The Principal: Reviving a Waning Educational Role

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size NotesDonald P. Mitchell and others, Leadership in Public Education (Washington, D. C: Academy for Educational Development, 1972).See Frank C. Mayer, “The Role of the State Elementary Principals Association as Seen by a Superintendent,” The National Elementary Principal, L (February 1971), p. 5. Mayer uses educational leadership, community leadership, curriculum development, teacher evaluation, and administration.James B. Conant, Education in the Junior High School Years (Princeton, New Jersey: Educational Testing Service, 1960), p. 37.Geraldine Bagby, “Help Wanted: Instructional Leadersip,” NASSP Bulletin, LVI (November 1972), p. 41.David E. Weischadle, “A Change in Direction,” Illinois Schools Journal, L (Fall 1970), pp. 220–228.Hans O. Anderson, “Facilitating Curricular Change: Some Thoughts for the Principal,” NASSP Bulletin, LVI (January 1972), p. 94.Fred Feither and Arthur Blumberg, “Changing the Organizational Character of a School,” The Elementary School Journal, LXXI (January 1971), p. 214.Donald C. Orlich, “A Change Agent Strategy: Preliminary Report,” The Elementary School Journal, LXXII (March 1972), p. 292.Elizabeth Malloy, “To Our Principal Partners,” The National Elementary School Principal, LI (April 1972), p. 63.Stephen Knezevich, Administration of Public Education, (New York: Harper & Row, 1969), pp. 464–465.Mitchell, Ibid., p. 16.For a more complete discussion of volunteer programs, see Evelyn Shelby, “Tipping the Balance: The School Volunteer,” Saturday Review /Education, I (January 13, 1973), pp. 36–40.Joseph H. Cronin, “School Boards and Principals—Before and After Negotiations,” Phi Delta Kappan, XLIX (November 1967), p. 124.Terrance E. Hatch, “The Principal’s Role in Collective Negotiations,” NASSP Bulletin, LV (December 1971), p. 38.See “Management By Objectives: New Tools for Schools,” Education USA, February 19, 1973, p. 133.See Desmond L. Cook, Educational Project Management (Columbus, Ohio: The Charles Merrill Co., 1971) for detailed review of such techniques. See also David E. Weischadle, “Project Management —A System for Administering Innovation,” Educational Technology, soon to be published.