HOWARD L. JACOBS Educational Leadership (Retired)

CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:

"Safeguarding Student Records." In Guidance: An Introduction--Selected Readings, edited by J. R. Cochran & H. J. Peters, Columbus, OH: Merrill, 1972.

"Safeguarding Student Records" (introduction). In Guidance: Selected Readings, edited by B. Shertzer & S. C. Stone, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970.

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS:

"Teaching Applied Ethics to Future School Administrators." Proceedings of the National Conference on Ethics in America, Long Beach, CA, January 1990.

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

"Developing an Administrative Perspective: Toward a Curriculum Framework for "Fostering Conceptual Change." Journal of School Leadership 4:4 (1994): 399-414.

"Getting the Inside Outside: Transforming Craft Knowledge into Professional "Curriculum." Journal on Excellence in College Teaching 3 (1992): 121-130.

"Gender Differences in Program Effects Among Beginning School Administrators." Planning and Changing 22:1 (1992): 46-64.

"One from Column A." The Clearing House 61 (Spring 1988): 414-416.

"Of Birchrods and Percentiles." Contemporary Education 59:3 (Spring 1988): 162-164.

"The Goldilocks Variation." Principal 68:4 (March 1988): 14-15.

With Maurice Heayn. "Safeguarding Student Records." Personnel & Guidance Journal 46:1 (1967): 63-67.

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

"Assessment of Program Effects on Graduates of the Department of Administration and Supervision." New England Educational Research Organization, March 1995.

"Gender Differences in Program Effects Among Beginning School Administrators." Faculty Research Conference, CSU, April 1992.

"Getting the Inside Outside: Transforming Craft Knowledge into Professional Curriculum." Third Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Lake Arrowhead, CA, January 1992 (also presented to Faculty Research Conference, CSU, April 1991).

"Teaching Ethics to Future School Administrators." National Conference on Ethics in America, Long Beach, CA, January 1990.

WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:

"Making Change Happen." Connecticut Center for School Change, Meriden Public Schools.

"Ethical Decision-making." North Haven Public Schools.

"The Ideal Curriculum Guide." Bolton Public Schools.

"Ethical Decision-making." Monroe Public Schools.

"Ethical Decision-making." Amity Regional School District.

"Curriculum Development." Regional School District #13.

"Ethical Decision-making." New Canaan Public Schools.

"Ethical Decision-making." Pennsylvania State Education Association.

RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:

CSU Faculty Research Grant

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:

Administrative Preparation; Ethical Leadership; Change Process in Education

CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

"How Teachers Get Their way: A Study in Upward Influence Tactics"

DISSERTATION TITLE:

A Critical Evaluation of Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness in its Application to Inter-Disciplinary Task Groups in Public School Settings

INSTITUTION GRANTING ED.D.:

Teachers College, Columbia University