Findings from a study that explored the training/development opportunities desired by secondary school heads in Negara Brunei Darussalam are presented in this paper. A questionnaire administered to 22 national secondary school college heads who attended a workshop in July 1991 elicited 16 completions. Information was gathered about those aspects…

Findings of a study that evaluated a five-state minority leadership program, the Southeastern Minority Trainer of Trainers Program, are presented in this paper. The Minority Leadership Development workshops were conducted from July 1991 to January 1992 in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The project goals were to facilitate…

Factors reported to be important in the design, implementation, and evaluation of professional development programs for department chairs are described. Attention is also directed to results from a goal-focused evaluation of the 6-year-old program to train new department heads in the nine state universities of Florida, a program that is being…

This paper reviews the use of mentoring as a central feature of the Danforth Foundation Program for the Preparation of School Principals at Ohio State University, and in particular, in Bexley (Ohio) City Schools. Most of the observations relate to the ways in which mentoring relationships were carried out during the 1987-88 academic year.…

The Greater Capital District Region Principals' Center (New York) allows principals to meet in a collegial setting to share skills and practices and renew administrative energies. The program also helps principals manage stress, improve management skills, and discuss important concepts like instructional leadership and making teaching a true…

Provides four steps that principals can follow to maximize the leadership position of assistant principals. The principal is the key to improving the assistant principal's position. (MD)

Administrators expert in their own areas often have little opportunity to reflect the totality of the academic enterprise. Career mobility, collaboration, personal and professional development of faculty and staff, career opportunities, and career development especially for women and minorities are discussed. (MLW)

Founded in 1979, the North Carolina Leadership Institute has developed three programs to meet the individual needs of principals and assistant principals: (1) the Business/Industry Liaison Program, (2) the Short-Term Internship Program, and (3) the Executive Assistants Program. (MD)

In rural Alaska, school administrators are isolated and opportunities for growth are few. The Alaska Rural School Leadership Network provides administrators opportunities for professional growth and development through meetings, audioconferences, and workshops. (MD)

Long residential courses for professional managers are a very special type of service industry, presenting peculiar problems for the course organizer to manage. This article deals with the choices the course organizer faces. It is argued that the role of course organizer or program director will benefit by being seen as "service management."…

With an increased need for managerial professional development, seminars and workshops for improving supervisory, managerial, and executive performance have been developed. Some experiences from the Center for Executive Development at Southern Colorado's School of Business are described. (Author/MLW)

Makes a case for more developmental activities for principals, lists characteristics of ideal programs, identifies important competencies for which principals have indicated training needs, and reviews ways to overcome problems involved. (JM)

Suggests areas to be included in administrative training, including administrative evaluation, implications of the changing nature of secondary education, ways in which schools and their structures can influence pupils' social development, and organizational theory. (Author/WD)

This collection of thought-provoking and sometimes humorous quotations should be of interest to any student personnel administrator seeking upward mobility. Subjects include preparation and training, the doctorate, career commitment, availability of positions, politics, professional activities and age. (Author/BEF)

If school leaders are to resolve the unique administrative problems that educational reforms, greater parental involvement, new legislation, and a continuously changing society will generate, existing professional development experiences must be improved substantially. School councils will expect administrators to assess complex situations,…