The American Rescue Plan Act has made funds available to states and districts to speed up recovery from the effects of COVID-19, including addressing learning loss. The Wallace Foundation has distilled evidence from its work that may be helpful in informing choices about how to spend those funds, as well as how to implement key strategies.…

Journal articles, ERIC documents, and books on leadership development are cited and annotated. (JD)

The article reviews the life of Samuel Ralph Laycock (1891-1971), a pioneer in Canadian educational psychology and a leading figure in the fields of mental health and special education. (Author/SW)

This bibliography provides an overview of recent scholarship on female community college presidents. A significant and growing number of women are serving as community college presidents. Specifically, there has been an increase in women community college presidents from 11% in 1991 to nearly 28% in 2001. With more women holding presidencies at…

Concerns the scarcity of literature on training practices for group leadership and the lack of training research. Group leadership training is a relatively new field. Clarification of group counseling functions and more research in group counseling will bring the development of more sophisticated approaches to leadership training. (NRB)

Effective schools research suggests that five correlates concerned with principal/teacher characteristics and behavior, school and classroom climate, instructional emphasis, and pupil evaluation must be present to maximize student achievement. This paper focuses on one correlate, the principal's role as instructional leader. Effective principals…

This annotated bibliography was organized from articles listed in issues of the "Education Index" from July 1978 through June 1981 for the purpose of producing a reference tool that would be useful to students and others interested in literature related to the roles, competencies, and leadership qualities of administrators and supervisors. The key…

Twelve instructional leadership publications that have previously been entered in the ERIC system were selected for annotation in this booklet. Several articles concern the leadership role of the principal, its definition, and how principals can become leaders. More specifically oriented entries address the role of administrator leadership in…

The oldest literary efforts on the subject of leadership view the leader as a person with certain describable traits. Despite intensive study, however, researchers have been unable to develop any meaningful list of leadership attributes. Empirical studies suggest that leadership is a dynamic process that varies with changes in leaders, followers,…

This report focuses on the problem of how to improve leadership effectiveness in order to improve overall organization effectiveness. First, three different approaches to leadership behavior are presented: Trait Approach, Behavioral Approach, and Situational Approach. Next, reviews of the leadership literature and of eight contingency models of…

The Research Division for the Center for Creative Leadership is committed to staying abreast of research on leadership and to developing new research approaches to that topic. This paper examines some of the problems with the accumulated research on leadership, reviews some studies of managerial work that stimulate new ways of thinking about…

Presents an annotated bibliography of current ERIC documents related to leadership skills and styles in community colleges. Provides nine articles covering such topics as strategies for effecting organizational change, qualities of effective leaders, and the relationship between gender and leadership style. (AJL)

Provides an annotated bibliography of 15 current documents from the ERIC database related to community college leadership. Provides sources related to guidelines for effective leadership, building relationships, shared governance, and future challenges facing leaders. (BCY)

Principals today are expected to maximize their schools' performances with limited resources while also adopting educational innovations. This synopsis reviews five recent publications that offer some important insights about the nature of principals' leadership strategies: (1) "Leadership Styles and Strategies" (Larry Lashway); (2) "Facilitative…

Presents a macro, integrative theory of leadership. Emphasizes the role of the leader in assessing the deficiencies in the follower's abilities, motivation, role perception or environmental conditions and in taking action to alleviate deficiencies. Determinants of leader behavior and environmental influence are also central to the theory. (Author)