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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Winter, Paul A.; Rinehart, James S.; Keedy, John L.; Bjork, Lars G. – Journal of School Leadership, 2007
A statewide cadre of principal certification students (N = 516) completed a principal job survey and role-played as applicants for a principal position by completing a principal job evaluation instrument. Significant predictors of principal job rating included the following: self-reported capability to do the job, expected satisfaction with work…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Evaluation, Job Analysis
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Winter, Paul A.; Millay, John D.; Bjork, Lars G.; Keedy, John L. – Journal of School Leadership, 2005
This study examined the effects of four variables on job ratings provided by applicants for simulated superintendent vacancies. The participants were superintendents (n = 72) and superintendent-certified personnel (n = 72) reacting to jobs described in simulated position announcements. The participants rated jobs in districts without school…
Descriptors: School Councils, Superintendents, Recruitment, Incentives
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Winter, Paul A.; Keedy, John L.; Newton, Rose Mary – Journal of School Leadership, 2000
A study asked 318 randomly selected teachers from Kentucky to rate validated job descriptions for school council vacancies. Teachers with greater numbers of dependent children and prior school-council experience rated these positions more negatively than did teachers with fewer dependent children and no prior experience. Implications are…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Influences, Occupational Information
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Keedy, John L.; Allen, Jan M. – Journal of School Leadership, 1998
Analysis of interview, observation and other data showed that school-district norms (lack of vision, lack of trust, defensiveness, constant turnover, and poor communication), were obstructive of school-revitalization goals, particularly the crucial goal of redesigning instruction for at-risk students, which requires a change-and-empowerment…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
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Keedy, John L.; Rogers, Kathleen – Journal of School Leadership, 1991
Teacher collegial groups (TCGs) may be a structure capable of promoting much-needed professional dialogue among teachers. This article frames TCGs within the organization development perspective, explains how one principal implemented a TCG in her school, and analyzes how the process affected a school's organizational culture. Includes 24…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Development
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Keedy, John L. – Journal of School Leadership, 1994
The United States is entering an era of nationalizing education as national coalitions become major reform players and the power of local school boards and district central offices continues to erode. National coalitions will provide student assessment systems and new workplace designs where school-site personnel will craft personalized learning…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), School District Autonomy