Homophobic bullying is a serious concern for students, parents, teachers, and school officials. This article reviews evidence on the status of this problem and how it may be addressed in a multilevel and multidisciplinary manner growing out of a social-ecological perspective on homophobic bullying as a social phenomenon. The ecological framework…

Using data provided by the Council of International Schools and a literature review to contextualize the subject, this article examines the topic of international school finance. It is suggested that postgraduate programmes are not doing enough to supply financial training for teachers turned administrators, and that a lack of understanding of…

Describes the development, characteristics, and validation of a model, derived from sources in the literature, for the inservice professional development of educational administrators. The model has three crucial stages: planning, implementing, and evaluating. Each of these stages contains four steps: analysing, developing, operating, and…

Reviews several alternative conceptions of stress drawn from the literature in an effort to clarify some of the reasons that stressful situations are perceived as stressful. Particular attention is paid to educational managership as a stress-inducing condition. (PGD)

Summarizes three approaches to work motivation and six current or emerging motivational theories, involving need hierarchies, work satisfaction and dissatisfaction, expectancy, behaviorism, goals, and job characteristics. Discusses research based on each theory, critiques of the models, and implications for research on educational administrator…

To provide an understanding of the issues and essential elements involved in developing effective inservice programs for administrators, information from research on teacher inservice programs was adapted in light of the insights of several administrators attending the 1986 national conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum…

Recalls some studies in management style that have particular reference to education and makes some observations on the fundamental assumption that underlies them. The assumption is of volitional capability; that is, the manager can assess, or have assessed, his or her style and then change, adapt, or maintain it. (Author/IRT)

Reviews literature concerning the importance of leadership in educational administration and characteristics of the successful leader. Stresses the need for equal attention to the importance and attributes of successful followership. (NEC)

Educators are commonly undereducated and underinformed about the laws affecting public education. This paper explores the extent of this sad situation. A review of research studies analyzing the relationship of an educator's attitudes or perceptions of the law with their actual knowledge of it shows a positive correlation between attitudes toward…

Educational administrators cannot avoid interacting daily with diverse groups of people including teachers, students, parents, school boards, and the community around the school. Each of these groups has its own problems, needs, views, expectations, and demands which often conflict with the ideals, demands, and views of others in the educational…

Given the widespread interest in the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) School Leaders Licensure Assessment, this paper explores the implications of this type of assessment for preparation programs in educational administration. The paper examines the relationship of the six ISSLC standards to various accrediting practices as…

Factors which contribute to managerial effectiveness can be grouped into four major categories: (1) personal characteristics of the individual manager; (2) managerial functions or the managerial process; (3) the various components of the organizational environment; and (4) the outcomes or results of the managerial process. (Author)

An existential and ethnographic approach is advocated in understanding what is referred to as the being and becoming of an educational administrator. (Author/MLF)

Discussion of the future of educational technology focuses on the need for appropriate management techniques. Several tools and models for developing organizational vision are described, including Total Quality Management; questions to guide design of an organizational vision are summarized; models for personal vision are examined; and resources…

The report opens with a discussion of how education and community are closely associated throughout traditional education and history, and how changes in one of these influence the other. It then turns to a review of past literature examining educational objectives and the skills needed by educators. Such skills must be used to adapt to the…