This workbook is intended to help the school board and superintendent tailor a performance appraisal system to suit their own needs. It consists of ten separate exercises that guide the board and superintendent through the planning and decision-making that must precede successful performance appraisal. The workbook contains exercises through which…

Designed as a discussion guide for administrators and school board members, this paper deals with the issue of "fair process" for school administrators. Fair process is defined as the right to be supplied with fair notice, probable causes, opportunity for improvement, and right to appeal prior to dismissal, nonrenewal, or demotion. The…

A STUDY OF 10 SCHOOL DISTRICTS TESTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT CLASHES BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS' UNIONS ARE DUE LARGELY TO THE CONFLICTING PERCEPTIONS OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR'S LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR AS DESCRIBED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR HIMSELF, BY THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND BY MEMBERS OF THE TEACHERS' UNION. ACCORDING TO THE LEADER BEHAVIOR…

INTERVIEWS WERE HELD WITH SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS IN A SELECTED SAMPLE OF 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, DRWN FROM A NATIONWIDE LIST OF 108 DISTRICTS WITH HISTORIES OF COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS, TO STUDY THE VIABILITY OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AS A MEANS FOR DETERMINING WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. BECAUSE OF…

IN THIS LETTER THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK DISCUSSES THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY HIS ADVISORY PANEL ON SCHOOL DECENTRALIZATION. HE NOTES THAT INSTEAD OF DECENTRALIZING THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS AT THIS TIME, ADMINISTRATORS MIGHT FOCUS ON THE OPERATION OF COMMUNITY BOARDS FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS, AND ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF…

TO EXAMINE THE ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF TEACHERS AS SOCIAL PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL AND IN THE COMMUNITY, QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY DATA WERE ANALYZED FROM A 62 PERCENT RESPONSE OF TEACHERS (508 OF 816 TOTAL) AND A 93 PERCENT RESPONSE OF NONTEACHERS (81 OF 87 TOTAL) IN THREE WESTERN OREGON COMMUNITIES. AS VIEWED BY TEACHERS, NORMATIVE EXPECTATIONS…

A MEDIUM-SIZED NORTHERN CITY WITH A NEGRO POPULATION OF ABOUT SEVEN PERCENT WAS EMBROILED IN A DISPUTE ABOUT DE FACTO SCHOOL SEGREGATION WHICH WAS PRECIPITATED BY BOUNDARY LINE REVISIONS FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IMPELLED BY THE PRESSURES OF CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS, PLANS FOR RACIAL BALANCE HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED--OPEN ENROLLMENT, BUSING,…

The broad question addressed is whether the Upper Midwest needs a new regional educational laboratory and, if so, why and where and for whom? Conclusions were reached after a sampling of deans of education, chief state school officers, classroom teachers, National Institute of Education staff members, local superintendents, and other knowledgeable…

In a study of the critical factors affecting local decision making on school fiscal policy, socioeconomic factors, educational leadership, and community power structure were related to one another and to local financial effort in relation to ability. The study included 122 school districts of 20,000 population and above located in the states of…

This volume is a study of individual behavior manifested in the desegregation process of 31 Georgia school districts from 1965 to 1974. Major objectives of the study are to glean insight into the variables that determine whether school officials involved would comply with the law and to assess the impact of Federal desegregation guidelines. The…

This study originated as a result of public concern about standards of behavior. The purposes of the study were to ascertain what school discipline was in fact like and what it should be like, and to provide information to practitioners. An extensive review of the literature was conducted. Nine groups--principals, vice-principals, teachers,…

This chapter of the Georgia code known as the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act" presents the state's policies on education. Major divisions of the chapter deal with instructional services; supportive services; cooperative education service agencies; grants to local units for operation of educational programs; district power…

In its first year of operation (1973-1974), the Merrimack Educational Management Development Center emphasized the identification of management needs at the local school system level. The Center's assumptions about educational management served as a basis for the program. Special attention was given to the transfer of industry-based management…

This publication is a compilation of 12 essays that originally appeared in issues of the American Association of School Administrators' journal, "The School Administrator," beginning in September 1971. Each essay focuses on a different set of educational issues and is intended to provide a thoughtful basis for study and understanding of current…

A distinctive model for gathering and sharing information and planning was developed. Essentially, the model is a 90-day issue-identification and solution-planning strategy that can be applied to any concern deemed by a school board and its constituency to be sufficiently critical to warrant involving significant numbers and kinds of persons in…