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Paulu, Nancy – School Administrator, 1989
Describes how 16 superintendents spurred district reform efforts by creating a positive environment through a four-step process: establishing trust, planning the district's future, communicating their vision effectively, and following through. An inset provides advice to other change-oriented superintendents. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation
Arbeit, Mark B. – School Administrator, 1985
Before schools purchase computer hardware and software, the district should set goals for their use, establish effective teacher training, and determine a realistic schoolwide implementation plan.(MD)
Descriptors: Courseware, Elementary Education, Instructional Development, Microcomputers
Nyland, Larry – School Administrator, 1991
Despite serving growing numbers of at-risk students, Pasco (Washington) School District has been transformed through outcome-based education into a district widely recognized for quality. Pascoe's OBE process demanded a school vision and mission statement; intensive teacher retraining; implementation of mastery learning, reality therapy, and…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary Education, Institutional Mission, Instructional Improvement
Jorgensen, Margaret – School Administrator, 1993
To support educational reforms, new assessments must stress the performance of complex, holistic tasks, not snippets of performance in segments, elements, or chunks of complex tasks. Sidebars present helpful guidelines for developing staff and creating an assessment. Assessments can assume numerous shapes, including budgeting activities,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Based Assessment
Kentta, Bill – School Administrator, 1997
Each Oregon school is required to have a council responsible for developing a staff development plan, improving the instructional program, and coordinating school-reform efforts. During the Eugene district's implementation phase, central-office administrators played a key role in providing organizational development training and in allocating…
Descriptors: Central Office Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making, Program Implementation