ERIC ED359628: Preparing Tomorrow's School Leaders: Alternative Designs.

271 Pages·1993·4.2 MB·English

by  ERIC

DOCUMENT RESUME
ED 359 628
EA 025 064
AUTHOR
Murphy, Joseph, Ed.
TITLE
Preparing Tomorrow's School Leaders: Alternative
Designs.
INSTITUTION
University Council for Educational Administration.
REPORT NO
ISBN-1-55996-156-2
PUB DATE
93
NOTE
271p.
AVAILABLE FROM
University Council for Educational Administration,
212 Rackley Bldg., University Park, PA 16802-3200.
PUB TYPE
Collected Works
General (020)
Guides
Non- Classroom Use (055)
EDRS PRICE
MFO1 /PC11 Plus Postage.
DESCRIPTORS
*Administrator Education; *Educational
Administration; Educational Improvement; *Educational
Innovation; Elementary Secondary Education; *Graduate
Study; Higher Education; *Leadership Training;
Management Development; School Administration
ABSTRACT
In this book, faculty from nine universities describe
innovations undertaken in the context of their institutions'
administrator preparation programs. The goal is to inform the
profession about recent efforts to strengthen preparation programs in
school administration. Following the introductory material--the
preface, foreword, and introduction
chapter 1 sets the stage for the
case studies that follow by describing three eras of ferment in
school administration in the United States. Chapters 2-10 offer
stories of nine institutions actively engaged in comprehensive
program improvement efforts. The institutions include the University
of New Mexico, Stanford University, the University of Washington, the
University of Utah, East Tennessee State University, the University
of Colorado, Miami University, and the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. A concluding chapter discusses implications of these
cases for more widespread reform in administrator preparation. Notes
and references accompany each chapter. (LMI)
***********************************************************************
Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made
from the original document.
***********************************************************************
AA
0
U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Oltrce of Educhonei Research and intotovethent
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION
CENTER (ERIC)
document hat Dien reproduced as
received from the person or orgaruzahon
ottglnettng
0 Minor changes have balm made to improve
reproduction Quality
,
Points of new or opnrons stated in thoidOtsr
men/ do not nICSSarfly ropntlifnt Oft*,
OERI positron or policy
Ft97"7"Arrre'''07,,,
'PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS
..
N GFtANTED BY
MATERIAL HAS
CL_
kt
TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)
2
BEST COPY AVAILABLE
go
,
Preparing Tomorrow's
School Leaders:
Alternative Designs
Edited by
Joseph Murphy
Vanderbilt University
UCEA, Inc.
University Park, Pennsylvania
I)
0
Published by
The University Council for Educational Administration, Inc.
© 1993 UCEA, Inc.
all rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatso-
of brief quotations
ever without written permission except in the case
embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address UCEA
212 Rack ley Building
University l'ark, I'A 16802-3200
ISBN 1 55996-156-2
ii
4
Dedication
Sweet Pea
Contents
Contributors
vii
Preface
Patrick B. Forsyth
xi
Foreword
Martha M. McCarthy
xiii
Introduction
xxi
Joseph Murphy
Chapter 1
Ferment in School Administration: Rounds 1-3
Joseph Murphy
1
Chapter 2
Innovative Approaches to Clinical Internships:
The University of New Mexico Experience
Mike M. Milstein/Jo Ann Krueger
19
Chapter 3
The Prospective Principals' Program at Stanford
University
Edwin M. Bridges
19
Chapter 4
Challenging the Wisdom of Conventional Principal
Preparation Programs and Getting Away With It (So Far)
57
Kenneth A. Sirotnik/Kathy Mueller
PREPARING TOMORROW'S SCHOOL LEADERS
vi
Chapter 5
Structured Improvisation: The University of Utah's
Ed.D. Program in Educational Administration
85
Rodney T. Ogawa/Diana G. Pounder
Chapter 6
Time is NOT of the Essence When Planning for a
Quality Education Program: East Tennessee State
University
109
Donn W. Gresso/Charles W. Burkett/Penney L. Smith
Chapter 7
Restructuring Leadership Development in Colorado
129
John C. Dares lz/Bruce G. Bartlett
Chapter 8
Leadership for Democratic Authority
157
Nelda H. Cambron- McCabe
Chapter 9
Preparing Effective Leaders for Schools and School
Systems: Graduate Study at the University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill
177
Howard Maniloff/David L. Clark
Chapter 10
Preparing Tomorrow's School Leaders: The Hofstia
University Experience
205
Charol Shakeshaft
Chapter 11
Alternative Designs: New Directions
225
Joseph Murphy
awe,
Contributors
Bruce G. Barnett
Bruce is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Northern Colorado.
Prior to joining the UNC faculty in 1990, he was on the faculty at Indiana
University and served as a project director at the Far West Laboratory for
His interests include the
Educational Research and Development.
preservice and inservice preparation of educational administrators, with
particular emphasis in the areas of reflective practice, instructional lead-
ership, and staff development.
Edwin M. Bridges
Edwin is Professor of Education and Director of the Prospective Princi-
pals Program at Stanford University. He authored, with the assistance of
Philip Hallinger, Problem Based Learning for Administrators.
Charles W. Burkett
Charles has served as Chair of East Tennessee State University's Depart-
ment of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis for the past eight
Burkett has been a faculty member within ETSU's College of
years.
Education for the past 25 years. The most significant recent publication
by Burkett was a book coauthored in 1990 with Ralph Kimbrough entitled
Principalship: Concepts and Practices.
Nelda H. Cambron-McCabe
Nelda is Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Leader-
ship at Miami University (Ohio). Her work focuses on legal issues in
education and on reconstructing administrative preparation programs.
For the past three years, she has been a consultant to the Danforth
Foundation Program for Professors of School Administration.
vii
PREPARING TOMORROW'S SCHOOL LEADERS
viii
David L. Clark
David is a Professor in The Program of Educational Leadership at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has served in profes-
sional and administrative capacities at Indiana University, the University
of Virginia, and The Ohio State University.
John C. Daresh
John is a Professor and the Director of the Division of Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Northern Colorado.
He came from a faculty position at The Ohio State University. Prior to
that, he was on the faculty at the University of Cincinnati. His research
and scholarly interests have focused on issues associated with the prob-
lems of beginning school administrators, and the applications of mentoring
professional
as a way to support the preservice, induction, and inservice
development needs of leaders.
Donn W. Gresso
Donn is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Educa-
tional Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tennessee State University.
Prior to joining the ETSU faculty, Donn served as Vice President of the
Danforth Foundation and as IDEA Staff Specialist at the Kettering Foun-
dation. Earlier public school experiences included service as a teacher,
principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent.
Jo Ann Krueger
Jo Ann directs the Danforth supported program for the preparation of
school principals for the Department of Educational Administration at
the University of New Mexico (UNM). Prior to joining the faculty at
UNM, Jo Ann held several administrative positions with the Albuquer-
of one of the
que Public Schools, including eight years as principal
district's large high schools. While principal there, her school won the
U.S. Department of Education's award for Excellence. Her research
interests include leadership, mentoring, and organizational analysis.
Howard Maniloff
Howard is Associate Professor and Chair of the Program of Educational
Leadership at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He is a former
principal, local superintendent, and associate state superintendent.
9
ix
Contributors
Martha M. McCarthy
Martha is a Professor of Educational Ad ministration at Indiana Univer-
sity. She is currently serving as Vice President of Division A of the
American Educational Research Association. She has also served as
President of the University Council for Educational Administration.
Mike M. Milstein
Mike is Professor of Educational Administration at the University of
New Mexico. Formerly he was on the faculty, Department of Educational
Organization, Administration and Policy at the State University of New
York at Buffalo. The most recent manifestation of his long-term interest
in preparation program reform is the development of case studies of five
Danforth supported preparation programs. His research interests focus
educa-
on organization development, school district restructuring, and
tor plateauing.
Kathy Mueller
Kathy is Program Director of the Danforth Educational Leadership
Program at the University of Washington. Prior to this she spent 15 years
in a variety of administrative and teaching positions in public schools.
Her work has focused on K-12 curriculum development, special educa-
tion services, program development and evaluation, and school im-
provement and staff development. Currently, she is completing a 4-year
longitudinal study of the Danforth program discussed in chapter 4.
Joseph Murphy
Joe is Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership
the
at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. He has taught at
University of Illinois and has been an administrator at the school, district,
His work in the area of administrator
state, and university levels.
preparation includes a book entitled The Landscape of Leadership Prepara-
tion: Reframing the Educai,on of School Leaders published in 1992.