Asserts that a disproportionate number of Black administrators hired in the latter part of the Sixties and early Seventies are experiencing numerous problems and are highly frustrated in their efforts to perform their duties in a creditable fashion, and argues that the very nature of their jobs is responsible for this. (Author/JM)

This exploratory study seeks to explain variation in conflict and ambiguity among a national sample of directors of school district research and evaluation units. The approach developed argues that variation in evaluation unit directors' role conflict and ambiguity is a function of both school district and evaluation unit characteristics, since…

Written for and by principals, the guide provides a framework for developing school policies which encourage partnership with the parents of handicapped children. The first two sections focus on the principal's role in family impact analysis and characteristics of families with handicapped children as they relate to the school. The next section…

Using the results of 50 returned surveys, the study examined the beliefs of elementary and secondary school teachers concerning what they think the principal does in special education, with particular emphasis on the mandates of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Among findings were the following: nearly half stated that…

The answer to determining organizational outcomes is not the ill-defined concept of "leadership." Rather, it is a combination of two factors: the ability and opportunity to influence others, and the value and belief system of the individual. Ability to influence is a function of one's place within the bureaucratic, professional, political, and…

Based on the view that the principal's influence is felt long after students leave school, this study looked at the literature designed to help elementary principals eradicate sexism in the schools. First the researchers attempted to examine information on eradicating sexism in the texts used in graduate schools to train principals, but found a…

Intended to aid fellow department chairpersons in developing adequate library resources and to suggest ways of motivating departments in their use, this paper proffers suggestions based on the author's experience as a librarian and academic department chairman. It is suggested that (1) guidelines established by the library profession and…

Recent state and federal laws require specific changes with regard to the evaluation and placement of special education students, many of which are beyond the principal's knowledge or expertise. Thirteen elementary principals were interviewed to discover the strategies used by principals before referring a student for special education, as well as…

Procedures used in six Australian primary schools for the induction of beginning teachers to their profession are summarily described. Induction into the schools was in each case a cooperative process which was much more than an orientation period and normally involved one person being most closely associated with the new teacher, but in which the…

A survey of randomly-selected Alabama principals sought to compare a theorist's model of educational administration with the actual model used by working principals. The 172 principals ranked the importance of 13 statements about administrative priorities drawn from the theoretical model, a three-part construct combining administrative processes,…

This study tried to determine if the new methods of budgeting and new organization instituted by the Boston School System in 1976 appeared to be effective in bringing runaway spending under control. Data were gathered through interviews with school department personnel, consultants, personnel in agencies responsible for school monitoring, and…

This research study focused on the change process that was used to bring about individualized schooling in six comprehensive senior high schools. The first chapter contains an overview of the study including a statement of the problem, background of the study, and a review of related literature. In the second chapter the six schools are…

The most important and most difficult task of the assistant principal for instruction in a multiunit high school is recruitment of teachers for the learning communities. These teachers must be convinced that the increased workload and added responsibilities involved in developing interdisciplinary courses, budgeting time, space, and funding, and…

A total of 12,194 faculty members at institutions awarding degrees in education participated in a survey investigating the role of the dean as an educational leader within the university. A rating scale of twenty-one leadership characteristics, developed specifically for this research, yielded statistical information about the attitudes of college…