Download or read book A Description and Comparison of the Perceptions of Superintendents and School Business Administrators in the Continental United States as to the Degree of Competence Needed in Selected Knowledge and Technical Skill Areas by the Entry Level School Business Administrator written by June A. Santo and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Description and Comparison of the Perceptions of the Superintendent School Business Administrator and School Board President as to the Degree of Competence Needed in Selected Knowledge and Technical Skill Areas by the Entry Level School Business Administrator in the Continental United States written by Fredric Louis Mayerson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comprehensive Dissertation Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Industrial Relations Theses and Dissertations Submitted at Universities written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book School Superintendents Perceptions of the American Association of School Administrators Professional Standards for the Superintendency Their Relevancy to the Superintendency and Correlation to Pre service Preparation of Superintendents written by Dawn A. Santiago-Marullo and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Effective leadership is important at all levels of a school system. This study will focus on the school district superintendent. While the impact of this leadership position on student achievement has been cited in several studies, research on the preparation of individuals for the superintendency is minimal. The media reports shortages in the field by citing the lower number of applicants for these positions. However, the existing research is inconclusive. While the number of applications for a given position may be lower than in the past, school districts are still reporting satisfaction with the search process and the candidates they select. Various standards projects for K-12 educational leadership exist. Many of these were prompted by the perceived need to attract more candidates to the field at every level of educational administration. The researcher selected the American Association of School Administrators' (AASA) Professional Standards for the Superintendency as a proxy for the knowledge and skills needed to be effective in the superintendency. These standards were created to improve educational leadership effectiveness at the superintendent level. They provide a framework for the development of improved leadership preparation programs and assist in individual leadership performance evaluation. For the purposes of this study, the AASA Standards have been correlated to the Four Frames leadership model developed by Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal. This correlation serves as the conceptual framework for this research project. This study examined the perceptions of current New York State school superintendents regarding the applicability of the AASA leadership standards by comparing two groups. The superintendents in the treatment group of this study participated in the SUNY Oswego Superintendent Development Program (SDP) prior to acquiring their first superintendency. The comparison group was comprised of current superintendents who did not participate in this specific pre-service preparation program prior to becoming a school superintendent. The majority of school superintendents responding to the survey indicated that the AASA leadership standards are consistent with the daily work of superintendents. The average percent of respondents selecting the responses extremely or very important was 77% for the 33 indicators surveyed. In addition, superintendents responding to the survey believed they were prepared for the superintendency in their first year. The average percent of responses for the answers extremely or very prepared was 44% for the 33 indicators. When we add the answer prepared, the average increases from 44 to 76%. Only 6% selected not prepared for the 33 indicators surveyed. When survey respondent data was disaggregated, differences among perceptions of preparation were found for some groups. The SDP and earning a doctorate appear to be promising pathways for preparing school superintendents. On average, respondents to the AASA Standards Survey who participated in the SDP and/or earned a doctorate indicated that they were better prepared to perform the tasks described by the indicators than other respondents. Differences in perception of preparedness were the greatest for SDP and non-SDP women. Regardless of their preparation pathway, the results of the survey identified two areas were superintendent preparation might be improved. The indicators to "develop a process for maintaining accurate fiscal reporting" was ranked 30 out of 33 and to "describe procedures for superintendent-school board interpersonal/working relationships" was ranked 32 out of 33 by all respondents. These two indicators were among the five indicators ranked last by mean score by all subgroups of respondents as well. Interestingly, these results confirm the findings of previous studies on the superintendency. The most successful school districts have leadership structures where the superintendent and school board work towards the same goals, keeping students' interests first in their decision-making. These school districts also manage their resources well. Waters and Marzano (2006) found that "board alignment and support of district goals" and "use of resources to support academic achievement and instruction goals" were among the top five areas where superintendents should focus their efforts in order to impact student achievement positively. Given the importance of these skills, organizations preparing future superintendents should review their programs in these two areas: superintendent-school board relations and resource management"--Leaves ix-xi.

Download or read book Career Crisis in the School Superintendency written by Bruce S. Cooper and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2000 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new, validated survey instrument, SPEAR (Superintendents' Professional Expectations and Advancement Review), asked top executives about their opinions, skills, perceptions on a range of career concerns, and future interests. Of the nation's 13,500 school superintendents, a random sample of 2,979 was selected, segmented by district size. The overall finding is that superintendents are proud and satisfied with their own accomplishments, but greatly concerned about the prospect of finding talented leaders to take their places. Some of the questions explored in the survey include the following: Is there a crisis in attracting educators into the profession? How satisfied are superintendents with their careers? How mobile are superintendents? What are their professional concerns? What personal concerns and motives do they express? and What skills do they bring to the job? The report provides a brief description of its findings and recommendations as well. The appendix contains the SPEAR questionnaire. (Contains 21 references.) (DFR)

Download or read book Critical Competencies of the School Business Administrator as Perceived by Business Administrators and Superintendents written by Barry E. Horrow and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The U S School Superintendent written by Harold L. Hodgkinson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report focuses on school superintendents--those currently in the position and those in the pipeline. The report reaffirms the importance of the superintendency, raises concerns about the lack of national data collection on school superintendents, and concludes that Americans need more demographic information about, and increased understanding of, the role of the superintendent. The report opens by criticizing the lack of information that has been generated on superintendents and proceeds to supply details on those who hold this position. It looks at the proportion of women in the job, as well as the race and the age of the job holders. The report discusses how long superintendents stay in the job, longer than the news media suggest, and how much they earn. The report explores the routes to the superintendency and looks at the pool of potential candidates for the position, which includes assistant superintendents, central-office administrators, and principals. The makeup of this pool reflects promising diversity in gender and race, although there is almost a total lack of Asian Americans in the pool. Another feature of this pool of potential superintendents is that secondary school principals are much more likely to become superintendents than are elementary school principals. (Contains 16 references.) (RJM)

Download or read book An Analysis of Expectations for the Role of School Business Administrators in California written by Robert George Lamp and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Superintendents Perceptions of Principals written by Angelina M. Estes and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this age of accountability, student achievement is the highest priority where schools and school districts are rated accordingly. Since school principals affect student achievement and accountability ratings, it was necessary to investigate what knowledge, skills, and dispositions principals need to have in order to lead their schools to success. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine superintendents' perceptions of what knowledge, skills, and dispositions are needed for a principal to lead a school to meet state accountability standards as well as what factors impact superintendents' hiring decisions when hiring principals. The research answered the following questions: What knowledge, skills, and dispositions do superintendents perceive are needed in a principal in order to meet state accountability standards? What factors impact superintendents' decisions when hiring principals to lead schools to meet state accountability standards? How do superintendents' perceptions differ based on their school districts' ratings? Twenty-one Texas superintendents from academically unacceptable and exemplary rated schools were interviewed. A grounded theory was developed that explains how superintendents were experiencing a shared situation such as TEA ratings. Superintendents from academically unacceptable and exemplary districts identified similar characteristics needed in principals to lead successful schools. However, due to the challenging populations in academically unacceptable districts, principals have to tend to students' needs beyond education. Superintendents in this study identified interpersonal skills as the key characteristic principals needed. When hiring a school principal, superintendents said they were most interested in the experience of principal candidates rather than how they earned their certification. The most important skill superintendents discussed was interpersonal skills. The superintendents recommended that principal preparation programs offer more real-life and on-the-job experiences for participants. This study adds knowledge to the field of educational leadership by qualitatively examining the connection between superintendents' perceptions of knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed in principals and what characteristics principal preparation programs need to develop.

Download or read book Competencies Needed by Chief School Business Administrators written by Carroll Wade McGuffey and published by Assn of School Business. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A national survey sought to identify the competencies that chief school business administrators (CSBAs) in large and small school districts think are important for their job. Seventy-five respondents, out of a random stratified sample comprising 143 members of the Association of School Business Officials, ranked 264 statements in 28 major task areas on the Competency Statement Instrument (CSI). Each competency statement was ranked on a scale measuring the CSBA's degree of responsibility for the task and a scale measuring the level of importance of CSBA competence in the task. Among the 28 task areas were financial planning and budgeting, fiscal auditing and reporting, purchasing, legal control, office management, plant maintenance, community relations, data processing, transportation services, food service, and staff development. Statistical analysis indicated that the CSBAs considered fiscally-related competencies most important; that CSBAs have less responsibility for more specialized areas, such as facilities planning; that CSBAs from small districts ranked some fiscal competencies higher than did large districts' CSBAs; and that CSBAs from large districts delegated more responsibilities than did those from small districts. Tables showing the survey results are appended, as is a copy of the CSI. (RW)

Download or read book The School Superintendent written by William L. Sharp and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers how to become a superintendent and be successful at it and presents a personal view of the superintendency. This down-to-earth book is intended for use in graduate education classes on the superintendency. Both practicing and aspiring superintendents should find it useful.

Download or read book Perceptions of Superintendents Competencies by School Board Members written by Theo John Norby and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Responsibilities and Competencies of the School Business Administrator as Perceived by Superintendents and School Business Administrators in Georgia written by Vivian Bridges McMillan and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Standards Based Leadership written by Sandra Lowery and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there are several case study books for administrators, this one book, specifically for superintendents, is framed within the state and national standards. It offers a way for superintendents as well as those in training to combine best-practice theory with practice using everyday, realistic situations. Each chapter includes: _ questions for discussion _ references _ additional resources Readers will also find a corresponding brief literature review and a case study that illustrates the standard being discussed.