Provides a checklist that allows identification of five major leadership styles, along the axes of concern for production and concern for people. (MLF)

At a series of three workshops, 25 principal competency statements were developed to define more clearly administrative roles in community education administration. A table organizes the 25 statements into eight essential task areas and then lists the minimal competencies needed in each area. (MLF)

Research indicates that filling the role of instructional leader may be the most difficult task a principal faces. Cited as major causes of this difficulty are lack of training for the instructional leadership responsibilities of the principalship, lack of support from superiors and subordinates, and time pressure. (Author/MLF)

A. H. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs provides a useful vehicle for principals to use to meet teachers' essential needs. (Author)

Adapting to education Douglas McGregor's management theory that the day-to-day behavior of the immediate superior communicates to subordinates the superior's assumptions about human nature, the author contends that principals who have positive feelings about people will fare better in improving teacher motivation, creativity, and job satisfaction.…

The National Commission on Excellence in Education found mathematics and science programs to be deteriorating and saw an existing shortage of qualified teachers of these subjects. Many of the Commission's solutions are expected to meet with resistance from the Reagan administration and from teachers' unions. (MLF)

Responses to a national survey of 233 high school principals about the degree of involvement of various school personnel in five decision areas suggest that only building administrators and teachers have high degrees of involvement in decision areas. (Author/MLF)

A study of 55 New Jersey schools revealed that 35 principals shared none of the decision-making authority with subordinates. In 17 of the schools, half or fewer of the decisions were made by subordinates. Teacher contracts and recent legal rulings were cited as factors discouraging delegation of authority. (MLF)

One alternate approach to school administration centers on the use of two principals, one for administration and one for instruction. This article examines the approach and offers some cautions. (Author/MLF)

Presents guidelines for establishing a public relations program intended to help educational institutions strengthen their position in the public trust. (Author/MLF)

One way of determining the effectiveness of teacher education programs is to have evaluations of program graduates made by the principals employing them. Such an evaluation in Texas found that teacher education graduates received evaluations while they were practice teachers that differed from those they received as employed teachers. (Author/MLF)

The author believes that the study of leadership will never attain the status of a hard science. However, he finds leadership "pregnant with moral influence" and discusses what will be required of school leaders in the 1980s and what skills they will need to achieve success. (MLF)

Women who wish to consider the principalship as a career are offered advice based on observations gleaned from a survey of 65 percent of all women secondary school administrators. A checklist is supplied to help interested women understand the job requirements and their own feelings, attitudes, and abilities. (MLF)

Public and private school teachers in Hawaii were surveyed to obtain their perceptions of school organizational climate and principal leadership characteristics. In addition, data regarding the impact of school socioeconomic status and sex differences on leadership behavior were gathered and analyzed. (Author/MLF)

First of two articles that review 16 major research studies of secondary education in the United States during the early eighties. The purposes, assumptions, and methodologies of the studies are examined here. A later article will cover other aspects of the research. (Author/MLF)