Describes one principal's success at helping teachers guide reform in a Wisconsin elementary school by creating, with the help of his teachers, a school that abolished age-based grade levels and traditional grades for some students. The paper describes what it takes to create a successful program that encourages teacher collaboration. A sidebar…

This article examines the roles of deputy principals (assistant principals, deputy heads) in secondary schools and thus contributes to an under-researched area often overlooked in discussions about school leadership. Typically, these discussions have focussed on the principalship alone. Data were collected from deputy principals in one large…

In this article, the author discusses the importance of educational leadership's sustainability and finding the right leader to fit in the system at the right time. Just as book quality and preferences vary from author to author and critic to critic, the quality of educational leadership and the culture of individual schools or school districts…

Some conceptual frameworks guide the work of university administrators, informing effective hiring, planning, and budgeting.

This newsletter examines education technology issues of concern to school faculty and administrators. Regular features in each issue include educational technology news, a book review, and a question and answer column. The cover articles during this volume year are: "The Decision-Making Process: as Important as the Decision";…

In 1992, characteristics of Illinois public community college faculty and staff were compiled for fall terms 1989 through 1991. The study answered broad questions about college faculty and staff, and reviewed each of the five professional employee groups in greater detail, examining employees' highest earned degree, age, race/ethnicity, and length…

The opinion poll of public school administrators reported in this document is part of a series designed to report scientifically collected data that accurately reflects the views and experiences of specific groups of educators. For this study, a total of 3,300 principals were included in the random sample and 1,502 (46 percent) responded. Tables…

Reasons for the predominance of males in public school administrative positions are explored in this study. Methodology involved a survey of 350 graduates (175 female and 175 male) of principal certification programs in West Virginia, which yielded 258 responses, and followup interviews with 21 females who had identified sex discrimination as a…

This paper summarizes research on teacher attitudes and performance under clinical supervision. The literature for comparative studies of inservice personnel (not student teachers) in elementary and secondary schools was extensively searched. The 19 complete and 4 in-progress studies reported are grouped as follows: (1) attitudes toward…

While the world of teaching has been primarily female, the administration world has always been populated by men. While there are similarities in the backgrounds and experiences of males and females, the legacy of discrimination and exclusion has shaped a world in which women's experiences and behaviors are often unlike those of men. Research on…

This paper focuses on local (school district level) facilitators, or individuals with major responsibility for implementing federal or state-sponsored school improvement practices. It covers who they are, what roles they play, and how they contribute to various outcomes. The sample is from the Study of Dissemination Efforts Supporting School…

To guarantee an efficient educational system, effective evaluation and supervision of teacher performance are necessary. However, the evaluation of teacher performance presents two major problems: first, no clear definition or measure of effective teaching exists, and second, evaluation is perceived to have conflicting purposes, either as a…

After outlining the 1984 activities and results of the Center for the Study of Evaluation's (CSE's) Evaluation Productivity Project, this monograph presents three reports. The first, "The Administrator's Role in Evaluation Use," by James Burry, Marvin C. Alkin, and Joan A. Ruskus, describes the factors influencing an evaluation's use…

In spring 1989, interviews were conducted with 10 women administrators from community colleges in New Jersey and Pennsylvania to gain information on their characteristics, educational training, management style, career paths, and attitudes. Study findings included the following: (1) five of the participants had master's degrees, and five had…

An interest in learning the characteristics and self-images of successful women administrators and how they attained their current career levels led to a survey of 112 women administrators from 12 large Midwestern urban school districts and 3 Midwestern educational laboratories. This report draft reviews the literature concerning women managers:…