Personality types and practices are presumed to play a significant role in the improvement of schools' performance. This paper presents the findings from the analysis of quantitative data drawn from a larger study that examined the relationship between headteachers' personality types, instructional supervision practices, and performance. The study…

Education is a means to unlocking human potential for social, economic, and religious advancement. The Catholic Church and government in Ghana have had a long-standing partnership for the promotion of education at the pre-tertiary levels. The partnerships between religious bodies and the government dates back to the British colonial period, and is…

This article reports the results of a survey sent to principals of schools recognized for outstanding progress toward excellence in education for 1982-83. Results show that principals who are actively involved in instructional supervision, evaluation of teacher performance, and curricular development go hand in hand with quality schools. (CT)

Argues that supervisors and teachers need to plan cooperatively to develop a quality curriculum to assist pupils to achieve optimally. Discusses flexibility in leadership, openness to innovation, and visions of the future. (SR)

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…

The recently proposed school administration reforms concentrate largely on the issues surrounding recruiting, selecting, and preparing potential administrators; yet little is know about what it is like to become a school administrator, and virtually no research on beginning administrators has been done. Related literature does describe the…

Correlates two research projects and one review to provide a descriptive model for three styles of principal behavior in their role as change facilitator: responder, manager, and initiator. Implications are derived concerning the relationship between change facilitator style and implementation success, school climate, and potential for…

Identifies common characteristics among high-performing principals in their organizational context. These include a combination of personal vision, information sensing and analytic skills, and interpersonal skills, which collectively generate a schoolwide commitment to a common set of values. (TE)

In this 1980 survey, K-12 teachers in Tennessee were asked to identify those qualities of instructional leaders that they considered most helpful. Eleven characteristics are ranked under each of three broad categories: Personal Characteristics and Skills, Professional Characteristics and Skills, and Management Characteristics and Skills.…

The purposes of the research reported in this paper are, first, to study the actions taken by school principals to facilitate a curriculum change in their schools and, second, to determine the relationship between those actions, the leadership style of the principal, and the extant situational variables. Data were collected by means of bimonthly…

Because leadership theories and recent research into principals' roles have only limited validity, practical utility, and comprehensiveness, this study undertakes a description of effective principals' behaviors and a coherent explanation of them. Long-term goals, factors affecting student learning, strategies for goal achievement, and structures…

Over 260 public school administrators in Pennsylvania completed questionnaires on their undergraduate majors, coaching experience, school supervisory positions, extracurricular activities, and social science backgrounds. Findings confirmed a strong relationship between social science backgrounds and school administrative careers which could be…

The purpose of this 2-year-long qualitative and quantitative field study was to investigate the behaviors of effective secondary school principals in their respective school districts, to find commonalities in the behavior of principals who were deemed by their peers to preside over effective schools, and to report the interim results. The…

The major part of this report consists of a summary of the replies to a questionnaire administered to 1,270 elementary school assistant principals, with relatively few interpretations and conclusions. The final chapter raises questions about the status of assistant principals and suggests some possible future developments. Topics covered include…

Reviews research on the principal's role as instructional manager. Considers four factors: instructional organization, including time, class size and arrangement, and grouping; school climate; the principal's exercise of authority, power, and influence; and the nonschool context, such as personal and district characteristics and the external…