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Bermani, Michelle Ines – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In this quantitative and qualitative mixed study, the researcher focused on a range of factors that drive principals' decision making and examined the variables that affect principals' decision-making. The study assessed the extent to which principals' leadership and decision-making processes exert influence on the operations of inclusion…
Descriptors: Principals, Inclusion, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Beard, Nicole R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the way in which school boards use data when making decisions, specifically their orientations, perceptions, concerns and priorities around data. This study sought to understand how school boards use data when setting or tracking progress toward goals and aimed following the process of board use of data to…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Decision Making
Elmelegy, Reda Ibrahim – School Leadership & Management, 2015
The current research aims at clarifying how school-based management (SBM) can contribute to achieve the decision-making quality in Egyptian general secondary schools and determine the requirements of quality decision-making. It depends on the descriptive method in order to acknowledge the basics of the SBM and its relationship with the quality of…
Descriptors: School Based Management, Decision Making, Secondary Schools, Educational Quality
Linquanti, Robert; Bailey, Alison L. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2014
This document is the first in a series of working papers that elaborate on a framework of four key stages in moving toward a common definition of English learner (EL), as described in the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) publication, "Toward a "Common Definition of English Learner": A Brief Defining Policy and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Disability Identification, Educational Practices, Educational Policy
Moletsane, Relebohile; Juan, Andrea; Prinsloo, Cas; Reddy, Vijay – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2015
Research increasingly points to the negative impacts of teacher absence from school on access to schooling and success in learning in schools, in particular in schools in areas of multiple-deprivation (including rural schools). South African schools are no exception. In this regard, like any other employer, the South African Department of Basic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leaves of Absence, Rural Schools, School Administration
Cortina, Lenore – ProQuest LLC, 2011
General education teachers have limited opportunities for professional learning that is designed to develop their capacity to differentiate curriculum and instruction adequately for gifted students. Administrators' decisions related to professional learning for general education teachers in gifted education are influenced by many factors. This…
Descriptors: Expertise, General Education, School Administration, Administration
Staisloff, Richard L. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2011
This publication is part of an Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) series devoted to strengthening the role of key standing committees of governing boards. While there is no optimum committee system for institutions of higher education, certain principles, practices, and procedures prevail. The best practices…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Committees, Higher Education, Administrative Principles
Alt, Albert G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This case study examined a multi-college community college district in northern California in a primarily rural area, to understand how their practices compared to management best practices designed to improve student success, barriers that may exist in implementing best practices, and how the institution may improve its own practices. The problem…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Decision Making, Success, Academic Achievement
Public Agenda, 2012
"Building Institutional Capacity for Data-Informed Decision Making" is the third installment of the Cutting Edge series, which aims to help colleges engage faculty, scale successful interventions, and create a strong culture of evidence through use of data to strengthen their institutional change and student success efforts. Though the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Community Colleges, Organizational Change, Decision Making
Wertz, Dan C. – 2003
This report is based on interviews of 18 school superintendents who demonstrate the quality know as resilience. The 14 men and 4 women averaged 17 years as superintendent, serving 3 rural, 13 suburban, and 2 urban school districts. It was found that resilient superintendents deal with challenges in positive ways. They do not dwell on the negative…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Practices
Keedy, John L.; Peel, Joseph W. – 1995
This paper unites theory and practice in examining the concept of "theory in practice." It contends that good administrators are theoretical about their work and that they construct categories using common, essential characteristics across similar situations so that few situations are viewed as unique. Two school superintendents were interviewed…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Practices

Wendel, Frederick C. – Clearing House, 1977
In order to identify more precisely the extent to which building principals adhere to participatory managerial practices, a study was conducted to assess their attitudes toward selected policies of participatory managerial practices. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making
Glanz, Jeffrey – 1978
Focusing on factors which shaped and influenced public school supervision, the paper investigates educational developments in the late 19th century. During this period the movement toward centralization in urban public schools gained considerable momentum. Educational historians have largely ignored the role school superintendents played in the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role
Schambier, Robert F. – 1981
Teachers are alienated and dissatisfied with their jobs and often "burn out" because they must work in a bureaucratic structure in which all or most decisions are made by administrators and are expected to be carried out by the professionals, rather than being made by the professionals or in collaboration. This pyramidal structure or organization…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Adult Education