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Gibson, Mark T. – Management in Education, 2018
There has been a large-scale structural reform of schooling in England during the 21st Century; new 'academy schools' have emerged, the organisation of which differs to schooling in the latter half of the 20th Century. These new schools are independent of the middle tier of local government, the Local Authority, and are often grouped within a…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Case Studies, Interviews, Training Methods
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Aas, Marit – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Professional learning and development of school leaders are considered keys to educational change. However, a growing body of research has identified how difficult it is to design professional leadership programmes that make a difference in leaders' professional practice. Drawing on the framework of expansive learning and data from the six-year…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Change, Principals, Management Development
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Vogel, Linda R. – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2015
This qualitative study explores the preparation and practice of school leaders in Taiwan based on indepth interviews and observations with six Taiwan school directors serving geographically diverse student populations. The journey leading to school leadership and the challenges that this representative group of educational leaders face are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Education, Management Development
Anderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
The following profiles address how the state departments of education are helping educators prepare for and implement their states' new college- and career-readiness standards and aligned assessments, through professional learning. SREB researchers examined each state's major professional development efforts around its new standards in order to…
Descriptors: State Standards, State Policy, State Programs, Career Readiness
Mitgang, Lee – Wallace Foundation, 2013
An effective school requires an effective leader, but great principals rarely just happen. They are cultivated. This Wallace Perspective draws on a decade of foundation research and work in school leadership to show how urban school districts can play a major role in ensuring they have principals who can boost teaching and learning in troubled…
Descriptors: Principals, Urban Schools, Administrator Effectiveness, Leadership Effectiveness
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Ringler, Marjorie C. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2008
The purpose of this paper was to explore the role and purpose of school administrators in international schools and obtain data helpful in redesigning principal preparation programs. An ethnographic case study was designed to obtain perceptions of issues related to leadership, curriculum, teachers, students, and parents in two U.S. accredited…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Leadership, International Schools, Administrator Role
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Ricciardi, Diane – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Summarizes a study that queried 140 South Carolina principals regarding their training needs, prior training activities, and recommendations for improvement. Participants' most important training needs involved curriculum design and instruction and the learning environment. Principals were most concerned about training time and location, activity…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews, Leadership Training
Podemski, Richard S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
An interview with Jack A. Culbertson, retiring director of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), focuses on the field of educational administration and the future of education. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Administration, Educational Resources, Educational Trends
Schmuck, Richard A.; Schmuck, Patricia A. – 1989
Because of their visibility at the center stage of community life, small-town superintendents have a greater opportunity to act as participatory managers and instructional leaders. This paper reports the results of surveys with 25 small-town school superintendents to discover rural/urban differences, work patterns, and exemplary practices in…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership, Interviews
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Bullock, Kate; And Others – School Organisation, 1995
A study that interviewed educational managers at different career stages concerning their conceptions and experiences of educational-management learning found that teachers acquire managerial expertise by various means. The seven most common opportunities were identified and analyzed (from the learner's viewpoint) in terms of their relative…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Tallerico, Marilyn – Planning and Changing, 1991
Analyzes school board members' on-the-job training and development from board members' and superintendents' perspectives. Most board members viewed their own learning development within a broader framework than did most superintendents; the latter mistakenly saw themselves as central to board learning. Implications for three policy areas (training…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
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Blase, Jo; Blase, Joseph – Journal of Educational Administration, 1999
Describes practices, thoughts, and feelings of exemplary, shared-governance principals at nine schools affiliated with Glickman's League of Professional Schools in Georgia, using open-ended interviews. Findings showed that implementing shared governance incorporates five salient themes: meanings, involvement of others, redistribution of power,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Taber, Bob; Halverson, Roy – 1985
This workshop presenter's guide is intended for use by administrators in training one another in the Project Leadership program developed by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA). The purpose of this scripted guide is to give administrators the knowledge and the tools to communicate effectively and professionally with the news…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Audience Analysis, Communication Skills
Wildman, Louis – 1988
After setting forth eight assumptions concerning the education of educational administrators, findings about the Leadership in Educational Administration Development (LEAD) program are discussed. The analysis is based on the first-year applications, telephone conversations with staff at a majority of the project sites, and additional material…
Descriptors: Administrators, Assessment Centers (Personnel), College School Cooperation, Educational Administration
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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
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