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Enochs, James C. – Executive Educator, 1980
Argues for the need for leaders, rather than for managers, in education. (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Principals
Nasstrom, Roy R.; Baker, Dale – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Compares a 1975 study of the attitudes of secondary principals and school superintendents in Indiana with a similar study conducted in 1957. Although there was a high degree of similarity, some attitudes did change. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Principals, Secondary Education, Superintendents
Krajewski, Robert – American School Board Journal, 1980
A school superintendent lists what he does in an average day. (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Occupational Information, Superintendents
Holcomb, John H. – American School Board Journal, 1979
Argues that superintendents aren't educational leaders because they don't believe that boards want them to be, and then provides steps the board can take to encourage superintendents to become educational leaders. (IRT)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Superintendents
Peterson, Donna – School Administrator, 2003
Excerpts from journal of superintendent of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Alaska and reflections on her executive coach, a friend and former superintendent. Describes executive coach's efforts to help superintendent build an effective leadership team. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Teams, Superintendents
Reeves, Robert L.; Haag, Eileen – School Administrator, 2003
Describes advice on being an effective leader soon-to-be superintendent received from his doctoral professor in educational administration. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate School Faculty, Mentors, Superintendents
Peer reviewedCicchelli, Terry; Marcus, Sheldon; Weiner, Max – Education and Urban Society, 2002
Complex political, economic, and social challenges in large urban districts weigh heavily on urban superintendents' professional and personal lives. The Fordham University/New York City Superintendents Network provides a forum for practicing New York City school superintendents whereby superintendents engage in dialogue about their work in a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development, Superintendents, Urban Schools
Lehr, Arthur E. – School Administrator, 2003
Describes the importance of quality writing for effective school leadership. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Qualities, Superintendents, Writing Skills
Stover, Del – American School Board Journal, 2002
Discusses causes, consequences, and possible solutions to the shortage of qualified candidates for urban school district superintendent positions. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Elementary Secondary Education, Superintendents, Urban Schools
Peer reviewedKnowledge Quest, 2002
Introduces the eight speakers and panelists. (MES)
Descriptors: Administrators, Authors, Library Directors, Principals
Peer reviewedRichardson, Lystra M. – Planning and Changing, 2002
Explores impact of expanded boundary-spanning role of Connecticut superintendents on their ability to function as educational leaders. (Contains 24 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Responsibility, Superintendents
Cash, Elaine C. – School Administrator, 2002
Personal account of her first-year experience as superintendent of the Riverdale Joint Unified School District, a large rural district in San Joaquin Valley of California. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Styles, Superintendents
Stathem, Robert L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1990
A Texas superintendent reminisces about a high school English teacher with impossibly high standards for composition and vocabulary usage. Although she seemed scarcely human at the time, Mrs. Jones was remembered for expecting the best even from her most stubborn students. (MLH)
Descriptors: Biographies, High Schools, Superintendents, Teacher Expectations of Students
Hartley, Harry J. – School Administrator, 1989
Advises superintendents to incorporate the best elements of recent budget concepts into annual budgets and to prepare adequately for budget hearings. Lists prerequisites of successful budeting and provides a checklist for evaluating local school budgets. (MLH)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Leadership Responsibility
Bennion, John W. – Executive Educator, 1994
After 25 years as a superintendent, the author decided to teach a high school ethics course on a 6-month sabbatical leave. Teaching three classes invigorated his thinking and reminded him how demanding teaching is. The district did not suffer, as a bond issue passed by a large majority and the administrative cabinet assumed more responsibility and…
Descriptors: Ethics, High Schools, Sabbatical Leaves, Superintendents
