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Tutt, Dana V. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The role of the principal has changed over the years from manager to instructional leader. School principal's responsibilities have increased and are often required to lead educational programs under a growing number of local and federal accountability structures and mandates (Wallace, 2012). With the recent change in the state and local school…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Educational Policy, Alignment (Education)

Duignan, P. A.; Macpherson, R. J. S. – Educational Management and Administration, 1987
Describes the Educative Leadership Project, a British program attempting to generate a new synthesis of experience, research, and theory on leadership and to develop complementary inservice and postgraduate learning materials for administrators. Discusses adult learning principles, relevant issues, project phases, and workshop procedures involved.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Learning, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
McCauley, Cynthia D.; Brutus, Stephane – 1998
Development through learning (the concept that managers learn, grow, and undergo personal change resulting from the roles, responsibilities, and tasks encountered in their jobs) has become an important field with a developed body of literature. Although on-the-job experiences have always been a powerful source of managerial learning, they have…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Management Development

Ginty, Edwin F. – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
Summarizes a 1993 year-long study of six beginning school administrators's career-transition experiences. Based on data gathered through interviews with these administrators and the author's own experience, this article offers recommendations for new principals and assistant principals covering three professional-development areas: academic…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Learning, Career Change, Elementary Secondary Education

Pohland, Paul; Bova, Breda – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2000
Analytically describes the annual Educational Leadership Development Conference held at St. Peter's College, Oxford University. Highlights the venue, participants, program goals, activity structure, and learning processes, drawing from the literature in adult learning, andragogy, and transformational learning and using Cranston's process model as…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Bernard, Doran; And Others – 1990
The STEPPES Project (Strengthening Planning and Management Capabilities in the Educational Sector) is a 4-year staff training effort of the Bureau of Planning in Indonesia's Ministry of Education and Culture. The project's overall objective is to achieve an effective capacity at the provincial level for planning and managing educational policies…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Decentralization, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education

Daresh, John C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Outlines recommended practices for strengthening administrator preparation programs. Preservice programs should emphasize development of reflective skills; ethical and moral leadership qualities; adult learning principles; coherent, integrated curricula; and updated teaching and learning processes. Aspiring principals need more opportunities for…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Learning, Change Strategies, Educational Change

Barnett, Bruce G.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1992
Instead of merely certifying administrators, the University of Northern Colorado is transforming its preparation focus from managerial skills to leadership development. The new knowledge base for future administrators stresses understanding self, using inquiry, shaping organizations, and understanding people and environmental influences.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Adult Learning, Beliefs

Boris-Schacter, Sheryl; Merrifield, Susan – Journal of School Leadership, 2000
Discusses findings from interviews with 19 committed principals and places them within the context of new research on principals as lifelong learners who publicly model intellectual curiosity. Conditions for continuous learning exemplified by these principals comprise three categories: professional identity, influence of the liberal arts, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Adult Learning, Curiosity
Alley, Reene A. – 1990
Given the discrepancies between the format of graduate programs in educational administration and the actual demands of the administrative work setting, instructors should refocus instruction to bridge the gap between administrative theory and practice. This document describes one instructor's use of an interactive experiential learning activity…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Adult Learning