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Duea, Jerry; Bishop, Walter L. – 1980
During the fall of 1979, PROBE (Practical Research into Organizational Behavior and Effectiveness), an independent research organization, undertook a survey of public school district superintendents to elicit their views on education in areas parallel to those expressed in the annual Gallup Poll of the public's attitude toward the schools. A…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Discipline, Educational Finance
Stuckman, Ralph; Gatton, Joseph A. – 1979
This study attempted to determine the community power-dynamics affecting operational levies in six Ohio school districts. Three of the levies that were studied passed and three failed. Thirty selected participants were given a focused interview and their reactions were tape recorded and analyzed. Several findings emerged. In the districts that…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Citizen Participation, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Power
Paddock, Susan C.; And Others – 1979
This manual is the result of a two-year study by Arizona State University involving identification and assessment of competencies needed in community education. The goal of the study is to help community educators (1) identify competencies needed for superintendents, principals, coordinators, and directors; (2) establish priority rankings for…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Administrators, Community Education
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. – 1979
This guide, the third in a series of three, describes the basic framework for formulating a workable contract between the superintendent and the school board. It is designed to address contractual concerns such as administrator liability and due process, which have impacted on both the educational administrator profession and the school board…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Guides, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role
PDF pending restorationNational Center for Educational Statistics (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1968
This 1968-69 directory of public elementary and secondary schools provides the names and basic information for local school systems operating schools in the United States and its possessions. The main body of the directory lists, in alphabetical order by State, the operating local public school systems with 300 or more pupils, with the following…
Descriptors: Directories, Elementary Schools, Enrollment, Instructional Program Divisions
Download full textHEGER, ROBERT J. – 1968
THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF SUPERINTENDENTS AS RELATED TO THE SYSTEM THEORY OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE WAS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THIS STUDY. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO ANALYZE SUPERINTENDENTS' DECISION MAKING AS RELATED TO MODIFYING AND INITIATING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN IDAHO, (2) TO TEST A THEORY OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE AS RELATED…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Decision Making, Educational Change
Horvat, John J. – 1968
The following major aspects of collective negotiations in education were briefly reviewed at a conference in Bloomington, Indiana, June 1968, sponsored jointly by the Department of Elementary School Principals (NEA), the Indiana Association of Elementary School Principals, and Indiana University: (1) Benevolent administrative leadership is rapidly…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Principals
Culbertson, Jack A.; And Others – 1968
This report describes an amendment to a simulation program for the training of practicing and prospective educational administrators. The amendment was designed to operationalize and test game theory formats that provide students with feedback on decisions made in the gamed simulations. Game theory instruments used in the amendment are described…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Educational Administration
American Association of School Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1968
The growing importance of negotiation in education requires superintendents to be informed of five key issues inherent in the educational process: The applicability of the industrial negotiation model, the principle of accountability, the superintendent as a participant or chief negotiator, the scope of negotiation, and the delegation of authority…
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Data Collection
Rozzell, Forrest – 1968
Interest groups in contemporary American society achieve their goals in proportion to the amount of power they are able to exert. Therefore, school administrators should exercise their authority and political power as effective lobbyists to influence legislative decisions on both state and federal levels for the achievement of educational…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives
Donovan, Bernard E. – 1967
The document presents the recommendations of the Superintendent of Schools of New York City to the Board of Education for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title I, during 1967-1968. Briefly described are 22 proposed projects, including budget estimates. Also included are summaries of the evaluations by the Center…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Federal Programs
Stanley, Hilbert Dennis – 1978
The focus of this descriptive study was on the perceptions of participants in a program for Training Minority-Group School Administrators at the Superintendent Level (STP). The purpose of the study was to identify those administrative skills that program participants perceived to have developed; to identify some opinions of the value of the STP…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Administrators
Cook, Desmond L.; And Others – 1970
Recent federal legislation in education has had an impact on education in the local school districts. The most obvious example is the use of federal funds and the consequent requirement for accountability. The local education agency is now faced with the need for management of the requirements for accountability. It is the intent of this…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators
New York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1975
This report is a compilation of the presentations made at three New York State School Boards Association seminars on school budgets. The programs consisted of presentations on the relationship of the school district's program to the budget and to budget development, timetable, control, and presentation, as well as to other considerations such as…
Descriptors: Bids, Boards of Education, Budgeting, Budgets
Fitzgerald, Ronald J. – 1975
This handbook describes what it is like to be a school superintendent in Massachusetts and offers conclusions and practical suggestions on how school board members, superintendents, and state officials can maximize the effectiveness and productivity of the superintendent. The author's analysis of the superintendent's role is based in part on…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
