Principals' Needs for Small-Group Process Skills

Surveyed 108 Georgia elementary and secondary principals concerning their acquisition of small-group process skills. Respondents indicated they valued group process skills and used them for team, trust, and consensus building; agenda setting; improving school climate; and conducting meetings. The ma...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:NASSP bulletin 1998-03, Vol.82 (596), p.102-107
Main Authors: Gooden, John, Petrie, Garth, Lindauer, Patricia, Richardson, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrator Education
Education reform
Educational Change
Educational Environment
Elementary Secondary Education
Georgia
Group Process Training
Job Performance
Leadership Qualities
Principals
Process Education
Quality of education
School administration
Small Group Instruction
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Surveyed 108 Georgia elementary and secondary principals concerning their acquisition of small-group process skills. Respondents indicated they valued group process skills and used them for team, trust, and consensus building; agenda setting; improving school climate; and conducting meetings. The majority (66%) learned these skills through self-improvement efforts. Training implications are discussed. (25 references) (MLH)
ISSN:0192-6365
1930-1405
DOI:10.1177/019263659808259618