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Download full textPoteet, Ralph Harris – 1968
This study presents the current requirements, standards, and preferences used by superintendents of Texas public schools in their selection of elementary school principals. Specifically, the study attempted to discover the aspects, other than college records and State certification, that are considered in the selection of principals. A…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Bibliographies, Certification, Criteria
Puerto Rican Congress of New Jersey, Trenton. – 1974
In the fall of 1972, superintendents and principals in 21 school district with significant Puerto Rican enrollment were interviewed. The interviews (usually lasting over three hours) focused on the educators' attitudes toward Puerto Ricans as a people; their perceptions of the educational needs of Puerto Rican youngsters; views on accountability,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Acculturation, Administrator Attitudes, Biculturalism
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Washington, DC. – 1960
Educational leadership is designed as that behavior among individuals or groups which causes both the individuals and the groups to move toward educational goals that are increasingly mutually acceptable to them. Democratic leadership is situation and goal centered and is a function of the interaction of persons whose uniqueness is respected and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Cullen, Thomas D.; And Others – 1971
The report has described the results of a questionnaire survey covering task performance in the occupational area of hospital engineering and maintenance and the implications for curriculum development in personnel training. Survey respondents were selected from among personnel of 48 health care facilities in six cities, representing various sized…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Health Facilities, Health Personnel, Hospitals
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1970
To meet the need on the part of superintendents and school boards for data on nonsalary benefits provided the administrative heads of local school systems throughout the country, questionnaires were sent to superintendents of the 555 school systems enrolling 12,000 or more pupils and to 318 superintendents in smaller systems. The findings,…
Descriptors: Contracts, Fringe Benefits, Insurance, Leaves of Absence
Center for Urban Education, New York, NY. – 1969
During the 1966-67 school year, as part of its efforts towards decentralization, the Board of Education of New York City created an autonomous district located in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville area of Brooklyn. The newly formed local board experienced some difficulty in staffing the new district and eventually transferred 19 "uncooperative"…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decentralization, Employment Problems, Program Descriptions
Georgia Univ., Athens. Coll. of Education. – 1971
A 3-day institute was held to assist 30 school superintendents in acquiring information and an understanding essential for planning, implementing, and administering more adequate vocational education programs in their schools. Major presentations were: (1) "The Role and Responsibility of the Superintendent for Vocational Education" by J.W. Letson,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Education, Developmental Programs, Elementary Education
Shannon, Thomas A. – 1973
In this booklet, the author describes both the changing role of the school superintendent and nine ways in which today's administrators differ from their predecessors. He also discusses the role of the school attorney (1) as an advisor at law, (2) as a counselor on governance, and (3) as an attorney in litigation. (JF)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Citizen Participation
Educational Service Bureau, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1966
This document provides guidelines for preparing job descriptions and specifications in educational institutions. Various terms are defined, conditions that precede the compilation of job descriptions for school district personnel are discussed, and suggestions regarding the description formats are offered. The remainder of the document consists of…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Employment Qualifications, Guidelines, Job Analysis
Gilroy, Thomas P.; Sinicropi, Anthony V. – 1970
These conference papers concern the problems and issues that face public administrators when the extension of collective negotiations go beyond the private sector. The papers analyze the legal context of collective negotiations, unit determination problems, the negotiation process, dispute settlement, and the impact of negotiations on…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrators, Arbitration, Board of Education Policy
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Field Training and Service Bureau. – 1973
This report discusses the new Oregon fair dismissal law, and examines the role of district administrators in the procedures leading to dismissal of certificated staff. The text provides (1) pertinent excerpts from the law, (2) major points of two dismissal case studies showing subtle variables in the dismissal process, (3) suggestions regarding…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Conference Reports, Costs, Due Process
Mason, Ward S.; Gross, Meal – 1953
Certain problems arose in an attempt to develop a research design for studying the social role of the school executive. The study was to examine the degree of consensus on behavioral expectations for the occupants of this occupational role, the degree of potential or actual role conflict in this social position, and the manner in which an…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Patterns, Board of Education Role, Occupations
Gilliland, Lonnie; Gilliland, Lillian – 1969
This report discusses various facets of a school safety education program. It discusses (1) the scope of a school safety education curriculum, (2) the methods of including safety education instruction in a school curriculum, (3) some student safety organizations, (4) the provision of a systemwide program, and (5) the development of safety policies…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Driver Education, Fire Protection, Fire Science Education
Whitmer, Dana P. – 1972
This speech discusses the roles of the superintendent and the chief personnel administrator. The author describes and then applies these roles to (1) employment and placement, (2) evaluation and followup, (3) collective bargaining, and (4) administrative leadership development. The author stresses the importance of the superintendent and the chief…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Redfern, George B. – 1972
This speech discusses conditions that cause middle management personnel to join unions, describes how school boards may alleviate these conditions, presents precedents being established to legitimize the formation of separate bargaining units for administrators, and discusses the management team as an alternative for management bargaining units.…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Administrators, Boards of Education
