Project ROME-FOCUS (Field-Oriented Competency Utilization System), a competency-based, field-oriented, training program for school administrators was field tested at Valdosta State College, Valdosta, Georgia, January - May, 1976. An internal evaluation conducted by the instructional staff suggested that principals preferred ROME-FOCUS training to traditional programs, achieved a high percentage of project objectives, perceived significant increases in their competency, and suggested that ROME-FOCUS training was more closely related to on-the-job performance than traditional programs. Using the Georgia Principal's Assessment System, pre, post, and control group comparisons were employed by Project ROME at the University of Georgia in conducting an external evaluation of ROME-FOCUS. The external evaluation results suggest that there was a general improvement in the perception of their work environment. The strongest changes in perception took place in teachers who worked directly with their principal in ROME-FOCUS. (Author)