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Whiston, Jan – California School Boards, 1975
The employment of a superintendent means more than hiring the services of a professionally qualified person. It also means acquiring that person's philosophy, set of values, system of practices, and approach to public education. (Published by California School Boards Association, 800 9th Street, Suite 201, Sacramento, California 95814) (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
Gerla, Samuel, E. – 1987
The purpose of this study was to collect data from 40 school superintendents who were newly hired in Washington school districts just prior to the 1986-87 school year, assess the conditions within a school district when hiring a superintendent; and evaluate expectations placed upon a new chief executive by the board of education. Thirty-eight…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Lupini, Dante – 1983
One of the most significant changes influencing school board policy-making over the last dozen years has been the advent of politics. The advent of politics in educational organizations is best demonstrated by the emergence in the 1970s of interest groups. Schools and school boards have become highly targeted by such groups in part because of…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Pheasant, Marilyn – OSSC Bulletin, 1985
A bargaining process, begun over 10 years ago, is based on problem-solving rather than on adversarial confrontation and uses elements of participative management. It has resulted in outstanding benefits for two school districts. Called "Theory Z bargaining," the process follows a procedure based on each side treating the other with…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Nolte, M. Chester – American School Board Journal, 1974
While his responsibilities are growing rapidly, the superintendent's authority is shrinking. The board must tell its superintendent exactly what it is he or she is to be accountable for. (Author/WM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation
Mullins, Carolyn – American School Board Journal, 1974
According to a survey of superintendents, school board members are often unable to separate their own policymaking function from the administrative function to the superintendent. (WM)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Download full textLewis, Edmund L., Ed. – 1977
This two-part survey, devised by the California School Boards Association, is designed to provide an assessment of school district needs and to assist a board of education in setting priorities for evaluation of the district superintendent. The first part, which evaluates the status of the district, includes questions relating to administrative…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Conger, George P. – 1981
The college board of trustees assumes a number of major obligations, including establishing institutional policy. A policy is an expression of beliefs or judgements derived from an assessment of a set of values adopted by the board as a guide to present and future action. As beliefs, judgements and issues change, policies must also change to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration, Community Colleges
George, Thomas W. – 1978
The principal's right to independent bargaining may become increasingly important as more teachers' groups negotiate school district policy directly with boards of education. This chapter discusses the principal's role in collective negotiations and attempts to answer the question of whether a principal is part of management or of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation
HENDERSON, ALGO D. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1967
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE CORPORATIONS GOVERNED BY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES. SOME ARE PUBLIC, AND OTHERS ARE PRIVATE, NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. BOARDS ARE USUALLY COMPOSED OF LAY PERSONNEL, ASSUMED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE WELFARE OF THE INSTITUTION. LEGALLY, THE BOARD HAS COMPLETE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Governing Boards
Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb. Community Coll. Services. – 1968
The first seven papers of this conference deal with the junior college foundation, its value, functions, organization, and examples of by-laws. Two papers discuss the scope and development of a speech course. Five papers examine the requirements of the library as a multi-media center, housing not only books but also films, records, tapes, etc. and…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Conferences, Governing Boards, Library Services
California School Boards Association, Sacramento. – 1975
This publication is intended to aid local school board members in establishing procedures and priorities for evaluating the performance of their district superintendent. Except for a brief introductory section, the entire publication consists of a model comprehensive evaluation instrument. The evaluation model is organized in two main sections,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Frantzreb, Arthur C. – 1972
Aspects of how a board of trustees is designed to function, how its membership is selected, how it is educated, and how business is conducted are discussed. General characteristics of boards of both public or private institutions are identified, with emphasis on the role and responsibility of the chairman. Suggestions are offered regarding the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration, Conference Reports
Shannon, Thomas A. – 1975
This booklet discusses the legal limitations and restrictions governing contracts between school administrators and their employers and offers a ten-item bill of rights designed to ensure a fair measure of job security for administrators. After noting that an administrator has no legal recourse when his employment contract is not renewed, the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education
Roberts, George F. – 1970
This paper contains a partial report on an empirical study to assess the utility of Gross' theory of role conflict resolution in predicting role choice by administrators who become involved in formal collective negotiations for the first time. Some relationships between role choice and selected situational variables are also examined. The study…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining
