Leonard O. Pellicer

The Assistant Principalship as a Legitimate Terminal Career Alternative

Without question, say these writers, the assistant princi pal is critical to a functioning principalship. However, the role must be enhanced if tal ented, experienced educators are to continue to be attract ed to, and remain in, the role.

Job Satisfaction—Its Impact Upon Teacher Attendance

Principals participating in the project described here set out to identify both job satisfiers and dissatisfiers, hoping to strengthen the former and eliminate the latter.

Effective Teaching: Science or Magic?.

What is an effective teacher? How does one learn to recognize the differences between teachers who are effective and those who are ineffective? Given the complexity of teaching, is it realistic, or even possible, to try to identify those separate common components that make teachers good or bad, effective or ineffective? The answers to these questions have sparked considerable debate in the past and undoubtedly will continue to do so in the future. Donald Thomas, superintendent of Salt Lake City Schools, expressed the view that attempts to answer such questions were an unnecessary waste of time and effort. In a 1975 article, Thomas argued quite convincingly that good teaching was an art rather than a science and, as such, could not be quantified, qualified, and conveniently duplicated:

Tired of Carrying the World on Your Shoulders? Try Team Management.

The typical American high school increased in size by 50 percent from 1965 until 1977, and the demands placed on the principal increased proportionally. These writers suggest team management as an effective method for administering todays complex educational institutions.

Model for Administrator Training, Development Uses Both Theory and Practice

The training model described here integrates administrative tasks, processes, and characteristics. It provides a flexible and realistic framework to improve administrator performance.

A Practical Approach to Remediation and Dismissal

Perhaps the most difficult task for principals is is effectively supervising the school instruction staff. One reason the supervision process— including evaluation, remediation, and dismissal — is so difficult, these writers say, is the absence of a simple blueprint for action. One is provided here.

Compensatory and Remedial Programs: What School Leaders Should Know

If managed correctly, there are suffi cient program options in todays greatly expanded curriculum to pro vide appropriate educational opportu nities for virtually all students.

AMERICA 2000: A Principal Challenge for The 21 st Century

Leonard O. Pellicer is a professor of educational administration and director of the South Carolina Educational Policy Center, and Kenneth R. Stevenson is associate professor of educational administration and chairman of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, both at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. What exactly is AMERICA 2000? Why is it necessary, and what are its origins? What kind of practical impact is it likely to have on the field?

Emergency Preparedness Plans--How to Develop, Operate.

Schools like other buildings in every community can have me chanical malfunctions, experience natural calamities, and be victims of intruders. Principals must have emergency pre paredness plans to cope with any eventuality.