Educational Leadership and Administration articles from September 22 2005

Educational Leadership and Administration archives from September 22 2005

CAPEA President's Message
September 22, 2005... This year marks the 17th publication of the California Association of Professors of Educational Administration's annual journal, Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, whose theme this year is Preparing...

Preparing Principals to Lead the Equity Agenda
September 22, 2005... Abstract: This invited paper explores challenges involved in developing an equity agenda that will create school and district cultures that can effectively address issues of race that are reflected by the achievement gap. Based on a presentation...

Sustainability Crisis: Time for Resolution
September 22, 2005... Abstract: This article addresses the failure of sustainability of reform efforts in public school systems by reconceptualizing the perplexing notion of sustainability through a case study to discern the skill sets needed of principals to sustain...

Why Is Preschool Essential in Closing the Achievement Gap?
September 22, 2005... Abstract: Studies suggest that three and four-year old children who are exposed to preschool have a greater chance of academic success throughout their schooling. This article highlights a five-year case study of children of poverty who attended...

Inquiry as a Strategy for Leading School Improvement
September 22, 2005... Abstract: Increasingly, the viability of university programs to develop in school leaders the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to bring about reform are being questioned. This article uses case study methodology for looking at how an...

The Validation of the Administrator Dispositions Index
September 22, 2005... Abstract: The purpose of this study was to validate the instrument, Administrator Dispositions Index (ADI), that measures the dispositions of effective school leaders. The ADI could be used to assess administrator candidate dispositions and to...

Reconceptualizing the School of Education: Bridging the Cultures
September 22, 2005... Abstract: This article offers a conceptual model for a school of education that depicts the collegiate ideology, academic culture, mission statement, managerial climate, and organizational structure. It is designed to help administrators and...