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Wilson, Laval S. – 1984
In the context of findings from the recent nationwide studies and reports on the status of education, this paper focuses on the program assessment, instructional planning, and resource allocation efforts of the Rochester (New York) School District. The first phase, the Rochester Assessment Project, began with informal meetings between the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Mickelson, Douglas J.; And Others – 1988
This national study of school-university collaborations indicates that there is no single formula for collaboration, although specific common obstacles are likely to appear and specific common factors are likely to contribute to successful programs. Data were drawn from questionnaire responses from 68 school superintendents and 128 university…
Descriptors: College Presidents, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development
Download full textKlauke, Amy – 1988
This digest discusses the issue of performance standards for school superintendents. School districts are discovering that developing performance standards for administrators can be cost effective, reduce crisis management, set and maintain direction, and give the community a standard for measuring school success. Several aspects of the issue on…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Boards of Education
James, H. Thomas – 1982
Despite unfounded claims that scientific approaches to educational administration are irrelevant, research continues to clarify the nature of administration in practical ways. The author of this essay, a participant in the Cooperative Program in Educational Administration (CPEA) in the 1950's, first critiques Thomas B. Greenfield's 1981 paper,…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Behavioral Science Research, Boards of Education, Educational Administration
Dewey, Gwen J.; Andrews, Richard L. – 1985
The purpose of this research was to investigate and describe the relationship of environmental change to superintendent-school board decision-making and superintendent turnover. Assuming the resource dependence model of organizational open system theory, researchers hypothesized that the amount of decision-making autonomy boards grant to…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship
Sanders, Jack; And Others – 1984
Based on Larry Hutchins' analysis of the school effectiveness literature, the Profile of School Excellence (PRO-S/E) is a diagnostic tool keyed to 11 instructional and organizational variables which are positively related to effective/excellent schools and which are alterable. The variables are: needs basis; objectives; expectations; roles and…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Evaluation Methods
Christison, Milton; Sida, Donald – 1976
One hundred and eighty-eight Georgia school system superintendents were polled in the Spring of 1976 as to their perceptions and experiences concerning the effects of school integration. This paper presents the results of this investigation. Three broad areas were selected for analysis: (1) integration outcomes affecting the public schools, (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance Patterns, Black Students
Louis, Karen Seashore; Rosenblum, Sheila – 1977
A variety of hypotheses dealing with the participation in decision-making of members at different levels of rural schools and the degree of implementation in these schools of planned organizational changes are explored. Participation is examined in two spheres: decisions relating to the operations of the school district in general, and planning of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Decision Making, Educational Change
PDF pending restorationWaldrip, Donald – 1977
The admission that no one best method exists for educating all children was the beginning of the alternative school movement. Alternative education, in whatever form it assumes, must allow for real parent/student choice through the creation of a number of educational options. These optional public schools take many forms and may be classified…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Boards of Education, Change Strategies, Classification
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1981
Displayed in 38 tables, the data in this third biennial survey of public school superintendents' fringe benefits are designed to help school boards and administrators assess their non-cash compensation packages. A national sample of 797 school districts--stratified by district enrollment size, expenditure per pupil, and geographic region--supplied…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. – 1981
A survey sample of superintendents and school board presidents in districts across the United States, stratified into four groups according to district size, provides data concerning the effects of the attitudes of those responsible for hiring school district administrators on the professional opportunities for women in the field. The two…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education, Educational Administration, Educational Research
SULLIVAN, NEIL V. – 1967
DESCRIBED IS THE HISTORY OF THE EFFORTS TO DESEGREGATE THE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE FULLY DESEGREGATED BY SEPTEMBER 1968. CHANGE BEGAN IN THE 1950'S WITH THE ELECTION OF A "LIBERAL" TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. FIRST STEPS INVOLVED IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN AND…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Bus Transportation, Community Cooperation
BISHOP, LESLEE J. – 1967
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION ARE INCREASINGLY VITAL ISSUES FOR COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND SUPERVISORS AND THEIR SCHOOL BOARDS. THIS DOCUMENT SUGGESTS GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVELY DEVELOPING A POSITIVE APPROACH TO THE RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS IN THE DECISIONMAKING PROCESS SO THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE LEARNING…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Change Agents, Collective Bargaining
MCCARTY, DONALD J.; RAMSEY, CHARLES E. – 1967
A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR STUDYING THE OPERATION OF SOCIAL POWER IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS WAS DEVELOPED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT A SCHOOL SYSTEM MUST BE UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF ITS SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENT. TWELVE DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED TO DETERMINE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN FOUR TYPES OF COMMUNITY POWER STRUCTURES (DOMINATED, FACTIONAL, PLURALISTIC, AND…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Attitudes, Community Influence, Community Leaders
CLARY, JOSEPH RAY – 1967
DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1963-64, NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS INTRODUCED A NINTH-GRADE COURSE WHICH PROVIDED OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION AS A BASIS FOR VOCATIONAL PLANNING. AFTER 4 YEARS, 366 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAD AT LEAST 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROGRAM WERE SURVEYED BY QUESTIONNAIRES. EIGHTY PERCENT RESPONDED. AREAS COVERED WERE NEED…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Educational Objectives
