Describes how instructional designers can use a combination of job task/function analysis and job competence assessment to construct a performance profile for managers that identifies characteristics of a successful performer. An ideal role micro approach is explained, and the design of training programs based on the performance profile is…

Examines the performance of public school principals as rated by teachers they supervise. Work experience outside of education does not raise performance ratings, nor does administrative experience or graduate training. The only experience associated with higher performance ratings is teaching experience. Teachers tend to rate a principal of their…

Discusses the role of management in supporting employee training programs for performance improvement. How to identify training needs and develop a plan to support training are described. Promoting management involvement in training by linking training to the organizational plan and establishing an evaluation plan are discussed. (Contains two…

Proposes and tests a model of socialization factors that may be related to the evaluation of new elementary and secondary assistant principals' job performance. These factors were grouped into individual demographics; professional socialization; and organizational socialization. Covariance structure analysis supported the proposed theoretical…

Discusses the development of performance schema that outline criteria specific to a job-related activity during which trainees apply course content and demonstrate competencies learned. The process involves identification and grouping of criteria, choosing rating scales, checklist construction, and organization of the preceding elements into a…

Hazards to new superintendents include enemies on the school board, sloppy expense accounting, and romancing school employees. Would-be survivors must be aware of antagonistic board members and the inevitability of making enemies, avoid expense account irregularities, eschew favoritism, admit mistakes, avoid subordinate-confidants, recognize the…

Summarizes a study to determine principal's perceptions of their competency in primary responsibility areas and their greatest challenges and frustrations. Beginning principals are challenged by delegating responsibilities and becoming familiar with the principal's role, the local school, and school operations. Their major frustrations are role…

Suggests that newsroom employees may have difficulty seeing a direct link between performance and assessment because they are operating from a paradigm based on their experience of academic courses and grades. Provides guidelines for both the newsroom manager and the college teacher on how to change attitudes and the perception of workplace…

Describes the ideas and principles involved in the Management Charter Initiative work on management competence in the United Kingdom. Occupational standards and the National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are discussed; units of performance and performance criteria are described; and personal competence and developing competence are considered.…

A study of paramedics revealed the following modes of informal learning: during task performance, from performance mistakes, through reflection while documenting performance, and from the experience of others. Routine and nonroutine partnerships played an important part. (SK)

Explores research on principals' teacher evaluation competence, focusing on rating skills, student achievement impact, classroom observation effects, improvement strategies, and monitored performance. Teacher evaluation is frequently ineffective because of improperly selected purposes, excessively complex criteria, faulty or missing theory and…

Argues that performance measures for student employees in academic libraries should set expectations for their performance and become management tools to motivate, evaluate, and reward them. Management literature on full-time employees is modified to fit students' needs, i.e., that they are part-time and not necessarily motivated by the work…

This investigation examined whether auditory prompting tapes could influence performance fluency in three mentally retarded young people. The musical tapes with embedded, interspersed performance cues successfully increased the participants' vocational task fluency and decreased stereotypic behavior in one participant. (Author/DB)

AASA's new "Professional Standards for the Superintendency" specifies benchmarks for improving selection, preparation, development of America's school superintendents. Superintendents will be expected to work more as decentralized enablers than centralized controllers. Standards will increase respect for superintendency, encourage the…

"Professional Standards for the Superintendency" underscore the importance of the superintendent's role in developing well-educated young people and document the extraordinary range of skills, competencies, and values required of today's superintendents. Ethically defining these requirements, without homogenizing them, will help produce school…