This document reports the findings of a survey designed to assess the extent and nature of the involvement of school board members and school administrators in the public school purchasing process. A total of 1,199 school board members and 177 school administrators were interviewed during the 4 days of the 1969 National School Boards Association…

A 3-week workshop provided an overview of many areas that concern junior college administrators. Six of the topics discussed during the workshop include (1) new emphases in administrative and organizational thinking; (2) current status and problems of student personnel services; (3) the extra-institutional obligations of the community college…

This booklet examines the problem of gaining public support for the schools. It examines the leadership role of the school superintendent; discusses integrity, accountability, and decentalization; and explains some methods of building support among community leaders. The publication closes with a summary of the steps taken by the Dallas school…

In this speech, the author discusses the concept of the management team, and describes how it has been applied in Warren, Ohio, schools. The management team, according to the author, is a working relationship between the principal and central office administrators (including the superintendent and the board of education) to provide service to the…

Evaluation by mandate, stemming either from legislative statute or action of the State education agency, is a growing development. Such mandates, however, do not necessarily stipulate the precise form of evaluation. It is therefore not surprising that traditional procedures outnumber newer approaches because school administrators, supervisors, and…

The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics of administrators and of the organizations and the environments in which they function in an attempt to increase understanding of the human and organizational variables which tend to spawn or to inhibit change. The instrument employed in the analysis was a mail questionnaire addressed to…

In the study of the school library supervisor, the universe was made up of those school systems in the United States with enrollments of 25,000 or more and identified as having the position of school library supervisor. Questionnaires were sent to all 150 supervisors thus identified and 99 returned the questionnaire. Full detail of sample choice…

In the study of the special library and information center administrator, a sample of 150 special libraries and information centers reporting staffs of ten people or more was selected. Ninety-five respondents completed and returned the questionnaires. Full details of sample choice and design and an analysis of the returns are contained in the…

To identify job characteristics and patterns of administrative structure, and to analyze relationships between administrative level and job titles and characteristics, questionnaires were sent to the head vocational education administrators at all the junior colleges listed in the 1966 "Junior College Directory." Based on 255 responses, the study…

This speech outlines a local elementary principals association's innovative program of career development for elementary school principals. This program consisted of three elements: (1) human relations skills, (2) management training, and (3) internships. The program's uniqueness centered around its longrange training projections for currently…

Most educational management systems currently define organizational roles in terms of the operations to be performed. A more efficient manner of organization might be one that operates in terms of objectives to be reached. One way of implementing such a problem solving structure, would be to assign a particular problem to administrative personnel…

The principal goals of the Institute were to implement equality of educational opportunity and school desegregation in eight Illinois communities, through the training of eight Community Teams, consisting of professional public school leaders and community leaders. The initial status of each community, the processes in which they engaged to…

A conference on the role of the department/division chairman in the community college was sponsored by the Community Junior College Graduate Program of Sam Houston State University. The following were presented: (1) "Role of the Department Chairman in Improving Community College Instruction" by John Lombardi; (2) "Role of the Department Chairman…

This report provides a quick source of reference for practicing administrators in the areas of human relations, curriculum, finances and accountability, and skills in the operation and organization of the school. Frequently cited journals from which abstracts were drawn include Phi Delta Kappan, Educational Leadership, The National Elementary…

First-order analyses of the data obtained from 90 workshop participants, each of whom played the role of the principal of Janus Junior High School (a racially mixed inner city school) have identified 16 factors of actions, values, and means of communication. Second-order analyses have identified three types of administrative style: (1)…