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Arar, Khalid; Avidov-Ungar, Orit – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2020
Purpose: In times of reform and consequential changes, school superintendents act as mediators between government policies and those who implement them in the field. This article explores the perceptions of school superintendents in Israel concerning their professional development (PD) process, especially during the implementation of Israeli…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Role, Role Perception, Professional Development
Land, Arthur J. – 1989
Georgia is demonstrating a strong commitment to improving the quality of public education. This paper focuses on the reform efforts in the areas of accountability and the improvement of teaching. This is being accomplished with the current implementation of the Teacher Performance Appraisal Instrument (TPAI) that involves assessing competency in…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Waggaman, John S. – 1982
The design and results of a program evaluation of the Department Chairpersons Project in Florida are examined. The objective of the 1982 project was to design and test a model for planned change in higher education using Florida's university chairs. After presenting the history of the project, the following major project goals are described:…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Deans, Department Heads
Wilson, Valerie; McPake, Joanna – 1998
This report describes Scottish research on ways in which headteachers in small primary schools managed mandated changes. The research focused on implementation of four recent major initiatives: 5-14 Curriculum Guidelines, School Development Planning, Staff Development and Appraisal, and Devolved School Management. Research methods included a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Lipka, Richard P.; Gailey, Herbert A. – 1989
This presentation describes a curriculum revitalization project begun in Spring, 1983 in Baxter Springs, Kansas. The cooperative "effective schools" effort used a broad base of support to establish a director of curriculum, create new school-university ties, focus a reading K-12 curriculum improvement effort, and hold instructional…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Community Involvement
Easton, Claire; Wilson, Rebekah; Sharp, Caroline – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2005
This report sets out to provide the National Remodelling Team (NRT) with comprehensive details on stakeholders' views about the second year of the remodelling programme. This report is divided into nine chapters: (1) Introduction; (2) outlines the aims of the evaluation and the methodology used; (3) describes the findings from the survey of local…
Descriptors: Management Development, Educational Finance, Professional Development, Money Management