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Regan, Helen B. – 1989
This paper discusses an experiment-in-progress that focused on an investigation of novel school collaboration procedures. Two schools participated in the experiment. The principals of these schools were asked for their definition of "collaboration" and a metaphoric description of their schools. Following a collaborative skills workshop,…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Forrest, James – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1984
Evaluates the 1975 California administrator group's decision to have principals form a leadership team instead of forming collective bargaining units. Although a 1984 survey of 100 principals found that most support the decision, it also revealed that 45 percent are dissatisfied with the concept. (MD)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Unity
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Gallagher, Arlene F., Ed. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1990
Briefly reviews children's literature on the themes of cooperative learning, community cooperation, interdependence, and putting the social back into social studies. Summarizes three books for primary readers, four for intermediate grades, and three for young adults. Covers a wide variety of cooperative learning situations. (CH)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Community Cooperation, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
Neal, Richard G.; Boyd, Den – 1993
This book describes in detail the basic elements of school-based management (SBM) and the ways in which to implement successful change in the individual school. Specifically, it tells how Prince William County Public Schools (Virginia) has implemented SBM. Chapter 1 presents a rationale for the development of a more effective school-operation…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Decentralization, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller, Rima – 1984
The School Effectiveness Training Program (SET) and the Secondary School Development Program (SSDP) were school-improvement programs developed by the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), a state teachers' organization, and Research for Better Schools (RBS), a regional educational laboratory. Coordinating councils played pivotal roles in both…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperative Planning, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Lyman, Lawrence – 1991
A staff development process that uses group-building activities to foster staff collegiality is described in this paper. As schools become involved in restructuring, cooperation and positive working relationships become more crucial for effective school teams involved in participative decision making. Five characteristics of group-building…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperation, Decision Making, Educational Cooperation
McEwan, Elaine K. – 1997
Site-based management is a concept whose time has come. This book was designed to introduce the concept of teaming, elaborate the decision-making process, and describe the skills and processes needed for a variety of decision-making situations. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of teaming and discusses the decision-making process in depth. Chapters…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Planning, Creative Thinking
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Kentta, William – Journal of Staff Development, 1996
The Eugene (Oregon) Cadre develops school teams that can work together toward common goals. This volunteer group of teachers, administrators, staff, and parents is trained in organizational development. The paper describes the cadre and summarizes practices it has found useful in working with groups to promote teaming and collegiality. (SM)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Maeroff, Gene I. – 1993
Focusing on teacher teams and their use as a lever for change, the author examines the importance of teachers becoming knowledgeable, skilled, and increasingly articulate about their leadership and participation so that they may take their rightful place in the school reform movement. Ten chapters focus on teams sponsored by the Rockefeller…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
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Pillsbury, Gerald – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1996
Employs observations and interviews to explore ways four basketball teams used players' bodies to create a plural self, transforming individuals into interconnected, deindividualized members. Raises the possibility that for many athletes this temporarily realized plural self continues as a possible self and invites the development of certain…
Descriptors: Athletics, Basketball, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities
Morton-Watts, Gwendolyn – 1983
This report provides an evaluation, for the school year 1982-83, of the Resident Environmental Classroom project for Chapter I classroom teachers and students in the Cleveland Public Schools. The project is designed to provide students with direct experience with the natural environment, exposure to experiential learning concepts, exposure to a…
Descriptors: Classroom Desegregation, Compensatory Education, Cultural Exchange, Disadvantaged Youth