Implementation of Shared Governance for Instructional Improvement: Principals' Perspectives.

Blase, Jo; Blase, Joseph

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ERIC Number: EJ597126

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Publication Date: 1999

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Implementation of Shared Governance for Instructional Improvement: Principals' Perspectives.

Blase, Jo; Blase, Joseph

Journal of Educational Administration, v37 n5 p476-500 1999

Describes practices, thoughts, and feelings of exemplary, shared-governance principals at nine schools affiliated with Glickman's League of Professional Schools in Georgia, using open-ended interviews. Findings showed that implementing shared governance incorporates five salient themes: meanings, involvement of others, redistribution of power, supportive processes, and supportive structures. (Contains 75 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Instructional Improvement, Interviews, Management Development, Participative Decision Making, Principals, Program Implementation, Role Perception, School Restructuring, Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Georgia

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