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50 Years of ERIC
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Leadership Laboratories: Professional Development for the 21st Century.
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Zellner, Luana J.; Erlandson, David A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
In 1992, Texas A & M University's College of Education established the Texas Education Collaborative, a center for professional development and technology, to redesign teacher preparation and staff development programs. In 1996, the TEC joined with the university's Principal's Center to focus on principals' development in schools reconceived as…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Laboratories
The Inner City Experience: A Guide for New Principals
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Bluford, David F.; Erlandson, David A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1975
These authors believe that leadership traits of successful inner-city principals are needed now, or soon will be, by suburban principals, too. They describe in this article a principalship style that they feel would be an asset in any school setting. (Editor)
Descriptors: Inner City, Leadership Qualities, Motivation, Principals
Individualizing the Internship.
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Erlandson, David A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1979
The internship program at Texas A & M University structures a program that blends state certification requirements with the needs and aspirations of the student. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Educational Administration, Higher Education
Instructional Communications in a Large High School.
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Kusimo, Patricia S.; Erlandson, David A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
This summary of a study describing the communications of school administrators and teachers and the degree of congruency between principals' and teachers' instructional intentions and students' and teachers' perceptions of classroom events concludes by proposing Rensis Likert's overlapping work groups as a more effective organizational pattern for…
Descriptors: Communication Research, High Schools, Instructional Development, Organizational Communication
NASSP's Consortium for the Performance-Based Preparation of Principals: An Update.
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Erlandson, David A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
This article describes the response to recommendations made by the National Association of Secondary School Principals' Consortium for the Performance Based Preparation of Principals regarding improvements in administrator education programs. Efforts to adopt the recommendations at universities in California, Utah, Illinois, and Michigan are…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Competency Based Education, Educational Change, Higher Education
Principals' Centers--Diversity Reflects Strength of Concept.
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Erlandson, David A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Principal centers develop collegiality and provide training while facilitating growth and renewal for principals. (MD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Management Development, Principals
Teacher Empowerment: What Research Says to the Principal.
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Erlandson, David A.; Bifano, Sandra Lee – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Examines research supporting the term "teacher empowerment" and some of the implications that this term has for principals. Includes 23 references. (Author/MD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals, Professional Development
Theory and Practice: Why Nothing Seems To Work
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Erlandson, David A.; House, Ernest R. – NASSP Bulletin, 1971
The development of practical educational programs for administrative personnel is discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Objectives, Educational Theories, Models
The Principal: Power or Pawn?
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Erlandson, David A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
The principal should test the limits of his school system's diversity by taking a variety of desirable actions without first consulting his superiors, according to the author. He advocates positive action on the part of principals rather than reaction to external stimuli. (Editor)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Bureaucracy, Communications
Teacher Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Alternatives--Directions for Principals.
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Erlandson, David A.; Pastor, Margaret C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
The central implication of this study of the needs of teachers is that most of the changes in structure necessary to provide a fertile environment for teachers with higher order needs can be wrought by the building principal. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Individual Needs, Job Satisfaction, Principals
An Organizing Strategy for Managing Change in the School.
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Erlandson, David A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
Presents the "Change Potential Analysis Chart," a tool for administrators to use in successfully managing change. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Planning for Professional Growth: A Process for Administrators.
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Wilmore, B. Elaine; Erlandson, David A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1993
School administrators greeted the Texas legislature's 1984 mandate for professional growth plans with mixed reactions. The Management Profile, an instrument developed at the Texas A&M University Principals' Center, helps administrators assess their strengths and weaknesses and build growth plans addressing their own situations. This article…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Qualities, Management Development