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Myers, Alison Joy – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This Education Leadership Portfolio (ELP) examines the research linking superintendent leadership to student achievement, reviews the current superintendent evaluation practices in Delaware's public school districts as well as other states, and proposes a more standardized superintendent evaluation process in the state of Delaware. This ELP…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Evaluation, Goal Orientation, Evaluation Criteria
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Carter, D. S. G.; And Others – School Organisation, 1991
Describes the Diagnostic Executive Competency Analysis System (DECAS) developed by researchers at the University of Texas (Austin). Applies assessment center methods conventionally used for selection and screening purposes to formative needs-based professional development activities. Presents DECAS within the framework of the U.S. Multi-Site…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Elementary Secondary Education, Management Development
Anderson, Robert E.; Lavid, Jean S. – Spectrum, 1988
This article describes a survey of the characteristics of new-to-site superintendents in Kansas in the last three school years, focusing on the methods by which these administrators are evaluated and their own view about their evaluations.(Author/TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Ohio Association of Elementary School Principals, Westerville. – 1971
In two parts, this book first defines the evaluation of elementary school principals as having two major phases, job performance and professional growth. The job performance phase establishes minimum requirements and indicates level of attainment. The professional growth phase assists principals who meet minimum requirements to become more…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Educational Administration
Carter, David S. G.; And Others – 1993
Although there are about 15,000 school districts in the United States, each headed by a superintendent, research on the superintendency has not been systematic and dynamic. This book presents a synthesis of research on the superintendency. Chapters include the following: (1) "Smoke, Mirrors, or Reality: Another Instructional Leader" (Shirley M.…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Elementary Secondary Education
Murphy, Joseph; And Others – 1986
This paper reports on findings of a research study on the district-level control of principals in 12 effective school districts in California. Primary research objectives were (1) to expand knowledge on the nature of administrative control, (2) to develop a better understanding of the processes and activities in effective school districts, and (3)…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Educational Objectives
Harrison, William C.; Peterson, Kent D. – 1986
Most systems of administrative control include both formal and informal, explicit and implicit evaluative mechanisms that sense deviation from standards and activate corrective actions to return subordinates to acceptable levels of performance or to correct beliefs. A review of prior studies showed, however, that few school districts have specific…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
National Policy Board for Educational Administration, Fairfax, VA. – 2001
This proposal calls for the establishment of an independent, freestanding, voluntary system of advanced certification for principals and superintendents that would recognize highly accomplished practices in these two educational fields. The proposal spells out why such an initiative is needed and how an American Board for Leadership in Education…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Certification
Bottoni, Wayne R. – 1984
This speech proposes an approach to evaluating principals that incorporates strategies for motivating principals to improve. The first step is to abandon the "middle management mentality" by granting full decision-making authority to principals over matters directly pertaining to their schools, such as teacher employment, use of allocated funds,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Georgia Professional Standards Commission, Atlanta. – 1984
The views of Georgia school superintendents on leadership preparation and the role of principals are examined to determine future directions and standards for preparing public educational leaders in the state. Data were collected from 182 (97 percent) of the state's total of 187 superintendents. In the first part of the paper, Georgia…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation
WestEd, San Francisco, CA. – 2003
This publication discusses effective leadership by presenting descriptions of practices for educational leaders. It focuses on six standards, known as the California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (CPSEL). The California standards, generated from national standards, have been updated and refined to reflect the continuing shift…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Commission for Future Educational Leadership. – 1984
This group of three papers addresses the issues of the supply of competent administrators, their education, and the management needs they should be providing for elementary and secondary education in Oklahoma. The first paper proposes improvements in the selection process for school superintendents. Using input from school administrators, school…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation
McCurdy, Jack – 1983
Recent research has suggested that the principal's role in the effectiveness of schools is far more important than had been believed earlier. What the principal's role typically is, what it ideally should be, and how it can be changed are the topics of this report. The first two chapters survey (1) the research on characteristics of principals of…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation