This report offers the results of an effort to trace a value profile of school superintendents, who are distinguished both by a high level of professional education and by a need to relate effectively with those who have a lower level of education. The intent was to examine the growing polarity between a highly educated liberal…

The author of this monograph, president of the Pittsford (New York) Board of Education, describes and evaluates her school board's experience in recruiting and selecting a new superintendent. The Pittsford school board hired a team of three consultants to assist in the search for candidates. The board members agreed ahead of time to reach…

This document is the result of a 1977-78 study by the department of educational administration, Arizona State University, to identify and field test competencies determined to be essential in four community education roles: superintendent, district coordinator, principal, and building level director. The monograph discusses the question of role…

This report contains data collected from 275 school districts in Pennsylvania for the 1978-79 school year. The data reflect policies and practices affecting salaries and staff utilization for professional employees. The report is divided into three major sections. The first presents comparative data for each of 41 variables on a statewide, size,…

This publication describes the supply and demand for public school administrators in West Virginia between 1973 and 1980. It is the second in a series of longitudinal supply and demand studies begun in 1973. Personal, educational, and experiential data were collected, analyzed, and compared with similar data reported in the 1973 study. Data were…

A study was made to determine the current status of selected administrative areas of student teaching programs in Massachusetts and cooperative student teaching programs throughout the nation, the desirability of establishing cooperative programs in Massachusetts, and the organization and impelementation of these programs. Specific administrative…

This speech suggests the development and organization of a differential training program for professors of educational administration and educational administrators. Staffing patterns in a hypothetical university and the rationale of these patterns is discussed. The central theme may be found in the question, How should preparatory programs for…

This study was designed to determine whether a difference in the way teachers have organized as a professional group in relation to the school administration and the local board of education influences teacher role perception and preference for leadership styles. Variables of age, sex, teaching experience, and teaching level were examined. The…

The purpose of this study was to delineate behavioral tasks which should ideally constitute the role of the local school food service supervisor and the relationship of certain variables to the perception of this role. A role model of 43 behavioral tasks was developed and incorporated in a survey form. This was used to collect data from local…

The Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) is a joint USOE-NIE panel which reviews the evidence of effectiveness submitted for a variety of educational products and practices developed through federally supported programs. Studies show that school superintendents and other adopters prefer to initiate changes where there is assurance that benefits…

This study is an attempt to investigate several aspects of private education in relation to desegregation in the nation, the 11 Southern states and North Carolina. The history of private schools and the evolution of the Southern academies are examined along with the alternative schools which have been proposed since the Brown decision of 1954 and…

Superintendents' attitudes toward community participation in and control of curriculum issues in relation to the current demands for a broad base in school decision-making are examined. It is hypothesized that superintendents will differ in their attitudes on participation and control in four areas of school decision-making. Certain…

Procedures and instruments used for evaluating either or both school superintendents and boards of education were solicited from Educational Research Service's subscribing school systems, state associations of school boards, and state associations of school administrators. Sixty-eight school systems sent their formal procedures for evaluating the…

Evaluation of professional staff is one aspect of the comprehensive accountability model operating in the Kalamazoo schools. This model also includes minimum objectives for all students at all grade levels in all courses, as well as objectives relating to academic excellence and career preparation. The specific personnel accountability systems…

Significant desired changes occurred in the conference behavior of a group of supervisor-trainees who participated in a microteaching practicum. There was also a significant shift in the way the group evaluated teaching skills; at the end of the practicum their ratings more closely approximated those assigned by a group of experienced supervisors.…