The Influence of Administrative Procedures on Academic Performance

This chapter explores the effect of administrative practices upon students' achievement in schools. It emphasizes four elements: instructional leadership, personnel management, academic administration, and fiscal allocation of resources. Education administration is instrumental in producing better results both through the quality of environments and resources, and indirectly by teacher motivation and student involvement. Analysis of the case studies demonstrates that successful managers embody a clear vision, quality and stakeholder driven improvement. Notwithstanding these challenges, evidence-based recommendations are presented for improving on efficiency and impact. The results emphasize that through the values in efficient administration, crucial systems for success and the removal of obstacles from performance can be created by giving leaders in education practical constructs to produce sustainable improvement in teaching and learning.