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Daniels, Carlo; Niemczyk, Ewelina K.; de Beer, Zacharias L. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
As evident in scholarly literature, universities worldwide embrace Sustainable Development Goals initiated by United Nations. Yet, regardless institutions' commitment, many countries, especially developing ones, struggle to effectively implement sustainability-oriented principles and practices in higher education. To that end, this paper, based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Higher Education
Mihalik, Michael – National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools, 2015
For the past two and one-half years I have been a practitioner participant in the National Center on Scaling Up Effective School's (NCSU's) work with Fort Worth Independent School District. I have a unique vantage point, being one of the few members remaining who has been involved since the very beginning. In addition, my work with NCSU has…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Change Strategies, Educational Innovation, Program Implementation
Murk, Peter J.; Fallon, John A., III – 1984
The Muncie, Indiana Academy for Community Leadership (founded in February 1976) seeks to inform, instruct, and involve promising young leaders in the study of the anatomy of a community and its component parts in order to meet the demand for informed, motivated leaders to serve as members of various community committees, task forces, and boards.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Leaders, Community Resources
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Gersten, Russell; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1982
Of more importance than any lofty concept of the principal's leadership are crucial, mundane, support functions--which can be carried out by supervisors and teachers as well as by principals. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Marini, David C.; Jones, Herbert L. – 1982
This report presents findings from a survey of Indiana school superintendents' and school board members' attitudes about the school's role in sex education. Data were obtained for the study by means of a questionnaire; 645 completed "Family Life and Sex Education Questionnaires" were returned. Data, presented in tabular form and followed…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Policy, Curriculum Development, Educational Responsibility
Jacobus, Keith – 1997
A common theme in educational change literature is that principals do not truly understand the change process and therefore cannot successfully implement change. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the change processes that Colorado principals utilized when initiating and implementing change in their buildings. The study also…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Educational Change, High Schools
Gathercoal, Paul; Nimmo, Virginia – 2002
The premise of "Judicious Discipline" states that for students to become responsible citizens they must be given responsibility. Its operating theory is that building a school culture through a non-punitive, democratic approach to classroom management and school discipline produces students who are responsible for their own actions and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Elementary Education
Bohning, Gerry – 1980
Intended for use by classroom teachers and supervisors, this paper presents guidelines for implementing a peer tutoring program. The contents provide a definition of peer tutoring, a program rationale, and a list of steps for program implementation. Responsibilities of participating teachers and guidelines for selecting tutors and tutorial…
Descriptors: Criteria, Guidelines, Peer Teaching, Program Implementation
Mann, Margaret W.; And Others – 1981
A study conducted in 1980 to examine the first year of the role and functions of Project Basic facilitators is described. Project Basic is Maryland's statewide competency-based educational program. The facilitators are state education agency (SEA) supported staff located at 23 of the state's 24 local education agencies (LEAs). The two major…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Competency Based Education, Educational Responsibility, Linking Agents
Crealock, Carol M. – 1986
A 3-year study of the processes used to implement Bill 82 (an amendment to the Education Act that provides more effective education for special needs students in Ontario) was reported. Structured interviews were conducted yearly with 59 regular and special education teachers and 26 principals from 26 elementary and secondary schools under the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Role, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems
Salvaterra, Mary E.; Adams, Don C. – 1998
A study focused primarily on building-level leadership by observing how principals in 12 high schools (11 public and 1 Catholic) engaged in planning a structural change from a traditional schedule with 45-minute periods to the 90-minute periods of a block schedule. Using a concerns-based model of change, principals' behaviors and teachers'…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Block Scheduling, Change Strategies, High Schools
Fitzgerald, Thomas; Toohey, Edith – 1988
Described are characteristics of the school improvement planning and implementation efforts made in the 47 New York State schools that were identified as low-performing in 1985. This report identifies the aspects of the school improvement process which were completed, and offers recommendations concerning appropriate actions for all schools. Data…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Crisci, Pat Eva; Tutela, Alfred D. – 1987
This paper focuses on public school program development to correct the effects of segregation. It suggests concrete measures and plans for the Cleveland Leadership Academy, which is designed to enhance instruction and access. Cleveland City School District's Remedial Order is a court-approved blueprint for desegregation that mandated management…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training
Gathercoal, Paul; Nimmo, Virginia – 2001
This paper describes a philosophy and framework for classroom management and school discipline which represents a citizenship approach, based on the Bill of Rights, that teaches students about their rights and responsibilities for living and learning in a democratic society. The Judicious Discipline framework outlined in the paper could work well…
Descriptors: Action Research, Citizenship Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
Wills, Frances G. – 1991
Strategies utilized by district superintendents to implement school improvement plans in response to state-mandated change are examined in this report. Methodology involved document analysis of written plans and interviews with 30 Maine superintendents and assistant superintendents who were identified as successful developers of school improvement…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Decision Making Skills
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