Describes school-based Intervention Assistant Teams' (IATs) work with rural nonspecial education students experiencing regular-classroom difficulties. Teams evaluate students, recommend, and carry out intervention. Discusses team leadership, membership, and principals' and parents' roles. Describes potential IAT benefits for students, parents, and…

Classic problems between college fund raising and public relations professionals include misunderstanding of roles, unrealistic expectations, differing goals and perspectives, and inequity of administrative support. Cooperation can be fostered through communication about goals, shared objectives, reduced isolation, teamwork, open communication,…

Briefly describes the development and objectives of the leadership center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign; then describes the rationale and activities of an in-service training program for principals. (15 references) (MLF)

Presents a biographical account of the educator, Amy M. Hostler: this account includes a discussion of her early years; her education and training as a teacher; her work in early childhood education; professional achievement--including the establishment kindergartens in Puerto Rico; tenure at Mills College; and international contributions. (BB)

Even minor changes in the college curriculum, especially across disciplinary boundaries, can have profound effects on the organization of the institution and roles of faculty and administrators. A typology of eight kinds of campus organizational change outlines the implications of each, and a checklist of considerations surrounding change is…

Conditions have changed dramatically for higher education in recent years. Each sector faces necessary change. Faculty must better balance demands of research and teaching. Students must take more personal responsibility for learning. Administrators need to lead in development of innovative approaches to teaching/learning and to improved cost…

A college dean who has returned to full-time college teaching reflects on the differences in roles of administrator and faculty member, comparative benefits and disadvantages of the two positions, skills that transfer well, and his changed perspective on students. He recommends more and better communication between faculty and administration. (MSE)

Discusses changes in the role of the elementary school library media specialist. Highlights include cooperation with classroom teachers and administrators; the role of the school principal; actions to initiate change; structuring research for students' success; and sample library instructional activities. (LRW)

Three checklists help parents, teachers, and school administrators think about what constitutes a good elementary school science program and about their respective roles in promoting and supporting such a program. The lists focus on home and classroom environment, professional commitment, philosophy, curriculum and assessment, outside support,…

Explains the rationale, objectives, and content of a seminar program in the Soviet Union for school administrators. Describes the work of the department of public education's Faculty of Upgrading Pedagogical Qualifications in promoting administrators' professional development and mastery of administrative principles. Emphasizes the need to…

Leadership in church-related colleges is particularly challenging because of decentralization of authority and responsibility in colleges in general, the particular moral imperative of the church-affiliated institution, declining enrollment, changing methods and approaches in higher education, societal secularization, and institution-specific…

Discusses the changing role and responsibilities of middle managers and department heads in large research libraries. Skills and abilities required for effective management and the need for continuing leadership training are outlined. (10 references) (EA)

Role relationships among teachers, administrators, and university educators from five schools and one university in a three-year collaborative project were studied. A general progression from initial ambiguity regarding role definitions for all participants to a tentative consensus on the value of the importance of teacher leadership is noted.…

Presents six papers that offer perspectives on the subject of library school closings. Topics discussed include financial considerations; isolation of library schools within their university communities; unresponsive leadership; political issues; research productivity; the role of distance education; sources of institutional power, including…

Discusses one child care center director's attempts to solve the problem of finding a reliable substitute teacher by sharing one substitute teacher between two day care centers. Also discusses the effectiveness of such a solution. (BB)