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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Central office administrators"”.
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A Comparative Study of the Numbers, Job Responsibilities, and Preparation of Selected Males and Females as Central Office Administrators in Selected School Districts in Virginia
… males and females in line and staff positions in central offices in selected school districts in Virginia and to explore factors which may have contributed to this distribution. Answers to the following questions provided data for the study: What is the gender distribution in central office …
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Principal sensemaking of policy reform in Illinois: Focused supervision and evaluation of teachers
… placed increased accountability on teachers and administrators. The overwhelming number of responsibilities placed on principals affects their ability to make sense of mandates and effective leadership practices. These challenging demands have transformed how effective leaders support …
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A study of policies and procedures used to evaluate members of the superintendent's cabinet in selected school districts in the United States, 1988-89
… superintendents (Hanson, 1985). Although central office administrators serve a critical leadership role in the school system (Wimpleberg, 1987), little research has focused on this group of administrators. To be effective, an evaluation system must be supported by the total environment of …
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A study of the perceptions of teachers and administrators on the effectiveness of selected personnel services in the Kanawha County school system
… secondary teachers, secondary principals, and central office administrators in tenns of their perceptions as to the effectiveness of selected personnel services in the Kanawha County School System. The second problem was to determine the relationship between selected personal characteristics of …
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School District Effect on Principal Instructional Leadership Efficacy
… research. Five principals and 5 district office central office administrators were interviewed to ascertain school district factors that positively impact principal instructional leadership efficacy. As well, factors other than those that were perceived as district related that appeared to …
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Judgments of selected public school administrators regarding benefits resulting from management by objectives programs
… compare the judgments of selected public school administrators regarding Management By Objectives programs. The participating administrators were asked to make judgments related to expected benefits in the following management areas: (1) work expectations, (2) communication, (3) decision-making, …
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Making sense of student learning objectives within teacher evaluations: A case study of Illinois principals as implementing agents
… professional growth (ISBE, 2014a). Principals, centrally positioned in schools as primary evaluators for teachers and key policy implementers, are charged with making sense of SLO policies while incorporating the SLO process into the practice of evaluating teachers. This qualitative case study …
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Administrators' ratings of teacher performance and perceptions of ratings on the North Carolina performance appraisal system
The purpose of this study was to examine school administrators' observations, ratings, and perceptions of rating scores on the North Carolina Teacher Performance Appraisal Instrument. The process of evaluating teaching behaviors and reaching agreement on the ratings was also addressed. Attention …
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Career Paths and Mobility Issues of Women Administrators in North Dakota Public Schools
… suited to running effective schools. If women administrators have such natural leadership skills, why are there not more of them in schools? The purpose of this study was to determine the career paths and mobility of North Dakota women administrators as well as their perceptions of obstacles to …
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Interpretation and implementation of the accelerated placement act by Illinois school district leaders
… by providing research on how Illinois central office administrators make sense and give a sense on the Accelerated Placement Act. The focus of this study is on how the attitudes of Illinois school administrators regarding acceleration and the Accelerated Placement Act affects the policy …
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Central office leadership for learning in an Illinois school district: Building collective capacity to improve achievement for all students
… decade has focused on the correlation between central office leadership practices and student achievement with special attention to how the superintendent works with the central office administrators in partnership to build the capacity of school leaders and faculty to improve student outcomes. …
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Central staff administrators' delivery of services to building administrators in selected school corporations
… of the study was to determine the effectiveness central office administrators with systemwide responsibilities have in delivering services to building principals. The areas investigated included the degree to which central staff should have and actually did provide specific services as judged by …
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Case Studies of First-Year Elementary Teachers on St. Croix to Develop a Model for Teacher Leadership
… concerns, perception, and assumptions of central office administrators, a teacher educators, a member of the Board of Education, experienced teachers, principals, assistant principals, coordinators, secretaries, parents, and paraprofessionals have about support needs for first-year …
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Influences on the development of informal teacher leaders
… which they are recognized by their peers. (5) Central office administrators and principals play a key role in facilitating the development of informal teacher leaders by developing a culture in which teacher leadership can flourish.
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Educational Administrators' Perceptions of the use of School Performance Profiles to Improve Student Performances
… purpose of this study was to examine educational administrators' perceptions of the use of school performance profiles to improve student performances. Using a survey instrument developed and validated at the University of Texas at El Paso, the perceptions of Chatham County administrators were …
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A descriptive analysis of planning structures and functions as perceived by superintendents and practiced and perceived by planning incumbents in medium student population school districts (15,000-25,000) in the United States
… functions and structures. 7. Commitment of central office administrators, other than the planner; is not as high as is needed for success of the planning function. 8. There was only slight association in the perception of the role of the planner as viewed by superintendents and planners.
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Collaborative Autobiography: A Vehicle for Administrator Reflection on Multiple Accountability Pressures
This study focused on five administrators’ perceptions of multiple accountability pressures. The administrators used collaborative autobiography to address accountability pressures within the context of their personal and professional lives. This included reflective writing from the administrators …
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School Leadership and Strategic Planning: The Impact on Local Report Card Ratings
… of the survey respondents were school district central office administrators with 65% being in their current position three or more years. Seventy-four percent of respondents have been their district point of contact or OIP facilitator.Responses from Research Questions 2 and 3 highlight LRC data …
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A Study of Compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in Selected Iowa Public School Districts
… (2) Local Title IX coordinators were mainly male administrators. Most of them were appointed after the required date, 54 percent were comfortable and 46 percent were uncomfortable or neutral with their assignments, and although they indicated that it was important to be active coordinators, they …