This advisory manual for Alberta, Canada offers guidance for those involved in (1) deciding to operate an early childhood services (ECS) program; (2) establishing policies, guidelines, and procedures; (3) organizing a program; and (4) administering a program. Topics addressed in section I, which covers making the decision to operate an ECS…

A second wave of educational reform is closely scrutinizing fundamental issues (structure, organization, management, curriculum, and instruction) and calling for at least partial restructuring of the public school system. After presenting a scenario of an ideally restructured elementary school, this paper explores the…

Parish elementary schools in the United States have a governance structure that often precipitates conflict. The principal is the designated leader of the school, the educational administrator, and the supervisor of the faculty and students. By canon law, however, the pastor of the parish remains ultimately responsible for the spiritual and…

This document details the proceedings of the Fifth Meeting of the Steering Committee of the SEAMEC Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (RECSAM) convened in Tokyo, Japan, from March 31-April 7, 1969. From this meeting, steps were taken to broaden the membership of the International Advisory Council, ways and means of…

This is a report on a training session conducted for the board members of the New Brunswick Indian Arts and Crafts Association with the aim of outlining purposes of the Association, and assisting in drawing up plans for a formal administrative structure among arts and crafts organizations. An administrative manual containing terms of reference…

The task force study for the NACAC to which the entire September issue of ACAC is devoted, reviews the Constitution of NACAC in the light of changing and expanding needs of NACAC, and studies the relationship between NACAC and the State and Regional branches. (Author/EJT)

Contract clauses on tenure, promotion, salaries, faculty workload, and retrenchment are compared with the national stances of the American Federation of Teachers, American Association of University Professors, and the National Education Association. Conclusion is that national organizational positions are not reliable predictors of individual…

Incidents of five types of student involvement in the negotiation and administration of faculty or nonfaculty union contracts are examined: consultation-observation and end-run, coalition, tripartite, and collective bargaining. Conclusions are that no one appropriate type of student involvement has emerged; thus legislative structuring of student…

Study examines determinants of organizational effectiveness. Results indicate that pupil-teacher ratio and administrative intensity depress median levels of achievement; whereas, staff qualifications foster student achievement. The percentage of non-whites is said to have a consistently significant direct effect on median achievement level.…

Presents theoretical and practical rationales for using a professional model rather than a bureaucratic one in analyzing the social interactions in public schools, and pinpoints some of the central concepts of the professional model as they relate to school organization. (Author)

First of six articles from a special feature on differentiated staffing.

Chester Barnard (1886-1961) was an executive and an early organizational theorist. His theory of organizational behavior and executive functions, set forth primarily in "The Functions of the Executive" (1938), comprises both structural concepts, related to how an organization is structured, and dynamic concepts, related to individuals'…

Administrative operational objectives for funding year 1981-82 are presented to inform Marshall University's administrators, faculty, and students of the direction of current management activities. Stated objectives of the administrative offices that report directly to the president and those of the Provost's Office and the administrative offices…

Interorganizational structures may have elements that promote or reduce stress and conflict among participants. This study identified such elements in an interorganizational structure that was classified as a loosely coupled system. The interorganizational structure examined was the Internships, Certification, Equity-Leadership, and Support (ICES)…

Results of a survey of the views of college and university presidents about the national higher education associations and interviews with 33 key national observers are considered. The survey was designed to obtain presidents' perceptions of the national associations collectively and of eight selected associations individually. It focused on the…