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Beck, Lynn G.; Murphy, Joseph – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 1999
Explores dynamics of parental involvement in one low-income, urban school struggling to improve student learning and to draw parents into all aspects of their children's education. Embracing a "family metaphor" helped participants overcome implementation barriers (overwhelming teacher expertise, culturally-based role expectations, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship
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Murphy, Joseph; Yff, Jost; Shipman, Neil – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2000
In 1996, a consortium of state and professional associations, the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium, published a comprehensive set of Standards for School Leaders. This paper provides early indications of standards implementation throughout the nation. Intrastate distribution of ISLLC Standards was achieved in 34 of the 54 states and…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Development, Professional Associations
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Murphy, Joseph – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2006
In this article, the author discusses two major conclusions about initial preparation programs in the United States. On the upside, a good deal of energy and hard work is being poured into attempts to revitalize preparation programs. On the downside, people are not seeing much in the way of real improvement; that is, most of the change is on the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Administrator Education, Educational Principles, Change Strategies