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Leadership in Indian Education: What Is Needed?
Foster, Carl G.; Twitchell, Wirt B. – 1981
Competent leadership is an integral ingredient for the enhancement of Indian education. Definitions of leadership and categories of leadership styles are variable. Leadership, an elusive term subjectively applied to emphasize an individual's pattern of action or inaction, has been viewed by researchers in many ways. Some feel it is composed of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Definitions, Educational Quality, Individual Characteristics
The BIA School Administrator and Effective Leadership.
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Foster, Carl G.; Boloz, Sigmund A. – Journal of American Indian Education, 1980
Because Public Law 95-561 has brought more autonomy and more responsibility to local school administrators, administrators must be effective in their leadership roles. The article discusses leadership styles, successful leaders' characteristics, subordinate types, and situational factors having a bearing on effective leadership. See also related…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Leadership
Project SERT: Special Education Training for Regular Educators of Native Americans.
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Foster, Carl G. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Chinle Agency is responsible for the education of 3,500 Navajo children; 230 are special education students. A questionnaire revealed that regular teachers felt inadequately prepared to teach the special education student. Project SERT provided 45 hours of graduate level instruction in special education knowledge and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Some Predictions for Reservation Education.
Foster, Carl G.; And Others – 1980
Three position papers present future implications for educators concerning adherence to P.L. 95-561. "Reservation Education: A Brief Prediction" encourages the active incorporation of the law's certification components in order to augment administrative tenure and promote worth. Teachers are urged to willingly comply with new Bureau of…
Descriptors: Accountability, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Special Education Program for Native American Exceptional Students and Regular Program Staff.
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Foster, Carl G. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1988
The Tuba City Boarding School, a western Navajo Agency facility in northern Arizona, initiated a summer program that provided instruction to special education students and special education knowledge and skills for regular teachers who had exceptional students mainstreamed into their classrooms. The program resulted in improved teacher-student…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Beyond 180 Days.
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Foster, Carl G.; Gabel, Emma – Journal of American Indian Education, 1986
Describes summer supplemental special education program of the Navajo Tribe's Chinle Agency. Program provided 57 exceptional students with instruction; trained teachers, aides, and parents in special education procedures; and provided university credit toward a degree or certification. Describes program evaluation techniques and results. (LFL)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Chinle Agency's Special Education Curriculum Revisions: It's Rationale, Process, and Wanted Outcomes.
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Foster, Carl G.; And Others – 1980
Because Special Educator turnover and existing modes of instruction were causing minimal progression of exceptional Indian students, representatives of the nine schools involved in Chinle Agency's Special Education Department decided during the fall of 1979 to develop and implement programs that better met the needs of exceptional students. By…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Behavioral Objectives
A Guide to Effective Leadership for the Reservation Administrator.
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Boloz, Sigmund A.; Foster, Carl G. – Journal of American Indian Education, 1980
Explains the effect of present-day educational changes on principals, the "line managers" of educational institutions. Describes concepts of leadership and techniques for effective leadership and community-school relations, including inservice programs, delegation of authority, and direction. Notes methods and techniques for getting the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making
The Indian Child in Special Education: Two Persons' Perceptions.
Foster, Carl G.; Gable, Emma – 1980
The implementation of PL 94-142, special education for Native American children, is addressed in these six essays. PL 94-142 guarantees all exceptional children the right to a free education; in addition the child's program must be tailored to meet the pupil's individualized needs with all instruction appropriate to the child, providing a least…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages)