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Wendel, Frederick C.; And Others – 1988
Administrator selection is of increasing importance due to the critical relationship between administration and school success. To determine the extent of incorporation of the assessment center method--a source of skill information used for administrator selection and development--into administrator preparation programs, sets of data-gathering…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Selection, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Higher Education
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Leadership and leadership development in academe pose a double-edged problem: the ambiguity of the educational enterprise makes that enterprise hard to manage, and the negative attitudes of educators towards the notion of managing education compound this basic problem. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Administrators, Business, College Administration
Esp, D. G. – 1980
This report provides an introduction to school leader training programs in Denmark. Folkeskoles (for students from 7-16 years of age) are under local government municipality administration. Municipalities can develop the curriculum within tightly drawn guidelines from the Ministry of Education. Further schooling is provided by gymnasia (for…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Curriculum Design
Esp, D. G. – 1980
The Netherlands has an effective training system for secondary school administrators, in spite of an outwardly complex and compartmentalized education system. Nearly one-third of the schools are Roman Catholic, one-third Protestant, and one-third run by municipalities and by private boards. There is increasing emphasis on the growing complexity of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
Georgia Professional Standards Commission, Atlanta. – 1984
The views of Georgia school superintendents on leadership preparation and the role of principals are examined to determine future directions and standards for preparing public educational leaders in the state. Data were collected from 182 (97 percent) of the state's total of 187 superintendents. In the first part of the paper, Georgia…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation
Download full textBingham, C. Steven; Gottfried, Susan – 2003
This document is a practical guide for designing principal-development programs. The target audience includes individuals involved in the design and implementation of principal-preparation and development programs, particularly at the school-district level. Chapter 1, "The Call for New School Leaders and Leadership Development," expresses the need…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Assistant Principals
Cunningham, James J. – 1992
The Black administrator, whose role in higher education has been important historically in predominantly Black colleges and universities and also within predominantly White institutions, will become even more important in the future as demographics and technology continue to change. In general, Black administrators have been given responsibility…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Miller, Edythe A. – 1987
The ideas, approaches, and issues guiding the efforts at principal reform are described in the following areas: (1) generic management skills or instructional leadership; (2) teaching experience as a requirement for the principalship; (3) restructuring principal preparation programs; (4) evaluating competency and proficiency; and (5) selection…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection
Hess, Frederick M. – 2003
While considerable attention is paid to training and development for teachers, not enough is paid to the training of educational leaders, this paper contends. The aim of this paper is to provide an analytical groundwork and comprehensive direction for reform of educational leadership training to help policymakers design specific solutions to…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Beginning Principals
