This publication defines and illustrates approximately 80 terms and concepts that are crucial to understanding the Educational Management Project, a comprehensive inservice program for educational administrators that was developed by the Tucson Public Schools. Annotations for the individual terms vary in length from approximately 30 to 350 words…

The professional preparation of educators is intensely and intrinsically political; this constitutes the external environment of the dean or chief administrator. What is true in the external environment of professional education is also true in the internal environment of the chief administrator of such programs. The different roles and functions…

Instructional Management must be carried out so that it is responsive in an accountability sense to the social system; there must be negotiation and communication among a variety of parties; and the work must be understood, accepted, and supported by all key participants. Communication is needed to establish and maintain the system, to resolve…

Action for Children's Television (ACT) filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which advocated rules toward eliminating commercial content in children's programming. In response to the television industry's reaction to this petition ACT undertook the analysis of current commercial content on several popular shows for…

This training manual was developed to provide newly appointed first-line supervisors in vocational rehabilitation with principles and techniques of casework supervision. Chapters cover: (1) agency goals and the function of the supervisor in establishing, maintaining, and involving those he supervises in the goal-setting and goal-reaching process,…

This book contains the text with annotations of the most recent (1961) Code of Professional Ethics from the National Education Association (NEA). Enumerated in the code are four principles of commitment--commitment to the students, the public, the profession, and Professional Employment Practices. Also included in this book are 53 Opinions of the…

This bulletin, the first in a series on leadership, is a guide for leaders of organizations, to the nature and operation of committees. Contributions and advantages of committees are enumerated, and types of committees are described. Guidelines are given for selecting a committee, instructing it, committee operation, and acting on a committee…

Because audiovisual personnel certification patterns vary greatly among the states, these guidelines have been constructed as a general criteria which hopefully will assist states in formulating their own ways of raising audiovisual performance standards. The certification guidelines have been divided into two areas, based on competency. The Level…

Describes the evolution of the multiple English department, sets forth "commandments" for English department chairpersons, and points to qualities of the ideal department chairperson. (GW)

Argues that scientific approaches to a quality communication environment need to be supplemented by humanistic approaches. Describes and applies four humanistic principles to show how employees contribute to organizational effectiveness. Discusses the policy implications resulting in an organization adhering to these principles. (JD)

Tables of general characteristics of philosophies, administrative theories, and administrative practices related to the theories are presented to help school administrators assess their own beliefs and values and move toward the consistent conceptual framework necessary for improving their administrative behavior. (MJL)

Offers suggestions for effective long-range educational planning, outlines steps for school district budget planning, and discusses the relationship between the two. (JG)

This book identifies what leaders need to do to create high-performing, self-renewing organizations. The emphasis is on action rather than theory, and the short passages are designed for quick perusal. The book emphasizes the notion that most elements of leadership can be learned; the only inherent character trait needed for effective leadership…

A wave of new thinking about success, opportunity, and responsibility has given rise to new ways of evaluating work opportunities based on their ethical practices, management models, and measures of social and environmental responsibility. Taken together, these ideas form a foundation for emerging socioeconomic visions of sustainable development.…

This book grew out of the first principals' academy for beginning principals, hosted by the National Catholic Educational Association. Almost 60 principals, all in their first or second year as principals of Catholic elementary/middle schools, from all over the U.S. attended the program. At the conclusion of the academy, the principals wrote brief…