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Download full textDoherty, Victor W. – 1975
The Portland public school system is decentralized and has three administrative areas, each headed by a superintendent. Each area is provided with an evaluation administrator, and a central evaluation administrator, and a central evaluation department is also maintained. Area evaluation is regarded as an essential function which each…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Decentralization, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods
Conklyn, Elizabeth D. – 1976
This research examined Mintzberg's-dimensional model of the managerial job. Two questions were asked: (1) What effect do the job incumbent's career goals and activity preferences have on perceived importanceof the roles; (2) How does perceived importance of the roles affect job performance? One hundred seventy principals responded to a…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Bibliographies, High Schools
Dolce, Carl J. – 1976
Most observers would agree that school superintendents in this country are under siege, as is the entire class of administrators in both the public and private sectors. Improved communication and transportation technology have increased public awareness and reaction to events. In addition, our society is increasingly organized into numerous…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrators, Conflict, Educational Administration
Moen, Allen W. – 1976
The political nature of educational governance has been established in other papers dealing with school board elections in states not having partisan election of school board members. The research reported in this paper was conducted in Pennsylvania, a state in which candidates for the school board must declare their party and run on a partisan…
Descriptors: Board Candidates, Boards of Education, Education, Elections
Brumbaugh, Robert B. – 1970
This paper examines the Ardrey Concept of territoriality -- that in his dealing with others, man is driven by a "territorial imperative" -- for its possible relevance to the design of more powerful conflict theories of organization. The importance of territoriality is explored as a conceivable precondition necessary to eventual understanding. An…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Boards of Education, Conflict Resolution, Models
California Univ., Riverside. – 1969
A conference for educators on the subject of school desegregation was sponsored by the University of California, Riverside, in the spring of 1969. Concerned school superintendents, authorities in behavioral science research, government officials, political leaders, and school board members discussed the rationale for attempting to solve racial…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Desegregation Methods, Inservice Teacher Education, Racial Attitudes
Splawn, Robert E. – 1969
This study sought to determine how members of boards of education perceive the role of the superintendent, the role of the high school principal, and their own roles. Fifty of the 61 independent school districts in the upper 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle were randomly selected and one person from each board of education was randomly selected…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Evaluation Criteria
National School Boards Association, Washington, DC. – 1969
This document reports the findings of a survey designed to assess the extent and nature of the involvement of school board members and school administrators in the public school purchasing process. A total of 1,199 school board members and 177 school administrators were interviewed during the 4 days of the 1969 National School Boards Association…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Decision Making, Educational Equipment
Janke, Robert W. – 1973
The decision making process of 16 superintendents in choosing among alternative instructional programs for special education students was studied. The additive and linear additive composition models were investigated for consistency with the decision process of the superintendents. Although the results support the existence of both models, the…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Estes, Nolan – 1974
This booklet examines the problem of gaining public support for the schools. It examines the leadership role of the school superintendent; discusses integrity, accountability, and decentalization; and explains some methods of building support among community leaders. The publication closes with a summary of the steps taken by the Dallas school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Citizen Participation, Community Leaders
Menz, Gilbert – 1973
In this speech, the author discusses the concept of the management team, and describes how it has been applied in Warren, Ohio, schools. The management team, according to the author, is a working relationship between the principal and central office administrators (including the superintendent and the board of education) to provide service to the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Decision Making
Jackson, Kathleen O'Brien – 1971
This paper, a review of recent literature dealing with the politics of school-community relations, attempts to order and analyze the main themes, identify the participants and settings, and describe the research approaches of the literature. One school of thought views education as separate from political concerns and maintains that schools should…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Community Role, Literature Reviews, Political Influences
Urich, Ted; Hewitt, Malcolm – 1971
This speech describes two research studies, one that investigated the role of the superintendent in collective negotiations as perceived by school personnel, and the other that compared the attitudes of selected school personnel from Indiana and Michigan concerning the role of the principal in collective negotiations. Data collected from the first…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, Educational Research
National School Boards Association, Waterford, CT. Educational Policies Service. – 1972
This is the 19th in a continuing series of kit-booklets issued to help school boards develop written policies in key areas. The intent in providing samples is to encourage thinking in policy terms; and to provide working papers to be edited, modified or adapted to meet local requirements. The negotiation subtopics covered in the samples include…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Guidelines
Bergen, J. J. – 1972
This study records the historical background and investigates the value of the leadership course as perceived by former members of the course. The leadership course was initiated as an attempt to improve the quality of leadership at the school level, thereby improving educational opportunities for provincial students. The study report contents (1)…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Boards of Education, Evaluation, Inservice Education
