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Crow, Tracy – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
The road to leadership is not necessarily one that educators plan carefully with a series of logical steps. Certainly some educators start as teachers and then systematically work through a traditional hierarchy on their way to the superintendency. No matter their role or their path, education leaders demand more from themselves and others and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Management Development, Career Development, Educational Administration
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Syed, Sarosh – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
This article describes a novel effort in New York City, the Learning Partners Program, which matches veteran principals with two or more newer ones. In 2014-15, the first full year of the effort, the city's Department of Education put 73 of the city's more than 1,800 schools into 23 groups of threes and one group of four. Every group comprised one…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Coaching (Performance), Mentors, Partnerships in Education
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Fahey, Kevin – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Being a principal was the most demanding job the author ever had. He worked hard, mostly in isolation. Like most principals, he struggled to manage the position's political and bureaucratic necessities in order to concentrate on what he thought was the fundamental work of schools: teaching and learning. He struggled to continue to learn and grow…
Descriptors: Principals, Work Environment, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training
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Gray, Cheryl; Bishop, Quentin – Journal of Staff Development, 2009
Educators and policy makers have placed leadership development at the top of the school reform agenda, believing that aspiring and new school leaders can learn the necessary skills to improve the most challenging schools. Leadership development builds the capacity of educators (teachers and administrators) to be effective in leadership roles or…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Performance Factors, Competence, Leadership Effectiveness
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Murphy, Joseph; Hallinger, Philip – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
Eleven staff development programs for school administrators are analyzed, emphasizing the principles and characteristics which distinguish these programs from past practice. Differences are classified into the headings of focus, content, and program delivery. (MT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training
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Roy, Patricia; Elvecrog, Barbara – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
The Metropolitan Principals' Academy was formed in 1984 by eight suburban school districts in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in order to help administrators become more effective. The academy is described, and the research-based model of leadership which guides it is examined. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training, Management Development, Principals
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Klopf, Gordon; Caruso, Joseph – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
The Fall River Institute for Leadership was established in 1984 to aid administrators in learning about recent studies, programs, and practices in the field of leadership development and to help Fall River's 102 administrators refine their leadership skills. This article provides an overview of the institute's program. (MT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources, Leadership Training
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Meadows, Robert T. – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
The Akron Public Schools conduct three interrelated programs for principals to ensure school improvement. They are Administrative Supervision Workshops, /I/D/E/A/ Principals Inservice Program, and Operation Curriculum for School Improvement. The programs, and how they overlap, are described. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training, Management Development, Principals
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Lewandowski, Antonia; Moller, Gayle – Journal of Staff Development, 1997
The Florida Assisting Change in Education Program teaches school leaders to facilitate the change process in schools. Training for school improvement facilitators teaches them to lead groups, encourage discussion, mediate differences, and create appropriate spirit for crafting and implementing school improvement plans. Evaluation of the program…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training
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Robbins, Pam; Gerritz, Bill – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
This article describes the complex nature of the principal's job and discusses four programs that help principals acquire the skills needed to be successful. These programs are (1) Peer Assisted Leadership (PAL); (2) Cognitive Coaching; (3) Developmental Supervision; and (4) Differentiated Supervision. (MT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training, Management Development
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Hogue, June – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
In 1984, Texas law mandated that each principal, supervisor, and superintendent in the state attend training in general management, instructional leadership, and teacher appraisal. This article describes the three phases of Lubbock's Effective Teaching/Supervision Model, focusing on Phase I: Instructional Leadership. (MT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training
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Ellis, Allan; Macrina, Angela M. – Journal of Staff Development, 1994
In Dade County (Florida) the Executive Training Program and its Educational Leadership Appraisal seminar help aspiring and practicing educational leaders develop reflection, self-analysis, and growth. Participants learn to view the work setting as an arena for their own growth and a place to perform the work of helping others grow. (SM)
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training, Management Development
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Wise, James E. – Journal of Staff Development, 1981
Traditionally, the professional growth and development of school administrators has been left up to the individual. A model for alternative administrator training has five basic operational criteria: collaboration; peer leadership; a sound cognitive base; experiential activities; and an ongoing support system. (JN)
Descriptors: Administrators, Inservice Education, Leadership Training, Management Development
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Lee, Ginny V. – Journal of Staff Development, 1993
Discusses promising professional development strategies for schools seeking to operate as learning communities. Recent shifts in conceptions of schools and implications of these shifts for school leadership are explored, and the principles of professional development are discussed which are then connected to recommendations for staff developers.…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
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Asayesh, Gelareh – Journal of Staff Development, 1993
Explores leadership development from preservice preparation programs to renewal activities for veteran administrators. Staff development professionals offer examples of leadership development, such as the preparation of prospective principals, using mentors, promoting ownership in staff development, linking school districts with universities, and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Leadership Training
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