Who Runs the Schools? The Principal's View. Research Report.

Autor/in	Anderson, Judith
Institution	Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research.
Titel	Who Runs the Schools? The Principal's View. Research Report.
Quelle	(1993), (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Administrator Role; Decision Making; Elementary Secondary Education; Government Publications; Principals; Public Schools; School Based Management; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Principal; Schulleiter; Public school; Öffentliche Schule
Abstract	School-based management (SBM) varies from school to school but generally involves giving educators, parents, and community members increased responsibility over educational decision making. The "Schools and Staffing Survey" provides information on where decisions are made for three SBM areas: establishing curriculum, hiring new full-time teachers, and setting discipline policy. The 1987-88 School Administrator Questionnaire collected information from 8,580 public school principals on these questions nationwide. Results of the survey showed that the principals believed: school district personnel were most likely to establish curriculum; principals had the most responsibility for hiring teachers; and the school district or principal was most likely to set discipline policy. Principals said that school districts in large urban areas exercise greater decision-making control than those in suburbs or rural areas. In general, the larger the urban area in which the school was located, the less control principals reported they had. In conclusion, the analysis suggests that much decision making takes place at the district level, though principals have considerable influence over hiring teachers; but that studies of SBM need to take into account the types of communities in which schools are located. (JPT)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC