Descriptor
Source
NASSP Bulletin | 10 |
Author
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 10 |
Opinion Papers | 10 |
Guides - Non-Classroom | 4 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 5 |
Administrators | 4 |
Location
Iowa | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Pellicer, Leonard O.; Nemeth, Gyuri – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
The minimal procedures for implementing a management team are determining who will be on it, determining long- and short-range goals for the organization, identifying task areas as a basis for designing job descriptions and setting individual goals, holding formal meetings, and planning for periodic reassessment of progress. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Management Teams, Principals, Program Implementation

Hamilton, Stephen F.; Mamary, Albert – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Urges accurate assessment of program implementation and the determination of student performance in areas not measured by achievement tests. Offers indicators of hard-to-measure levels of achievement in teachers and students, as they have been developed in the Johnson City, New York, Public Schools' mastery learning approach. (JW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Elementary Secondary Education, Mastery Learning

Luehrmann, Arthur – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Although computer-assisted instruction is usually not cost-effective or educationally effective enough to be worthwhile in secondary schools, courses that actually teach computing and programing, although also expensive, pay off in increased job opportunities for graduates. The author explains how to plan them. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Cost Effectiveness

Roder, Lawrence; Pearlman, David – NASSP Bulletin, 1989
For beginning principals, delegation is an important skill and an effective way to learn about staff members. After defining the school's strengths and weaknesses, a principal can set concise, realistic goals and communicate them to the school community. A general blueprint for action (including communication, assessment, planning, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Change Strategies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Guidelines

Strahan, David B. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Middle-level teachers can avoid passive seatwork and encourage students to think using a "guided thinking" approach, designed to help adolescents develop more sophisticated thinking and reasoning skills. Essential elements of guided thinking are described, along with an implementation strategy and the principal's role in fostering…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

Yoder, Jan – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Offers suggestions for gifted education programs in rural school districts, based on practices used in some eastern Iowa districts. Discusses such considerations as program planning, program implementation, program staffing, expanding or supplementing the regular curriculum for gifted students, and facilitating interaction among participating…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Interaction

Lepard, David H. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Developing, launching, and maintaining an assessment center plan requires continuous attention to three essential ingredients: communication, education, and politics. The four key considerations in developing a master plan are costs, scheduling, sources of funding, and terms of the agreement required by NASSP. A sample agreement is provided. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Consultants

Hassenpflug, Ann – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
In this interview, a high school art teacher explains why her initial enthusiasm for block scheduling evaporated. Problems arose with foreign-language instruction, science labs, lesson planning, field trips, space utilization, supplies, and overenrollment in elective subjects like music and art. Teachers had little control or administrative…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Art Teachers, Block Scheduling, Elective Courses

Zenger, Weldon F.; Zenger, Sharon K. – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Divides curriculum development into 10 steps to aid administrators at the local level in planning for whole systems or for single courses. (JW)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs

Farmer, Noel T., Jr. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Based on his successful experience with the NASSP assessment center process in personnel selection and career development, a Maryland curriculum superintendent suggests that assessment center process and results need to be integrated into schools' promotional policies, their training and appraisal procedures, their human resource planning, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications