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Özdemir, Murat; Demircioglu, Ebru – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2015
In recent years educational organizations have begun to be administered by more sharing, participation and democratic principles. The school-based management approach accelerated during the decentralization period in education is also seen as a cause for spread of leadership throughout the school. This trend is reflected in the educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Participative Decision Making, School Based Management
Chi Keung, Cheng – New Horizons in Education, 2008
Background: Teacher Participation in decision-making is one of the recommendations of school-based management and one of the key characteristics of an effective school. Although teacher participation in decision making is claimed to be correlated with their affective outcome, few researchers have been attempted to verify the predictive…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Secondary School Teachers, Participative Decision Making, School Based Management
Adams, Gayle M.; And Others – 1988
The goal of the seminar reported in this document was to consider the site leadership and management issue as it relates to professionals' changing roles and influences educational equity and excellence. The seminar attempted to bring sensitive reform movement issues back to those most affected by their implications. An important seminar element…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Models
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Richardson, Michael D.; And Others – Educational Planning, 1997
Suggests the capacity for synergistic planning should be fostered in the staffing and work of all educational decision-making bodies. In this model, all people in the organization examine the whole situation before action is taken on incremental parts. Defines synergistic planning; discusses issues surrounding data, integration, technology, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Polizzi, Kenneth G.; And Others – 1991
School based decision making (SBDM) has become one of the of hottest issues in education today. In SBDM the local governing body consists of parents, teachers, community members, and school administrators responsible for the legislative duties of running their school. Since most decision-making programs are geared for use in business settings…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
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Hanson, E. Mark – Comparative Education Review, 1990
Examines distinctive organizational and decision-making characteristics of models of school-based management found in Spain, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Dade County (Florida). Models differ in original source of change and position on a decentralization continuum, ranging from deconcentration of workload to permanent devolution of authority.…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Comparative Education, Decentralization, Educational Change
Bauer, Scott C.; Bogotch, Ira E.; Park, Hae-Seong – 1998
Few of the empirical studies on school restructuring adequately describe the role of site teams in school reform. This paper addresses this gap, an analysis of what site teams do, how they are configured, and how they operate. This paper presents empirical measures of variables relating to the decision-making and communication practices engaged in…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Decentralization, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Horgan, Dianne D. – 1991
The development of a comprehensive training model designed specifically for school-based decision making is discussed in this report, with a focus on teaching relevant skills and when to utilize them. Loosely based on Vroom and Yetton's 1973 model of participative decision making, the model is characterized by a general-to-specific continuum and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Models, Participative Decision Making
Beers, Donald E. – 1984
To implement School Based Management (SBM) in Charleston County, South Carolina, the school district was reorganized to include a management team to make shared decisions on all phases of district activities. Local schools were required to develop short and long range plans that encouraged needs assessment, goal identification, strategy…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Teams, Models
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Parry, Lindsay – Environmental Education and Information, 1985
Describes curriculum planning processes for environmental education programs employed by secondary school teachers in Australia. Explains the phases involved with a school based curriculum project and provides a case study report to illustrate the approach. Offers suggestions for initiating and sustaining curriculum planning in environmental…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation, Environmental Education
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Herman, Jerry J.; And Others – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1995
Focuses on a model of school-based management (SBM) and on generalities that can be drawn from recent research on SBM in several southern states. A case study of SBM in Kentucky, where the Kentucky Education Reform Act mandated SBM, illustrates issues in its implementation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Van Meter, Eddy J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1994
In Kentucky, where school-based decision making is legally mandated for all public schools, appreciable policy and decision-making powers are vested in SBDM school councils. Since 1990, educators have learned some valuable lessons: reform policies need early implementation guidelines; decentralization mandates create control problems for state…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
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McCullough, Douglas – School Community Journal, 1991
Although curriculum issues still command reformers' attention, researchers recognize that academic success is tied to home and community support. Alliance for Achievement is a school-community management program that addresses the relationships among schools, homes, and communities based on locally defined and commonly held educational values. The…
Descriptors: Community Support, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cole, Bryan R. – Journal of School Leadership, 1993
Provides a sequentially integrated approach to educational policy development. By incorporating analyses of educational decision-making basics, accepted site-based management practices, sound educational research, assessment of policy values, and a disciplined decision-making process, campus management teams can provide the effective, proactive…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cooper, Bruce S. – Education and Urban Society, 1989
Discusses school power structures. Cites the following examples of "bottom-up" authority: (1) vouchers; (2) magnet schools; and (3) open enrollment. Suggests a new model in which the larger school districts function as "holding companies" and individual schools function as "subsidiaries" of the parent company. (FMW)
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Models
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