This paper examines how superintendents and school principals enact national policy reform expectations and what characterises their local organisational arrangements. Furthermore, the paper investigates how superintendents and school principals deal with tensions as entrepreneurs. The study builds on qualitative interview data from two…

This article examined the role of Lesson Study in a center school located in the southeastern United States through an analysis of a narrative by the school principal. This methodology allowed a level of reflexivity across the research team, who appreciated hearing about the powerful first-hand enactment of the initiative. The paper begins with an…

The purposes of this study are to see the vision and community needs of the excellency-curriculum of the primary Islamic schools, the curriculum integration between sciences and religious values for the primary Islamic schools, and to see continuous development maintained in the primary Islamic curriculum in East Kalimantan. This research uses a…

This dissertation was designed to gain insight in the area of central office instructional leadership support from the perception of the high school principal. With increasing standards and high student performance expectations coupled with strict federal and state accountability measures, it is impossible for the high school principal to bear the…

Offered is a test of 10 questions to help principals evaluate the kindergarten curriculum in their schools. A point grading system is included. Appended are 22 references as well as a list of books and associations. (SI)

Practical strategies for administrative education faculty involved in principal preparation programs are compiled in this guidebook. This unit in an instructional leadership series focuses on curriculum development and implementation, with a secondary focus on curriculum evaluation. Stages of the process include evaluation, planning, development,…

A step-by-step process for changing curriculum, based on research by both the Ford and Danforth Foundations, stresses that administrators and teachers must work together to bring about meaningful change. (Author/MLF)

Principals can best discharge their leadership role if they develop a deep and broad knowledge base with respect to curriculum. This book offers guidelines for principals who seek to work cooperatively with the school community in developing and implementing effective curriculum. Part 1 contains three chapters that review the knowledge base. They…

Effective curriculum supervision is essential to a good middle school and curriculum program, and principals can do this job through preparation, curriculum review and development, taking advantage of supervisory opportunities, and curriculum evaluation. (DCS)

Concern among Mississippi educators about the definition, scope, and future role of high school social studies led to a statewide survey of high school principals' and social studies teachers' opinions and recommendations. A total of 150 principals and 300 teachers, chosen randomly, answered a 55-item High School Social Studies Curriculum…

This is the fifth in a series of reports of a longitudinal study of the effects of the operation of a curriculum engineering system in a school district. Specific objectives were to observe the effects of leadership and curriculum engineering on teacher attitudes and teacher performance in a curriculum system and on student achievement. A causal…

This research study was undertaken in order to understand the dynamics of curriculum revision. The study examines reasons for change, persons involved in revision, frequency of revision, ways of evaluating a revised curriculum, and consistency of revision processes across school districts. Information was obtained through surveys distributed to…

This study, the fourth in a series of longitudinal studies, investigates causal and other relationships between leadership, teacher, and student variables in curriculum engineering. Measures were taken on leadership, teacher attitudes and performance, and student performance. A causal time-series model and path analysis were used to demonstrate…

The Scarborough (Ontario, Canada) Board of Education's Curriculum Review, Development, and Implementation (CRDI) model employs school improvement teams known as Curriculum Management Teams to design and coordinate school Curriculum Management Plans. Focused interviews were conducted in 1988-89 with all of the secondary schools in Scarborough to…

To assist in the process of improving writing instruction, a study assessed the status of writing in the District of Columbia Public Schools. The study consisted of four components: a teacher survey; a student survey; principal interviews; and a curriculum assessment. The teacher survey was administered to 897 teachers in 34 schools and the…