An analysis of administrative duties performed by superintendents of city schools in Texas

It is the purpose of this study to make a job analysis of the duties performed during a period of one year (1926- 1927) by a representative number of city superintendents of schools in the state of Texas. As a result of the analysis it is proposed to accomplish the following objectives: 1. To present data which may be used by superintendents as a basis for a comparison of their professional activities with those reported. 2. To furnish the basis for the establishment of courses specially designed for the training of city school superintendents. 3. To show the duties which are so infrequently and uncommonly performed as to indicate that their performance is not a standard part of the chief executive's work. 4. To show the emphasis placed upon the importance and variety of those duties of the superintendent which have to do with his relationships as a community leader. 5. To determine the professional activities in which Texas superintendents are engaged, and to ascertain whether the duties most commonly performed are those which were considered of major administrative importance by a group of fifty judges who evaluated them. 6. To ascertain whether or not the size of the school enrollment is a major factor in determining the number and type of administrative duties performed by the city superintendents of Texas. 7. To ascertain whether or not the size of the weekly teaching load is a major factor in determining the number and type of administrative duties performed by the city superintendents of TexasEducatio