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Smith, Wade; Ellett, Chad D. – 2000
Efforts to change the role of principals over the past 30 years typically reflect a leader-centrist perspective of schools illustrated by the metaphors of a marching band or the slightly less hierarchical classical orchestra. In these conceptual systems, policy (score) is generated (composed) by policymaking bodies (composers) with principals…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education