Shows how a mastery teaching program was applied to one Iowa school district to improve and evaluate teacher performance. Emphasizes the principal's role in such a program. (JW)

Finding that lack of time was the obstacle to teachers' peer observations, one school district devotes inservice time for teachers to observe each other. (JW)

Educational leadership, curriculum development, and staff development are critical areas that need improvement for long-term educational gains. (MD)

Principals can improve their school's effectiveness by shaping the school's culture, and they play an important role in maintaining the content, symbols, and communication patterns in their schools. (MD)

Provides a teaching technique for improving instruction through awareness of the personality of the learner. (MD)

Outlines key behaviors involved in developing trusting relationships in the workplace. (MD)

Classroom supervision can be improved through use of behavior modeling and Theory Z organization. An illustration of the use of behavior modeling is provided. (MD)

Reviews 12 strategies for helping principals provide leadership. (MD)

Defines courage in educational settings and explores the development of conditions that allow courageous actions. (MD)

Shows ways principals can encourage teachers to use the findings of educational research in their classrooms and help their schools develop their own specific research. (MD)

Describes a participatory management project that focused on distribution of management behaviors and facilitated a continual renewal process. Includes illustrations and tables. (MD)

Outlines findings on decision making from a recent survey of high school principals and middle management executives. Provides five recommendations for improving administrative skills. (MD)

Provides a review of current research on effective school leadership. Effective principals take responsibility for all aspects of a situation and go beyond ordinary boundaries. (MD)

Teaching thinking skills is an important part of preparing students for tomorrow's technological world. Provides a model for teaching thinking skills. (MD)

Outlines criteria needed in effective performance evaluation systems for principals. (MD)