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Kiersh, Ed – Change, 1979
The current troubles and complications that affect higher education are reflected in the presidential search process. Students, faculty, trustees, and other members of search committees differ on priorities. Three searches are described and suggestions are provided for creating a more effective search. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, College Faculty
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Tallerico, Marilyn; Burstyn, Joan N. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1996
Considers knowledge about location and contexts of men's and women's superintendencies, along with the authors' own recent research on former women superintendents. Women are likely to occupy superintendencies in the smallest, least cosmopolitan districts with the fewest central-office administrators, declining enrollments, more reported job…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Board Administrator Relationship, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Decoux, Bruce V.; Holdaway, Edward A. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1999
A study used interviews, observations, and documents to examine perceptions of principals in eight accredited, independent schools in Alberta (Canada) about major factors affecting their leadership role. Factors included philosophical congruence enhanced by respect and trust, as well as personal relationships, school culture, symbolism, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Johnson, Larry, Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 1996
The abstracts in this series provide two-page discussions of issues related to leadership, administration, professional development, technology, and education in community colleges. Volume 9 for 1996 includes the following 12 abstracts: (1) "Tech-Prep + School-To-Work: Working Together To Foster Educational Reform," (Roderick F. Beaumont); (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, College Presidents, Community Colleges
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Trustee Quarterly, 1992
The four issues of "Trustee Quarterly" contained in this document focus on topics of current concern to community college trustees. The winter 1992 issue offers articles on the trustee's role in politics, community colleges as community catalysts, Lewis and Clark Community College's (Illinois) strategic planning process, staff development…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration
Faucette, Sidney L. – 1991
This document contains the Virginia Beach superintendent's report to the school board on the adoption of a resolution that supports school-based management (SBM) and shared decision making. On December 17, 1991, the school board passed the "Resolution of Support for School Based Management and Shared Decision Making." The report contains…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Cooperative Planning
Grady, Marilyn L.; Bryant, Miles – 1990
School board presidents identified what they perceived to be critical incidents in their work with superintendents. The study was a sequel to previous research concerning superintendents' perceptions of critical incidents with school board members. Researchers conducted telephone interviews with 59 school board presidents and asked them to…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Howe, Robert C. – 1983
Principals are middle managers. Board members should have a superintendent who has a high regard for the principalship and who believes in the total team approach to school administration. They should allow principals to do the job they were hired to do--parental or citizen complaints should be referred to the principal instead of being personally…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship
Tallahassee Community Coll., FL. – 1990
This collection of information booklets offers an orientation for Florida community college trustees to various aspects of the state system. The collection includes: (1) an introduction to and history of the community colleges, including an overview of governance, admissions, student costs, and public service; (2) a description of the powers and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Articulation (Education), Board Administrator Relationship, Budgeting
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Grady, Marilyn L.; Bryant, Miles T. – 1990
The superintendent's role may be difficult to manage simply because of the existence of a school board. To identify critical incidents that superintendents experienced in their work with boards of education, the superintendents of all 310 K-12 districts in Nebraska were mailed letters asking if they had experienced a critical incident with a…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role
Gluckman, Ivan; Koerner, Thomas, Jr. – A Legal Memorandum, 1990
This "Legal Memorandum" reviews administrator employment rights in each state. In 19 jurisdictions principals and other administrators are granted some kind of substantive tenure protection in their administrative positions. However, even in states providing tenure protection for administrators, there are situations in which a school board may…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Court Litigation
Glaub, Gerald R. – Updating School Board Policies, 1983
Although some board members and superintendents may consider superintendent evaluation as potentially disturbing for their working relationships, such evaluations may become more appealing when considered as part of a broader system of school governance and management. What is needed is a performance appraisal system developed jointly by…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Evaluation, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy
Zerchykov, Ross – 1984
The findings of 22 significant and accessible studies of community involvement in school board policy formation, selected from over 130 relevant studies, are analyzed in this report to provide lay activists with information that could prove useful in efforts to influence policy-making. This information is organized in a question-and-answer format,…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Citizen Participation
Behymer, Jo – 1985
Intended to help vocational instructors and administrators involve local advisory councils in improving the quality of vocational programs, this handbook provides information on the role of councils and makes specific suggestions on how administrators and instructors can prepare for council meetings and obtain feedback from council members. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Board Administrator Relationship, Educational Administration
New Jersey School Boards Association, Trenton. – 1987
Evaluating the chief school administrator's performance is one of the most important responsibilities of a board of education. In New Jersey, established guidelines for board evaluations of superintendents range from legal to procedural in the attempt to meet school district goals and objectives and to assess whether the superintendency fulfilled…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role
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