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Turley, James; Brittingham, Barbara E. – 1988
This report presents the results of a survey of Rhode Island school administrators (n=523) and open-ended interviews of administrators (n=28) that would provide information for the design of leadership and staff development activities as part of Rhode Island's LEAD project--an attempt to improve the leadership capacity of school administrators.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Leadership Training, Management Development
Giles, Douglas E.; Giles, Sharon – 1989
When some new superintendents assume a new position, they get along with their boards and staff, learn the ropes, and eventually gain credibility and "own" their precarious perch on the wall. Others, like Humpty Dumpty, crash off the wall, never to regain control of the position. Certain factors account for success: experience; clear understanding…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Mahan, Bernice Marie; Ware, Brenda Joyce – 1987
Purposes of this master's research project were to (1) determine the reasons for which parents educate their children at home, and (2) compare the attitudes of home-schooling parents and public school superintendents about the benefits of home schooling. Subjects were parents who home-schooled their children and public school superintendents in a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Home Schooling, Motivation
Lotto, Linda S. – 1984
If presented as challenges to practitioners' conventional assumptions about organizations, new views of educational administration might find greater acceptance. Practical experience shows, for example, that variance and unpredictability are phenomena normal to all organizations. Schools, too, are loosely coupled systems. Nor are decision…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives
Hess, Fritz – 1988
This document focuses on the factors surrounding the selection of superintendents of schools in New York State. Using responses from practicing superintendents, the structures and processes used to recruit these individuals are analyzed. Superintendents in 661 local school districts in New York State were surveyed in February 1988. Findings…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Hess, Fritz – 1988
This paper evaluates the superintendent selection processes in over 500 local school districts in New York State. A survey of practicing superintendents, identified the following processes that school districts use to recruit their superintendents: board of education review only; assistance of university placement services; involvement of district…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Download full textPavan, Barbara Nelson – 1988
A survey of 622 aspiring and incumbent school administrators was conducted in order to document job search strategies used by men and women seeking principalships and superintendent or assistant superintendent positions. Since these positions are predominantly held by men, it has been suggested that men's and women's job search strategies differ…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Job Search Methods
Armstrong, Mack D.; Rada, Roger D. – 1989
Although numerous studies target classroom teacher performance or principals' ability to improve instruction, little attention is given superintendents' leadership and managerial skills. Especially neglected are relationships among superintendents--despite their serving a critical function. This study examines the interpersonal network existing…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Job Performance
Greene, Lynda Sue; Bentley, Ernest – 1987
Despite numerous studies on educators' upward mobility and a plethora of administrator selection criteria, little research has been done on the process of moving from teaching positions to the principalship. Administrators are not always chosen fairly; sometimes they are preselected before the final interview--even when an elaborate selection…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Career Planning
Chand, Krishan – 1982
A survey of Alaska's 52 school superintendents revealed that their levels of satisfaction in several aspects of their jobs were affected by several task variables, in contrast to the findings of an earlier nationwide study. A personal-experiential instrument, a task variables instrument, and the Job Descriptive Index were used to obtain data.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedMitchell, Douglas E. – Urban Education, 1974
This study located significant patterns within the thought systems of sixty-three influential leaders in three southern California school districts and discussed the implications for school policy. (Author/SF)
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Educational Philosophy, School Attitudes, School Policy
Carr, Patricia – Administrator, 1975
A school system must be concerned with both the formal and informal communication systems. (Available from Buckeye Association of School Administrators, 750 Brooksedge Blvd., Westerville, Ohio 43081) (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Dolph, William E. – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1975
Article considered the role of the superintendent and to what extent the superintendent can provide leadership and have influence over the affairs of education. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Evaluative Thinking, Inservice Teacher Education, Leadership Responsibility
Montag, Betty Jo – J Secondary Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Administration, Board of Education Role, Creative Teaching, Master Teachers
Larson, Lars L.; And Others – 1981
To present a detailed description of what school superintendents actually do, not what they perceive themselves doing or what they ought to do, this project utilized unstructured, nonparticipant observation of six superintendents on the job. Four trained observers recorded the administrators' activities throughout every minute of the workday for…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction Process Analysis
