The UK Government both within the revised Code of Practice (2001) and within its national standards has sought to define the role of the SENCO. Many commentators however have found such definitions limited and functionalist. There is extensive variation in the role and responsibility, differences in status and "power" in spite of…

There is a disproportional representation of African American students in special education in the United States. Minimal use of differentiated instruction is a common reason for overrepresentation of minority students in special education. I conducted an action research study with elementary school teachers involving differentiated instruction.…

The research problem for this qualitative study was "Effective response to No Child Left Behind (NCLB) by school leadership is critical to public school success or failure in Indiana. Because high schools have been the first and most-often to 'fail' under NCLB, knowing principals' concerns and the leadership and implementation of strategies…

This review aims to demonstrate that a great deal of a school's success depends on which areas of school life the educational leader chooses to spend time and attention on. It calls for more research and policy attention to be given to the career paths of school principals in order to meet the challenge of identifying and developing the next…

It is important to retain qualified teachers in any educational environment. This is especially true for teachers who work in a structured environment fraught with administrative, logistical, and political challenges. The principal is responsible for providing a supportive educational environment, which is necessary for an atmosphere where the…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore the factors and conditions of moral leadership that affect the potential for teacher retention among Alternative Route Certification teachers. Design/methodology/approach: Alternative Route Certification teachers participated in a single focus group. Participants' dialogues were…

This paper discusses leadership styles and the stages of development of a group. Situational leadership is based on the amount of direction (task behavior) and the amount of socio-emotional support (relationship behavior) the leader must provide given the situation and level of maturity or readiness of the followers. Having gauged the maturity…

This article samples some of the research that is concerned with leadership in business, with implications for leadership in higher education. (Editor)

This article investigates the effectiveness of variously administered Black student programs on predominantly white campuses. (Author)

Researchers attempted this study to develop an instrument capable of measuring the "task" and "people" orientation of leader styles so that scores could be plotted on the "Administrative Grid" developed by the researchers. The researchers reanalyzed data previously collected on the "Organizational Climate…

Using the work of Chester I. Barnard as a theoretical basis, the author developed a model to illustrate 36 combinations of leader styles. Six levels of efficiency (orientation to human needs) are plotted against six levels of effectiveness (task orientation) to form an Administrator Grid. The location of leaders within this grid is determined by…

This paper reviews the traditional literature on charisma, as well as selected social psychology literature the author feels is relevant to the concept of charisma. Throughout the paper, the author examines a number of topics related to the concept of charisma, including charismatic effects, characteristics of charismatic leaders, behavior of…