Central Office and Site-Based Management: An Educator's Guide

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Angela M. Sewall

Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD, March 1999

$29.95, ISBN 1-56676-653-2

Site-based management is discussed in terms of the roles, areas of responsibility, and actions of all school administrators. Particular attention is directed to the changes in operation of the central office and central office administrators. How the influence of other agencies; local, state and federal, impact on site-based management is also explored.

The book is organized around a discussion of the changes in organization and administrative roles necessary if site-based management is to be successful and effective. The chapters are relatively brief. Some focus on a …