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Download full textCook, Desmond L.; Damico, Sandra B. – 1969
The movement of research findings from the university to the public school has historically been slow. A random sample of educational researchers and school superintendents were surveyed to determine (1) how superintendents and educational researchers actually perceive responsibility for implementation of research findings, and (2) if the results…
Descriptors: Administrators, Change Agents, Educational Practices, Educational Researchers
Sweitzer, John H. – 1967
The physical plant administrator manages men, money and materials to create the best possible physical environment for the educational processes at his institution. Areas of concern of the plant administrator are administration, building maintenance, janitorial services, traffic, security and safety, utilities, grounds, alterations, and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Bibliographies
Estes, Nolan – 1978
From education's present emphasis, a student would logically conclude that he needs to know a lot about what happened hundreds of years ago, a little about what is happening now, and nothing about the future. Actually, just the opposite is true. The speed of change makes it likely that most occupations known today will, within a dozen years, be…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Weingast, David – 1976
The speaker discusses the establishment of a district policy on the selection of books and the procedures that should be followed if a controversy develops. (IRT)
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, School Community Relationship, Superintendents
Hammons, Abe L. – 1976
The speaker accepts the theory that nothing happens for the betterment of education until the superintendent develops an educational climate that is conducive to a healthy learning situation and a positive attitude from the community. A healthy climate is greatly enhanced when the process of personnel evaluation starts with the board and the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Personnel Evaluation, Superintendents
Wahl, Dewey – 1973
This study attempted to identify some of the major problems that a State Education Agency (SEA) might encounter during the transition from an agency headed by an elected Chief State School Officer (CSSO) to that same agency headed by a State Board of Education (SBE) appointed CSSO. Five States--Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and West…
Descriptors: Administrators, Education, Elections, Politics
Duncan, John W. – 1971
This synopsis describes a study undertaken to discover the extent of differing expectations and perceptions for the teacher role as viewed by two groups of educational leaders. Indications are that a more thorough understanding of superintendent and board member views and feelings concerning the teacher role is a vital requirement for the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Expectation, Questionnaires, Role Perception
MCCARTY, DONALD J. – 1966
RESEARCH TO TEST A MODEL WHICH CORRELATES THE TYPES OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND THE COMMUNITY POWER STRUCTURE WITH THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IS PRESENTED. INTERVIEWERS GATHERED DATA FROM 23 BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN NEW YORK. THREE PROFESSIONAL JUDGES INDEPENDENTLY CLASSIFIED EACH BOARD ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING THREE-PART MODEL--(1) THE COMMUNITY POWER…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Role, Decision Making, Educational Policy
GREGG, RUSSELL T. – 1959
A 2-YEAR STUDY IN WISCONSIN WAS MADE TO DETERMINE IF AN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT BETWEEN THE STATE AND LOCAL DISTRICTS WAS NEEDED, IF NEEDED, WHETHER THEIR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT STRUCTURE WAS ADEQUATE, AND TO DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR THE TYPE OF INTERMEDIATE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NEEDED IF THEIRS WAS INADEQUATE. NINE ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, Rural Areas, Rural Schools
PDF pending restorationRenton School District 403, WA. – 1976
A study was conducted to determine whether or not superintendents and secondary school principals in the State of Washington understand and support vocational education. A three part questionnaire was developed from existing instruments to ascertain understanding and attitudes of school administrators as well as knowledge of select…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Education, Educational Research, Principals
Perry, Ronald J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Superintendents, Teacher Associations
Byrne, Tim C. – Education Canada, 1978
Politics and social goals impact on educational policy development. The superintendent, while no longer the major policy-maker, has a vital role to play as researcher, evaluator, advisor, strategist, and interpreter within the policy process. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Political Influences
American School Board Journal, 1979
The naivete this superintendent displayed was in not asking his school board to put its directives in writing. (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Board Administrator Relationship, Dismissal (Personnel), Disqualification
Peer reviewedScott, Lowell K. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1978
Data obtained from the administration of the Charismatic Authority Scale to administrators serving under 182 Kentucky school superintendents indicate that superintendents of long tenure are perceived as possessing greater charismatic authority than are superintendents of shorter tenure. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Sidney – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1978
Conflict arises when superintendents and their boards do not have a reasonable degree of agreement among expectations, needs, and goals. The superintendent-board member relationship thus becomes an important focal point of the forces within the social (school) system. (BR)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Job Satisfaction, Needs, Objectives
