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50 Years of ERIC
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Influencing Education Policy Discussions: A Case Study.
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Grady, Marilyn L. – Journal of School Leadership, 1993
Reports on effort to influence state education policy directly through coordinated plan. Describes development, implementation, and outcomes of a Nebraska state legislative relations plan. Those seeking to influence education policy should become involved with State Education Policy Seminars, secure sponsorship of activities from foundation or…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
The Medical Model and the Preparation of Education Professionals.
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Grady, Marilyn L. – Journal of School Leadership, 1993
By reviewing the training of medical professionals, one can identify similarities to the preparation of education professionals (teachers). On a basic level, the medicine and education fields are both practice-oriented; require individuals with problem-solving, decision-making, and interpersonal skills; depend on information bases that multiply…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Principals and Superintendents: Perceptions of Involvement in the Budgeting Process.
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LaCost, Barbara Y.; Grady, Marilyn L. – Journal of School Leadership, 1994
Summarizes study comparing superintendents' and principals' expectations concerning principals' involvement in making budget decisions at school site. Respondents differed significantly regarding degree of principal involvement in salary decisions about noncertificated staff, purchase of texts and library books, and decisions affecting building…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Decision Making
Women's Perceptions of the Superintendency.
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Grady, Marilyn L.; And Others – Journal of School Leadership, 1994
Summarizes a study to identify the sources of job satisfaction, job benefits, sources of self-fulfillment, and personal strengths that women bring to the superintendency. Based on 51 interviews with urban and rural women superintendents, results showed that both groups have similar leadership characteristics befitting a new model that values…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Leadership Qualities
Women in K-12 Educational Administration: A Synthesis of Dissertation Research.
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Grady, Marilyn L.; O'Connell, Patricia A. – Journal of School Leadership, 1993
Examines dissertation research about women in K-12 educational administration, profiling dissertations completed between 1957 and 1989 according to purpose, subjects, and research findings. This literature review discloses a need to investigate how prospective women administrators may be identified and supported when hired. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Educational Practices, Educational Research
School Administrators: The Next Generation.
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Grady, Marilyn L.; And Others – Journal of School Leadership, 1992
Summarizes a study examining 322 Nebraska student teachers' perceptions concerning administration as a career, their aspirations to become administrators, and the encouragement received to become administrators. Most respondents considered administration to be a managerial, rather than a leadership, role and aspired to become administrators at…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Females