Explores various aspects of assessment center participants' career development efforts. Determines whether differences existed between females and males regarding their general profiles and demographic data, school district support, administrative skill assessment, job search activities, and administrative position attainment. Results confirm the…

A survey of 64 pharmacy school deans revealed new deans' career patterns, factors perceived as beneficial to professional development, mentoring activities, and administrative skills viewed as important. Comparisons are made between new deans and those with at least five years' experience, and trends identified. Implications for career planning…

A three-year project to train Michigan vision consultants regarding new role responsibilities and skills began with a needs assessment and a conference on change and the means for producing change. Future activities will center on developing administrative skills and increasing knowledge of the educational needs of visually handicapped pupils. (CL)

It is the academic community's responsibility to respond to the three-pronged training needs of community health educators/promotors: traditional/content health education; health education/health promotion skills, methods, and approaches; and management and administrative skills. Contributions of the Role Delineation Project and the PRINCESS and…

Discusses teacher-librarianship as a route to school administration. Highlights include qualifications, experience, job satisfaction as a teacher-librarian and as an administrator, reasons for moving into administration, administrative skills developed as a teacher-librarian, attitudes brought to both roles, aspects of teacher-librarianship that…

The senior business policy course at McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia is described. Designed as an integrating decision-making course to develop administrative skills, it is based on a combination of case approach and management simulation in the form of a computerized business game. (JT)

An examination of the rewards to full-time, male faculty at American universities in two fields, economics and education, showed that publishers are more highly rewarded than their unpublished colleagues, economists receiving more than those in education. Outstanding teaching is apparently not rewarded but public service and administrative skills…

Throughout the United States, the Leadership in Educational Administration program helps new principals hone their administrative skills and provides a network of support and information. This article describes a Louisiana technical assistance program involving 5 universities and 15 beginning principals from various regions in the state. Includes…

A survey examining the managerial, academic leadership, and advocacy roles of department heads in a community college, a technical institute, and a university in Alberta (Canada) revealed substantial variation among roles for the three institutions and the need for administrative skill development appropriate to different stages of service.…

Contends that successful school-level discipline depends upon the principal's effective application of fundamental administrative skills in three areas: organizational structure of the school; teacher behavior; and student behavior. Reviews research in these three areas and shows how principals can effectively administrate in each of them with…

When Pennsylvania's Early Intervention system implemented an early intervention-reflective supervision project, modest expectations for change were anticipated, given the limited amount of time and funding for the project. In this article, one participant tells the story of her professional development, which enabled her to augment her skills as…

This exploratory case study identified administrative competencies that multiple stakeholders perceive to be important for fostering an inclusive and accessible learning environment for students with disabilities in a small, suburban school district located in Southwest Ohio. It consists of a comparative assessment of stakeholder perceptions of…

Discusses the top ten characteristics of effective Catechetical leaders: (1) prayerful/spiritual people; (2) passion for Catechetical Ministry; (3) creativity; (4) cooperative behavior; (5) active in professional organizations; (6) learns continuously; (7) respected by peers; (8) possesses administrative skills and run creative programs; (9)…

Cognitive ability tests, personality inventories, and administrative- skills measures were administered to 238 telephone company employees. A small number of interpretively and predictively useful molar personal/motivational scales were derived using factor analysis. Some measures from each of the domains of the assessment battery were found to be…

Navajo school board members felt that American Indian administrators exhibited better administrative skills and had a better sense of the cultural context of their roles than non-Indian administrators. Perceptions of personal characteristics of the two groups, such as honesty, intelligence, and self-control, did not differ. Non-Indians hold 43 of…