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Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1989
This document provides the results of a 5-year comparison of characteristics of professional staff between the years of 1982-83 and 1987-88 in the California Public Schools. Professional staff members include all certificated personnel employed full-time or part-time and noncertificated personnel serving at the level of superintendent, deputy,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Personnel Data, Professional Personnel
Payzant, Thomas W. – 1977
The superintendent of Eugene, Oregon, public schools addressed the staff at the beginning of the 1977-78 academic year concerning issues of education in the United States and implications pertinent to local education. National issues discussed include the decline of confidence in education contrasted with evidence that the situation is getting…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Overfield, Ronald L. – American School Board Journal, 1975
Reviews a book that analyzes teacher strikes in two small districts in Ohio. (IRT)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Book Reviews, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Spears, Harold – Music Educ J, 1969
Condensed from "The School Administrator, (November 1968), 11-12.
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Meetings
Pitner, Nancy J. – 1981
To determine whether the work activities of a school superintendent are different when the superintendent is a woman rather than a man, three women superintendents were observed for a week each during the fall of 1979. This study was then compared with a 1977 study of three male superintendents conducted by the author. While the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Job Analysis
Bryant, B. J.; And Others – 1978
A nationwide questionnaire provided the data for this study to gain insight into factors that are utilized in securing school administrators. The questionnaire was distributed to more than 200 superintendents and a return of 21 percent was realized. The survey revealed a continuing and close relationship between college placement officers and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Administrators
Berry, Charles A. – 1978
Two sets of administrators (principals and superintendents) were asked if selected inservice education programs were being implemented currently in the respondents' schools and school systems and, secondly, what their perceptions were of the need for selected inservice education programs in the next five years. The study requested responses of a…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Futures (of Society), Inservice Education, Needs Assessment
Richards, Donald M. – 1980
The purpose of this paper was to report on the system of school finance in the province of Alberta. The first part of the paper consists of an outline of the legal framework in the Canadian constitution, a descriptlon of the current school finance plan, and a summary of a 1979 study of the plan. The bulk of the document concerns a survey of 94…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
BRAIN, GEORGE B. – 1964
THE FORD FOUNDATION SPONSORED A CONFERENCE INVOLVING SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE STATE COMMISSIONERS OF EDUCATION FROM THREE STATES. LEADERS OF THREE NATIONAL NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS SERVED AS CONSULTANTS. MAJOR ISSUES CONFRONTING PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE DISCUSSED WITH REGARD TO THE BASIC CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS PRESENTED PRESENTED BY DE FACTO…
Descriptors: Black Leadership, Conferences, De Facto Segregation, Desegregation Plans
SCOTT, WALTER W. – 1966
THE AUTHOR STATES THAT DEFINITION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ROLE IN COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR MAY SERVE AS NEGOTIATOR FOR THE BOARD, SPOKESMAN FOR THE TEACHERS, MEDIATOR FOR BOTH, OR MAY BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT. A STUDY OF 98 SUPERINTENDENTS IN 469 SCHOOLS IN SEVEN MIDWESTERN STATES REVEALED THAT 87…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Bibliographies, Board of Education Role
PATTERSON, WADE N. – 1968
THIS STUDY ATTEMPTS TO RELATE THE VARIABLES OF POWER AND INFLUENCE TO OPERATIONAL DECISIONMAKING IN SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS. TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN A WEST COAST CITY ARE EXAMINED (1) TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE DEGREE OF DECISIONMAKING INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS AND GROUPS, (2) TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF PERSONS WITHOUT FORMAL (OFFICIAL)…
Descriptors: Decision Making, High Schools, Organizational Climate, Power Structure
Kline, Charles E. – 1966
In a study to determine the relationship between the behavior of school system leaders and curricular change, interview and questionnaire response data were analyzed from two populations: (1) Perceived central office curricular decision makers of 10 public school systems in the State of Wisconsin, and (2) a sampling of 335 K-12 classroom teachers…
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Kleinmann, Jack H. – 1968
Grievance adjustment between teachers and administrators is viewed as a misunderstood process. The problem is treated under four main headings: (1) Purposes and characteristics of an effective grievance procedure, (2) status of grievance procedures in education, (3) relationship of grievance procedures to professional negotiation procedures, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Collective Bargaining, Grievance Procedures
Cuban, Larry – 1976
The job of superintendent is tough and demanding. Although conditions seem to be getting worse, the job has always been demanding because of its origins and its relationship with the board of education. As the job developed, dominant conceptions of leadership developed. The three dominant conceptions--teacher-scholar, administrative chief, and…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Ethics
Geisert, Gene – 1976
While primarily discussing the relationship between school boards and superintendents, the speaker makes four main points. First, the professional administration that runs our schools, led by superintendents and their management teams, is in the best position--perhaps the only position--to implement improvements in education. Second, school boards…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
