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Stoelinga, Sara Ray – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
Many principals use harassing supervision to encourage low-performing teachers to leave. Principals are driven to this tactic because teacher evaluation systems don't systematically identify low-performing teachers, principals don't understand the teacher removal process, principal training programs don't build principal expertise in hiring and…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Principals, Teacher Supervision, Supervisory Methods
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McNair, Delores E. – New Directions for Student Services, 2011
Self-authorship, as described by Baxter Magolda (2008), is about trusting ourselves (our internal voice), rather than relying on external voices to guide our lives. Young professionals attempt to navigate new experiences based on prior knowledge and begin to distinguish what others tell them from what they believe and value on their own. The path…
Descriptors: Supervision, Philosophy, Administrative Principles, Supervisory Methods
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Ediger, Marlow – Education, 2008
Where should public school leaders be trained to become principals, supervisors, and superintendents? Traditionally, schools of education in universities have been responsible for training school administrators. This notion has been challenged by those advocating alternative choices for administrators in schools. Thus, the business and military…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Leadership, Principals, Superintendents
Ball, Geoff – Camping Magazine, 1996
A camp director explains his supervisory style as being based on one-minute goals, one-minute praise, and one-minute reprimands; his experience as a parent; a decentralized model of staff supervision; and building relationships with staff by talking and listening to them. Gives American Camping Association standards for staff supervision and…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Effectiveness, Camping, Leadership Styles
Gathercoal, Forrest – 1991
This book presents a theory of judicious leadership for residence hall management that advocates the creation of an ethical and educational perspective based on the U.S. Bill of Rights. It argues that by recognizing college students' citizenship rights, providing them an opportunity to experience individual liberties, and helping them to…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, College Students, Dormitories, Higher Education
Miller, Richard I., Ed. – 1991
This book discusses the application of the Deming Management Method to higher education in order to improve the management practices and operations of American colleges and universities. The contributing articles are as follows: (1) "The Parable of the Red Beads" (Joseph A. Burke); (2) Constancy of Purpose for the Improvement of Product…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Business Administration, College Administration, Higher Education