The purpose of this study was to develop a valid, reliable instrument for measuring the perceptions of teachers regarding decision-making structures and teacher involvement in decision-making in schools using the Individually Guided Education (IGE) model. Elements of Lipham's model of the decision-making process and Dale's definition of…

The diffusion of Individually Guided Education in Multiunit Schools (IGE/MUS) from the Wisconsin R & D Center for Cognitive Learning to local schools, was explored in terms of the organizational relationships and roles between the R & D Center, resource system, state education agencies (SEA), teacher education institutions (TEI), both…

The Ohio model, developed at the University of Toledo and implemented in the Toledo area, was designed to produce comprehensive educational change through the strengthening of relationships among the institutions, programs, and personnel who have an impact on educational change. The strategy of the model is to produce able teachers through the…

The organization of the Community College of Vermont illustrates that a lateral authority structure and mutually supportive subsystems are necessary to manage a noncampus institution. (Author)

This article provides a brief introduction to IGE and indicates how teacher educators may contribute to the reform and renewal of education with IGE as a focus. (MM)

Fulfilling the role as principal of an IGE School requires the understanding and skills necessary to initiate, manage, and sustain the educational change process. (MM)

The role of the unit leader in IGE programs is examined, and recommendations are made for general courses and workshops to develop leadership characteristics in the prospective unit leaders. (MM)

IGE, a new form of elementary school organization, has been revolutionizing U. S. classrooms. Its success has been attributed to a format that trys different kinds of teaching methods, techniques, and strategies with a single end - to develop the individual on his terms. (Author/RK)

In order to effectively bring about permanent changes in a school setting, the educators involved must accept the changes privately as well as complying with them publicly. The staff development specialist must convince the educators that positive change is both necessary and possible and provide support during the implementation period. As used…

This study investigated various characteristics of the multiunit school and a seven-step Instructional Programing Model as they relate to home-school-community relations. Within this framework, the study had two objectives--to describe the characteristics of the multiunit school and Instructional Programing Model, and to analyze the…

The adoption of team teaching or team organization in an elementary school causes change in the organization's work system or in the basic structure of its managerial system, or both. Distinguishing between the two kinds of change has been a central feature of the MITT (Management Implications of Team Teaching) research project at the University…

This study identifies some of the change variables related to the institutionalization of the organizational component of the multiunit elementary school (MUS-E) and begins to identify some of the elements of change implicitly involved in the successful institutionalization of educational change in general. The study is based on data from five…

In a multiunit school, teachers are organized into relatively autonomous groups. Each group has a unit leader responsible for management and coordination of unit activities, who serves as a linkage to the principal. Decisionmaking functions and the influence system are lodged in the group, thus diffusing what would be the principal's authority in…

Teachers in IGE should emphasize and explain the goals, instructional objectives, and philosophy of the unit team. (MM)

These documents (IGE booklet and accompanying mailing piece) provide information about the multiunit elementary school (MUS-E). The MUS-E is the organizational administrative component of a system of individually guided education (IGE) designed for the elementary school. The MUS-E and IGE are designed to formulate and carry out instructional…