Provides a checklist that allows identification of five major leadership styles, along the axes of concern for production and concern for people. (MLF)

Various leadership theories and their applications to school principals are explored. Principals need to be aware of their own tendencies in leadership situations and to understand the range of behaviors open to them. Principals should also take into account characteristics of the educational environment. (CJ)

An elementary school principal explains how she promotes a positive working and learning environment in her school through written and verbal praise, open communications, and the sharing of ideas. (SJL)

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 author discusses the moral and religious qualities necessary to leadership in Catholic education and the responsibilities of the Catholic educational administrator to the Church and to the family. (SJL)

Two organization development consultants describe and evaluate the two basic consulting methods, the process-consultation model and the doctor-patient model, and provide "readiness" criteria checklists for both the client and patient models. They state that each consulting approach has its place, depending on situational factors. (MF)

Specific applications of early recollections (ERs) within group settings are introductory exercise, an index of social interest, a kind of guided imagery, and an aid in intensive therapy. Additional uses of ERs include vocational decision making, pictorial representations of group perceptions, and a measure of group member's personal growth.…

A leadership typology is developed which describes the relationship of Black leadership styles to the Black masses. The role that such leadership plays in the political integration of Blacks as an ethnic group is analyzed. Four authority types are discussed: traditional brokerage, cultural nationalist, religious nationalist, and faddist…

Investigates the impact of high and low leader structure on self-actualization (Shostrom, 1966) for internal and external participants in a 23-hour marathon group experience. (Author/RK)

Success in a team teaching program depends upon the teachers' willingness to expend time and effort in preparing and implementing the team procedure. (MB)

Describes strategies for conducting a successful superintendent search. Outlines issues for the school board to consider, including 10 questions about the nature of the school board and 10 questions to ask the prospective superintendents. Contains tips for identifying the board's and superintendent's operating and communication styles. (LMI)

A camp director explains his supervisory style as being based on one-minute goals, one-minute praise, and one-minute reprimands; his experience as a parent; a decentralized model of staff supervision; and building relationships with staff by talking and listening to them. Gives American Camping Association standards for staff supervision and…

An account of an early outdoor leadership experience illustrates that a trip leader's role is to build a team capable of accomplishing goals without dependence on the leader. Only when campers are taken beyond their comfort zones does true learning and emotional growth begin. Sidebar presents eight dos and three don'ts of good trip leadership. (TD)

In a four-year study, an assistant professor of educational administration asked superintendents and their staffs to characterize superintendents' leadership styles. Definitions generally fell into the category "power over" rather than "power with/to." Superintendents must learn to speak about power as a collaborative concept,…

Examines principals' leadership style (transformational or transactional), decision-making process (autocratic or participative), and teachers' occupation perceptions on teacher job satisfaction in Israel. Finds that teacher perceptions of occupational prestige, self-esteem, autonomy at work, and professional self-development contribute the most…