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The Co-Principalship: An Alternative to the Traditional Principalship
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Eckman, Ellen W.; Kelber, Sheryl T. – Planning and Changing, 2009
A co-principal leadership model, where two individuals serve in one leadership position, is considered a special case of distributing leadership (Gronn & Hamilton, 2004). The co-principal leadership model has been suggested as an alternative organizational form that re-structures the role of the principal by enhancing the positive aspects of…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Styles, Participative Decision Making, Models
Improving Secondary Learning Disabilities Programs: A System-Wide Participatory Model.
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Billingsley, Bonnie S.; Houck, Cherry K. – Planning and Changing, 1988
Describes a systemwide participatory planning model designed to facilitate improvement of secondary learning disabilities programs. The model had three phases: central program planning and description, school-based program planning, and implementation and evaluation. This program generated a sense of shared ownership and direction among one…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Learning Disabilities, Models, Participative Decision Making
Restructured Leadership: Directed Autonomy in an Age of Educational Reform.
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Wimpelberg, Robert K.; Boyd, William Lowe – Planning and Changing, 1990
The two reform orientations termed "hard" and "soft" policy do not represent a set of mutually exclusive choices for policymakers. Bureaucratically and professionally based decision-making approaches must coexist in schools and school districts. The dual policy approach necessitates a rethinking of administrative posture and gives shape to a…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership