; (2) subjective; (3) procedural; and (4) constructed. Examines the need for reflective practice. (JS)
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrators, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
Download full textCurrie, Thomas J. – 1989
Despite uncertainty about implementation models, program assessment methods, and application of effective schools research to varied school settings, increasing numbers of schools and school districts have initiated effective schools improvement programs since the early 1970s. Because of the considerable resources committed yearly to management…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Effectiveness, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Attendance
Peer reviewedKottkamp, Robert B. – Education and Urban Society, 1990
Illustrates the use of various means for facilitating and sustaining reflection at different levels and preparatory stages of professional practice. The following means are discussed: (1) writing; (2) journals; (3) case records; (4) contrived situations; (5) instrument feedback; (6) electronic feedback; (7) metaphor; (8) platforms; and (9)…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Case Records, Cognitive Processes, Educational Change
