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Download full textBellew, Carol – 1979
A survey querying 3,978 public school principals and 320 superintendents about their attitudes towards inservice teacher education courses for credit produced varying results. While administrators as a whole exhibited positive feelings towards inservice programs, school principals tended to respond in favor of such courses to a significantly…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Finance, Inservice Teacher Education, Principals
Rainey, Malcolm F.; Connell, Elaine C. – 1981
This annotated bibliography was organized from articles listed in issues of the "Education Index" from July 1978 through June 1981 for the purpose of producing a reference tool that would be useful to students and others interested in literature related to the roles, competencies, and leadership qualities of administrators and supervisors. The key…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies, Competence
TOPE, DONALD E.; AND OTHERS – 1965
SUMMARIES OF THE SEMINAR AND OF FOUR GROUP DISCUSSIONS IN THE SEMINAR ON CHANGE PROCESSES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE PRESENTED. TOPICS OF THE FOUR GROUPS INCLUDED--(1) LANGUAGE USAGE AND THE ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, (2) RESEARCH IN EDUCATION, (3) ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISIONMAKING PROCESSES, AND (4) EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION. DONALD E. TOPE OF THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Change Agents, Educational Change
STOKER, W. M. – 1967
A QUESTIONNAIRE STUDY OF THE 1030 TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS WAS CONDUCTED IN THE SPRING OF 1967. THE DATA FROM THE 800 QUESTIONNAIRES UTILIZED ARE SHOWN IN 39 TABLES. THE QUESTIONS WERE DEVISED TO ACQUIRE DATA CONCERNING (1) SIZE OF SCHOOLS, CLASSIFICATION OF DISTRICT, AND TENURE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND (2) ASPECTS OF THE…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Background, Occupational Information, Professional Associations
WILDMAN, WESLEY A. – 1966
SEVENTY PERCENT RESPONSE TO A SURVEY OF THE NATION'S 6,000 LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEMS (1963-64 ENROLLMENT OF 1,200 OR MORE) INDICATED THAT 45 PERCENT OF THE DISTRICTS ACKNOWLEDGED A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHER ORGANIZATION AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, WITH GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED FOR NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING SALARIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS. BOTH…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, School Administration, State Legislation
Kelsey, Frances W. – 1978
Focusing on the positions of superintendent, assistant superintendent, and high school, junior high, and elementary school principals, this study attempted to determine the number of female school administrators in New England. Data were collected from school directories of state departments of education in each state. Directories for 1977-78 were…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Fletcher, Matthew R.; And Others – 1979
This document is a guide for school administrators in New York State in preparation for a district strike plan. The forms provided in the appendix may be reproduced for use within the school district. Information on strike management procedures are provided for superintendents and principals, including such topics as legal measures to take,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Planning, Principals
Hodgkinson, Christopher – 1979
Although it is usually assumed that the people own the schools and that their will is manifested by boards of school trustees, there is evidence that the "quasi-owners" (not real owners but those who set policy) are educational administrators. If this is so, the reduction of the length of administrative job tenure may be a result of…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Organization
Foley, Leland L. – 1979
The speaker begins by acknowledging that the first reality is that the bargaining process requires sophistication and skill regardless of the size of the school district. Preparation for negotiations in the speaker's district is centered around a five-member negotiation team that consists of one negotiator and four principals. The speaker outlines…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationFrasure, Kenneth – 1966
This study examines working relationships between school administrators and professors of educational administration. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the order of preference among 20 suggested ways in which professors of administration may best serve practicing administrators as viewed by members of each group. The views of the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Administration, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
American Association of School Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1968
The primary qualifications of a school superintendent are reviewed as a guide to boards of education in the selection of a new administrator. Topics discussed include the characteristics of a good superintendent, his responsibilities, his relationships with the school system and the school board, procedures for his selection (i.e., announcement of…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship
Fillos, Rita M.; Bailey, William J. – 1978
Since school superintendents' use of research findings appears to be poor, this study tried to determine superintendents' attitudes toward and utilization of educational research. A questionnaire was sent to 40 superintendents and deputy and assistant superintendents in Delaware. Return rate was 57.5 percent. Findings indicate that superintendents…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Questionnaires
Brown, Manny S. – 1975
Attempts to write definitely on public school administrators' rights to continuing employment are risky because states vary so widely in their statutes. There is not much litigation about administrators' rights because in most states administrators are not covered by the same tenure laws that protect teacher employment. Statutory law in some…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationStoops, Daniel J. – 1976
The speaker discusses the effect recent Supreme Court cases have had on teacher and administrator dismissals and contract nonrenewals. He notes two implications--that board members and administrators must become better informed of the rights of students, teachers, and staff members and that board policies must become more clearly defined and more…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Superintendents
Brischetto, Robert; Arciniega, Thomas – 1972
Four different mailed questionnaire surveys dealing with inequality in educational opportunity for Mexican Americans have been conducted in the Southwest: (1) Fall 1968, Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) survey of 1,204 superintendents in districts with 300 students or more; (2) Spring 1969, Mexican American Education Study (MAES) survey of 538…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Enrollment, Equal Education, History
