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Herman, Jerry J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1989
Any plan to create a communications/governance structure to empower stakeholders must address several questions: rationale, potential advantages and disadvantages, problems to be considered, format, committee structure and responsibilities, and evaluation techniques. Includes 10 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Empowerment, Governance, Organizational Communication
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Cheng, Yin Cheong; Cheung, Wing Ming – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1999
Analyzes significant phenomena observed while developing and implementing Hong Kong's school-based management policy. Findings from an evaluation of 12 schools revealed that major SBM program components (teacher and parent participation, systematic planning and reporting of school activities, and flexible resource use) can contribute to school…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness
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Levacic, Rosalind; Glover, Derek – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
Britain's new inspection system requires that schools be assessed for efficiency and value for money. Drawing on a content analysis of 66 secondary school inspection reports, this paper considers implementation problems and whether schools have adopted the rational approach to resource management. Few schools had successfully adopted all elements…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgets, Educational Improvement, Efficiency
Meriwether, Charlene O. – NASSP Practitioner, 1996
Site-based management (SBM) gives teachers, principals, and communities a method for directly affecting and improving their schools. This newsletter describes some of the advantages of SBM, which can result in greater accountability for student learning and an increased opportunity for parents, teachers, students, and business. The greatest…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Governance, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Dellar, Graham B. – 1994
In 1987, Western Australia implemented a school-based management program called "Better Schools," which attempted to create "self-determining schools." Central to the restructuring effort was the establishment of school-based decision-making groups (SBDMGs), which permitted school staff and community representatives to exercise…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Organizational Change
Squires, David A.; Kranyik, Robert D. – 1997
What are the linkages between school-based governance and instructional change? This paper describes how two ATLAS schools developed the linkage between school-based governance and instructional change. (ATLAS means "communities for Authentic Teaching, Learning and Assessment for all Students"). ATLAS was funded by the New American…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Governance
Dellar, Graham B. – 1992
Findings of a 3-year study of the policy implementation process in three western Australian secondary schools are presented in this paper, which focuses on the macro and micro aspects of implementation. To examine responses to the formation of school-based decision-making groups, methodology involved: (1) document analysis; (2) interviews with…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Intergroup Relations, Participative Decision Making
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Stewart, William J. – American Secondary Education, 1997
Examines why curriculum planning falls short in site-based management and what can be done about it. Alternative curriculum-planning strategies include holistic planning, construction of thematic units to suit students' individual differences, and a multifaceted, cross-functional approach. Adapting corporate innovations and pursuing strategic…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Corporations, Curriculum Development, Holistic Approach
Dellar, Graham B. – 1995
Central to restructuring efforts in Australia was the establishment of school decision-making groups (SDMGs), which gave school staff and community representatives more autonomy over decisions concerning educational policy and school development. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the responses of three secondary schools to the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Decentralization, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
Dellar, Graham B. – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that described the existing nature of school-based management (SBM) structures and procedures associated with school-development planning in Western Australia. It also examined the impact of SBM on the curriculum and professional activities of teachers. Data were obtained through analysis of official policy…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
Wu, Robert T. Y. – 2001
In Taiwan, technological and vocational education (TVE) the equivalent of career and technical education in the United States has undergone several political and social changes and is poised for applying school-based curriculum development (SBCD). Three reasons for adopting SBCD are planning of an integrated curriculum, concept of student-centered…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Developing Nations