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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"School Superintendent"”.
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Indiana public school superintendent sensemaking of e-learning
This study examined the rationale Indiana public school superintendents have used in making the decision to implement an e-learning day program for their districts to make up for lost instructional time when school is cancelled due to inclement weather. The conceptual framework for this study was …
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The Role of the Public School Superintendent in Local Economic Development
The public school superintendent is seen as the leader of schools and as a spokesperson bridging schools and the community. With this thought in mind, along with reports suggesting school and business collaboration as the key to better schools and lasting economic growth, defining the school …
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The role of the public school superintendent in teacher negotiation in Ohio
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Spiritual Leadership as an Effective Leadership Style for the Public School Superintendent
Historically, the job of a public school superintendent has been to manage the operations of the district. With the pressures and changes in today's world, there is a requirement for school leaders to command more skills than merely management skills. In order to understand what skills effective …
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The Role of the School Superintendent as a Technology Leader: A Delphi Study
School superintendents have been thrust into the complex world of technology leadership often armed with little technology related training or expertise. District and school leaders are often faced with purchase decisions of costly equipment and software with minimum knowledge of what impact it …
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First African-American Female School Superintendent in Georgia: Reflections from the Field to the Forefront
… Baldwin, the first, African-American female school superintendent in the state of Georgia. This study emerged from the discovery of limited research on African-American female school superintendents in the United States. I video recorded an in-depth interview with Mrs. Beauty Poole Baldwin, …
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A new reality: Funding formula changes and property tax caps and their effects on the role of the school superintendent in the state of Indiana
… of this qualitative study was to discover how school superintendents were using general fund referenda to meet their school district’s operational budgets. However, after interviews began it became clear that the superintendents wanted to tell a different story and that was how the current …
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A study of inservice involvement of Indiana public school superintendents as a means of professional growth
… inservice activities in which Indiana public school superintendents participated and to assess the relationship between inservice participation and the professional development of the school superintendent as perceived by the school superintendent. The specific purposes were to determine:1. …
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Superintendent and Stakeholder Perceptions Regarding Catholic Superintendents' Role as Cataylst for Improving Catholic School Sustainability
… explores the perceived role of the Catholic School superintendent as catalyst for improving the sustainability of Catholic education. On a national level, Catholic education has been in a state of decline since 1965, experiencing a 60% enrollment loss and closing nearly half of all schools …
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A descriptive study of the evaluation of public school superintendents in the Commonwealth of Virginia: the school board chairperson's perspective
… Commonwealth of Virginia to evaluate the public school superintendents from the perspective of the School Board chairperson. Specifically, the purposes of the study were: (1) to collect and summarize information describing the superintendent's evaluation policies, procedures and instruments …
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Building and Maintaining Relationships Between Superintendents and School Board Members: The Approach of Two Public School Superintendents
<p>The position of public school superintendent has experienced both a redefinition and a rebirth in its criticality. With increased accountability due to the shifting public school “Back to Basics” educational perspective in the 1980s, the launch of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2001, and …
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Job Satisfaction Levels Among Iowa Public School Superintendents
While there is still much to learn about superintendent tenure, this study explored the importance of superintendent job satisfaction connected to longevity. The correlation research was designed to extract which factors increase superintendent job satisfaction and influence a superintendent to …
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Understanding Burnout and Turnover for Dual-Role Administrators: A Phenomenologic Study Understanding the Lived Experiences of Dual-Role School Superintendents and Principals
The paper is an exploration of dual-role school district leadership in a small rural state. Dual-role leaders are individuals who fulfill all the roles of both the school superintendent and principal. Smaller rural school districts are the districts that often utilize a dual-role superintendent and …
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The superintendent's perspective of superintendent evaluation in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… the Commonwealth of Virginia for evaluating the superintendent in Virginia's school divisions. The second purpose was to examine and compare the evaluation practices reported by the superintendent with those considered "best practices" nationally as developed from a review of the literature. The …
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Qualified but not Willing: the Problem with Recruiting Superintendents in Iowa
… find out how many people held a valid Pre K-12 superintendent endorsement in the State of Iowa during the 1996-97 calendar year, but who were not currently serving as a superintendent in the state, to determine whether or not any of these people were seeking a superintendent position, and to …
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Gender Differences in the Compensation, Promotion Track and Performance Evaluations for School Superintendents
A pending shortage in the position of public school superintendent is predicted due to retirements and the new accountability standards for public schools. This study was designed to contribute to the body of educational literature in regards to gender differences faced by school superintendents in …
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A Comparative Study of Superintendent Leadership Characteristics of Virginia School Superintendents
The position of public school superintendent is one that is filled with many challenges and opportunities. A more in depth awareness of the leadership characteristics of public school superintendents enhance the understanding of this very complex role in today’s society. The purpose of this study …
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A study of the effects of Indiana Public Laws 162, 217, and 57 upon the role of the superintendent
… Indiana public laws upon the role of the public school superintendent with various publics.Population was defined as practicing Indiana public school superintendents having a minimum of ten years experience as superintendent in Indiana prior to 1978. Five superintendents were selected for …
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Armed to learn: aiming at California K-12 school gun policy
Although the idea of a school shooting strikes fear in the hearts of school administrators, school employees, and parents, there is no agreement on whether arming employees is a sound strategy to counter this threat. There is a wide gap in viewpoints between gun control advocates who want tighter …
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Comparison of criteria on teacher evaluation instruments to effective teaching research evaluation criteria
… appraisal instruments used in Indiana public schools contained teacher performance criteria identified by teaching effectiveness researchers. Student scores from the 1986 Indiana Basic Competency Skills Test were examined to determine the relationship to the use of teaching effectiveness …
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