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Download full textMazzarella, Jo Ann – R&D Perspectives, 1985
Although there has been a paucity of research on what effective secondary school principals do, two recent studies offer some clues. A 1983 report by William Firestone and Bruce Wilson asserts that a high school principal may best be able to influence the school through bureaucratic and cultural linkages. Bureaucratic linkages are formal enduring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, High Schools, Leadership Styles
Dunlap, Diane – OSSC Report, 1985
This report is comprised of brief summaries of various research-based and theoretical concepts and techniques--taken mostly from business management--that might improve educational administration. The topics discussed include (1) a list of successful business practices identified by the book, "In Search of Excellence"; (2) Theories X, Y,…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Educational Administration, Educational Innovation, Industrial Structure
Pawl, Jeree, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1991
This newsletter theme issue focuses on the value of supervision in developing personnel in programs for infants with disabilities and their families. The first article, titled "Learning through Supervision and Mentorship To Support the Development of Infants, Toddlers and Their Families" (Emily Fenichel), is an essay explaining the thinking of the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Programs
Gitlin, Andrew; And Others – CCBC Notebook, 1982
The horizontal evaluation model was developed to remedy three major problems associated with competency-based approaches to teacher evaluation: there is no consensus regarding what competencies are essential to good teaching; teachers' behaviors may or may not be related to competencies they possess; and competency-based evaluation typically fails…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Acheson, Keith – OSSC Bulletin, 1985
The role of principal as supervisor and evaluator of teachers is central to instructional leadership, and this means direct involvement through classroom observation and interaction with each teacher. Principals often neglect this role, with lack of time usually given as the reason. There are other reasons: Interacting with teachers about their…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Potter, Les – Tips for Principals, 1995
The school-reform movement has not as yet helped to relieve teachers of their nonteaching duties. One result of shared decision making is that some principals have replaced student-supervisory duties with that of committee work. These duties can take as much time as many of the traditional nonteaching duties. One way to improve teacher morale and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Scheduling
Wenig, Robert E., Ed.; Matthews, John I., Ed. – 1983
This yearbook deals with the dynamics of creative individual and collective leadership and the ways in which industrial arts educators can apply them to improve their professional services. The first two papers examine the ideals of leadership as well as the individual's function and the history and development of leadership. Examined next are the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Financial Support
