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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"School-based management"”.
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School-based management: leadership hand in hand
… in order to determine the effectiveness of the school-based management team, occurred at the Reeds Road Elementary School. An action research design, using both surveys and interviews, assisted in obtaining the data necessary to make an appropriate determination of the initiative's effectiveness …
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School-Based Management in Alberta: Perceptions of Public School Leaders, 1994–1997
… public education by: reducing the number of school districts, redefining the role of school boards, increasing the involvement of parents, initiating Charter schools, expanding student testing, downsizing Alberta Education, improving delivery of services to children, and mandating the …
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An explication of agency theory with theoretical and practical considerations for school-based management
… have applied agency theory to an analysis of school-based management, however they have reached inconsistent conclusions.
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An Analysis of the Relationship Between School-Based Management/shared Decision Making and School Climate
… between the level of implementation of school-based management/shared decision making and teachers' perceptions of school climate. The findings further suggest that (a) training in S-BM/SDM processes impact implementation, (b) teachers experiencing influence in decision making impact …
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A descriptive study of the status of school-based management in the public elementary schools of Virginia
… accountability has caused important changes in school districts across the nation. In many schools, authority is shifting from the central office to the school, and both parents and teachers are assuming more responsibility for making decisions about school matters that are important to them. …
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The role of school management teams(SMTs) in school-based management in the Moses Kotane East area office (AO)
… of the Department of Education and Training. School Management Teams are responsible for quality of teaching and learning. For them to improve the quality of teaching and learning effectively and efficiently, they should he able to manage their roles and functioning successfully. School …
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Participatory democracy and urban school governance: Toward a developmental conception
… of this thesis is to articulate a model of school governance based upon the ""developmental"" conception of democracy derived from the political thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, John Dewey, and Mohandes K. Gandhi. In the process the philosophical underpinnings …
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The experiences, support for, and coping strategies of beginner principals in secondary schools in the Cape Town Metropolitan area
… facing first-year principals in secondary schools in the Cape Town Metropolitan Area. The study focuses on the impact of change and reform on beginner principals, the problems that arise as a result; coping strategies of beginner principals and the support available to them. While the …
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Training school staffs in concepts of participatory management in the Fairfax County public schools: an evaluation study
The Fairfax County, Virginia, Public Schools made a commitment in 1981 to involve teacher leaders and principals in all schools in the improvement of school-based facilitation of instruction. It was decided that this school-based management emphasis would best be achieved through a training program …
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Challenges that heads of departments face in managing teaching of Tshivenda home language in rural primary schools of Dzindi circuit Vhembe district
… brought greater responsibility and growth of school-based management in schools which impacted on the role and workload of school leaders. Principals of public foundation phase school teachers delegated greater responsibility to Heads of Departments who had to ensure that teachers are …
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Utilization of Sick Leave Benefits in Iowa Public Schools in Relation to Accumulation Levels Allowed
… by professionaf staff members in Iowa public school districts and the number of sick leave days allowed to accumulate. Two other factors, size af district and average teacher's salary, were selected as covariates because of their relationship to the dependent variable. Procedure. The …
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Understanding the Neoliberalization of Education Through Spaces of Labour Autonomy
In recent years K-12 school systems from New York to Mexico City to Toronto, serving vastly divergent students and communities, have been subject to strikingly similar waves of neoliberal policies by governments. A key manifestation has been the de-professionalization or deskilling of teachers. …
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Role Perceptions of Long-Term Georgia Curriculum Directors
… overseeing curriculum and instruction for their school systems, had changed. The respondents did not feel threatened by school-based management and were very comfortable with more decisions being made at the school level.</p> <p>Most of the respondents agreed that the complexity of the job kept …
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The Acceptance and Feasibility of Alternatives to a Centralized Substitute Teacher System
… teacher systems are widely used in urhan high schools, but without instructional effectiveness. With the demand for greater accountability and the increased use of school-based management, there is a need to investigate the acceptance and feasibility of alternatives to this system. Procedures. …
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An appraisal of the Teacher Inservice Project(TIP) approach to education management and leadership training and development
… where transformation is most needed. However at school level so many' complexities exist, that the management of the process of change and transformation requires a new approach to the effective training and development of education managers. It is precisely in this regard, that this research …
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Challenges of managing a shool with migrant learners : a case of Tshipise- Sagole Rural District
Department of Educational Management
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A critical analysis of devolution and the corporate reform of teachers' work
… late 1980s. The reforms announced in the Better Schools Report (1987) aimed to devolve responsibility to schools for the purpose of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public education. Designed to be responsive, adaptable, flexible and accountable, the administrative style accompanying …
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