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Byrd, R. Eugene, Ed. – 1978
The first of three studies presented in this report investigated the role of the academic dean/dean of instruction as related to the effectiveness of educational leadership in junior colleges. Using the Educational Administrative Style Diagnosis Test and the Educational Administrative Appropriateness Test, 60 deans, representing 47 Texas community…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Community Colleges
SACHS, BENJAMIN M. – 1966
THE DEMOCRATIC EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FORMS HIS DECISIONMAKING ON FIVE BASIC PREMISES FORMULATED FROM A STUDY OF THE NATURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY--THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THE MEANING OF GROUPS, THE PLACE OF ARGUMENTATION AND PERSUASION, THE ROLE OF POWER AND CONTROL, AND THE ASSUMPTIONS OF DECISIONMAKING. THROUGH A NUMBER OF…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection
Acheson, Keith A.; Gall, Meredith Damien – 1980
Intended as a text, this book emphasizes practical techniques of clinical supervision in working with teachers to help them improve their classroom teaching. It is divided into four units. The first provides necessary background for understanding techniques of clinical supervision. The next two units describe specific techniques for conducting…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Conferences
Foster, Carl G., Ed.; And Others – 1980
This collection of nine essays and reports which deal with issues of importance in the progression of Native American education was published by members of the Dine Teacher Corps Project '78 in an effort to stimulate the thinking of curriculum practitioners; content is aimed at affecting administrative styles and the construction and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations
Download full textLansky, Leonard; And Others – 1969
During the summer of 1965, an experimental group of 12 school administrators participated in sensitivity training sessions to measure the influence of the sessions on situations involving administrative change. The study tested: (1) Behavior of administrators in meetings in their school system; (2) behavior toward subordinates; (3) skill in…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Problems, Administrators, Control Groups
Barkley, Steve; Bottoms, Gene; Feagin, Caro H.; Clark, Susan – 2001
This guide is designed to offer strategies for building leadership capacity in schools and to assist school administrators in finding new ways to encourage and support teachers and students in their efforts to succeed. The guide answers four questions: (1) What do leaders do to create curriculum and instruction that push all students to higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Administrator Effectiveness, Boards of Education
Taylor, Susan – 1997
This study compared the effectiveness of Georgia community leadership programs based on leadership skill development to that of programs based on issue discussion and networking. The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI-Self) was adapted for community leaders and mailed to a stratified sample of 376 alumni of community leadership programs based on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alumni, Analysis of Variance, Community Education
Leaming, Deryl R. – 1998
This book is intended as a practical guide for university administrators, especially those department chairpersons who are new on the job. Chapter topics include: (1) "Advice to the New Department Chairperson"; (2) "Seven Habits of Successful Chairpersons"; (3) "Duties and Responsibilities of Department Chairpersons"; (4) "Providing Leadership";…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Affirmative Action
Peer reviewedVasquez, James A.; Wainstein, Nancy – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Argues that deficit/deficiency explanations of minority groups' poor academic performance and attrition at higher education levels are untenable. A cultural difference perspective suggests practical means to identify solutions to these phenomena. College faculty must assume responsibility for adapting instructional and counseling services to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, American Indians, Black Students
Direct linkDlott, Stephen – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
How does one become an effective superintendent of schools? There is no simple formula as the turnover rate reflects difficulty of the position. Some maintain that the job cannot be done well due to politics, financial constraints, and time demands. As a former superintendent, the author rejects this negative view. In this highly readable,…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Superintendents, Principals, Presidents
Goldberg, Mark F. – School Administrator, 2006
In this article, the author discusses the importance of educational leadership's sustainability and finding the right leader to fit in the system at the right time. Just as book quality and preferences vary from author to author and critic to critic, the quality of educational leadership and the culture of individual schools or school districts…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Responsibility
Schick, Edgar B.; And Others – 1992
This book identifies factors, structures, and procedures contributing to effective statewide coordination and governance of public colleges and universities. The heart of the book consists of descriptions of representative structures in 4 states, where interviews were conducted with 114 individuals--legislators, gubernatorial staff, system heads,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Centralization, College Presidents
Chauvin, Sheila W.; Ellett, Chad D. – 1993
Results of a study designed to explore the construct validity of the Change Facilitator Style Questionnaire (CFSQ) as a measure of the aspect of a principal's leadership style that includes leader behavior and combinations of behavior influenced by such things as belief systems, and knowledge and attitudes about leadership. The sample consisted of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Change Agents, Construct Validity, Educational Change
Ebbers, Larry H.; And Others – 1992
The Leadership Institute for a New Century (LINC) began in 1989 as a consortium formed by Iowa State University, the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees, and the Iowa Association of Community College Presidents. The mission of LINC was to increase the diversity of upper-level administrators at community colleges through developing and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Annual Reports, College Credits, College Faculty
Grant, George Farid – 1991
Stress factors affecting community college educators in Ontario were determined using a questionnaire survey. The effect of demographic variables (campus location, program types and specialization, gender, age, and years taught at the college) on perceived stress levels were evaluated. Participants rated their present stress levels on a…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, College Faculty, College Students, Community Colleges
