This evaluation examined the workability of the Northeast Ohio Principals Academy as a whole and developed recommendations concerning the organization, components, and procedures of an entry year program for new principals. The report describes the pilot entry year and examines key questions used to focus the evaluation and information identified as necessary to respond to those questions. It also describes the evaluation plan and procedures used in gathering and analyzing information related...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals, Program...
This evaluation determined the workability of the Northeast Ohio Principals Academy Pilot Entry Year Program, noting the differential effects of its major components in developing portfolios and as a contributing factor to school improvement. The program provides leadership and support to beginning principals, provides collaborative learning communities, and assists with the development of Ohio's administrative portfolio. The program's Coordinating Committee includes active and retired public...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Mentors, Portfolio Assessment,...
The block scheduling program used in a high school in a small Midwestern city was evaluated, considering the "hard" data of effects on grade point average (GPA) and attendance, but not information about student attitudes and perceptions. Data were available for approximately 500 students from the classes of 1997 (before the block scheduling), 2000, 2001, and 2001. The relationship between block scheduling and cumulative GPA was not significant, but there was a significant positive...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Attendance, Block Scheduling, Grade Point Average, High School Students, High...
This study investigated differences in patterns of governance policies, practices, and attitudes between higher and lower performing urban Ohio school districts. Public domain data included official district records, state documents, and newspaper articles. Case studies of four districts found that districts were similar on the DeRolph v. State of Ohio funding lawsuit, levies dominating recent major events, and in handling of IDEA requirements. All districts used a committee structure as an...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Board of Education Policy, Educational Policy, Elementary...
This paper reviews processes used to develop a cross institutional, pilot administrator entry year program which provided leadership and learning support for beginning principals, assisted in further development of Ohio's administrative portfolio, provided a collaborative learning community, and created a statewide learning community to help reshape the principal's role. The program relied on the cluster as the level in which to develop mentor-mentee relationships, professional networking, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Mentors, Principals, Trenta,...
This paper reports on an evaluation of a unique 3-year program designed to support new teachers in a school district. The emphasis in the evaluation was on the participation of the multiple stakeholders in the evaluation process, which was endorsed by the teachers union, school district administrators, and entry-year teachers. The people who are the intended focus of the Teacher Evaluation Program (TEP) are referred to as interns. Interns are assisted by consulting teachers who are experienced...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary...
This study explored how the governance leadership of Ohios urban school districts views and deals with major governance issues related to student achievement. Five sets of issues were chosen as the focus of the research: (1) the recruitment, selection, retention, and evaluation of Ohio urban superintendents of schools and school district treasurers; (2) recruitment, selection, assignment, and evaluation of teachers, principals, and other professionals in urban systems; (3) school board...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Evaluation, Boards of Education, Educational Administration, Elementary...
This paper reports the evaluation of a unique three-year program designed to support teachers new to a school district. The emphasis of the evaluation process was on the participation of the stakeholders in the evaluation process and the development of their abilities in evaluation. There is educational significance to this study on two levels. First, it is an example of using a highly participatory process for the formative evaluation of a teacher induction program. Second, the finding that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Stakeholders, Beginning Teacher Induction, Formative Evaluation, Mentors, Mixed...
This paper considers the setting of evaluation from the perspective of the situations and stages of problem solving in which institutional leaders might call for the assistance of evaluators. This discussion should provide evaluators with a framework to understand and adjust their interactions with the environmental context of the evaluation. R. Heifetz has posited three types of situations for institutional leaders: (1) clear problem and clear solution; (2) clear problem and unclear solution;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Context Effect, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Problem...
