Curriculum development, shared decision-making, and serving as an instructional leader are part of the principal's role. (Author/MLF)

Basic recommendations for the principal attempting to establish productive community relationships. (Author/MLF)

A 20-item checklist for proposal writing is based on 15 years of helping various agencies apply for funds from a variety of sources. (Author/MLF)

The secondary school assistant principalship is significant to educational administration because it represents first-line management of every aspect of a secondary school's operation. A survey was made of 164 assistant principals to determine to what extent their tasks and environmental conditions were related to job satisfaction. (Author/RK)

Outlines the origins of Public Law 94-142 in case law, state legislation, and public awareness, and then notes the implications of the law for principals. (IRT)

Examines influence of political and economic factors on the public employee bargaining process. (PKP)

Discusses the roles and functions of the community college president as they relate to the administrative structure of the college. A survey of current and former college presidents, assessing their attitudes toward that role, revealed a belief that primary responsibility lies in the realm of decision making. (MB)

Describes the use of selected elementary teachers as liaison between eight elementary schools and four subject area directors (science, mathematics, language arts, social studies). Teachers are released from classroom duties one day per month to perform administrative and supervisory duties. (BB)

The professional sanitarian with appropriate interpersonal skills is very qualified to be administrator of a sanitation program or general public health program or to function at all administrative levels of public health. His/her particular training and professional orientation prepare him/her for this role. (RE)

Selects three main concepts developed by Downey (EJ 170 991) and Wright (EJ 170 992) on education policy-making and suggests a perspective administrators might take in preparing for a new role. (Editor/RK)

This study uses an integrated macro and micro organizational behavior perspective to focus on the difficulty that directors of public agencies have satisfying multiple interest groups. (Author)

Delegation involves responsibility and authority for each staff member in the 4-H program. (ABM)

This article gives the dialogue from a roundtable training discussion which answered questions concerning organizational human resources development (HRD), with emphasis on the chief executive officer's (CEO) role. The participants, who were management consultants and leaders in the HRD field, contributed 20 questions (which are included) that…

Describes how teachers can use the drama department to aid student journalists in writing accurate news stories and how school administrators can be called into service as the subjects of students' interviews. (KS)

Examines the leadership ability of principals as it is and can be given the complexity of today's world. Discusses four dimensions of principal leadership--goal attainment, human processes, the socio-political context within which the school operates, and self understanding. (Author/RK)