Principals as Staff Developers. A Profile of Nelda Hobbs: "Remove Your Authoritarian Hat and Stand with Your Arms Open Wide.".

Ellis, Susan S.

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ERIC Number: EJ510956

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Publication Date: 1995

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Principals as Staff Developers. A Profile of Nelda Hobbs: "Remove Your Authoritarian Hat and Stand with Your Arms Open Wide."

Ellis, Susan S.

Journal of Staff Development, v16 n1 p46-49 Win 1995

Describes how the principal of a predominantly minority elementary school in Chicago (Illinois) took control of the school from local gangs and from the Local School Council, emphasizing her leadership and work to bring the faculty together through her active involvement and teachers' participative decision making. (SM)

Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Black Students, Collegiality, Elementary Education, Hispanic Americans, Inservice Teacher Education, Leadership Responsibility, Minority Group Children, Participative Decision Making, Principals, School Restructuring, Staff Development, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Improvement, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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