Content analysis of principal job descriptions and principal evaluation instruments of K--12 public education in Virginia

Principals are accountable for juggling multiple competing tasks daily. This study explored the degrees of emphasis placed upon leadership and management behaviors of school principals in Virginia by determining the congruence of job descriptions and evaluation instruments with state and professional standards. State expectations were communicated to varying degrees by responding school divisions in both job descriptions and evaluation instruments. School divisions universally expected principals to focus upon instruction and parent and staff communication, while other state responsibilities received less attention. Organizational management that focused on facilities maintenance was communicated as an important responsibility by a majority of school divisions but was not mentioned in state standards. A high level of congruence was found between job descriptions and evaluation instruments for most Virginia state responsibilities. A majority of school divisions\u27 evaluation instruments encompassed professional standards. However, less emphasis was revealed for responsibilities related to the larger society. Implications of this study indicate the need for Virginia school divisions to align job descriptions and evaluation instruments with state standards to support the work of principals, and for Virginia state standards to include major responsibilities required by a majority of school divisions

Generalidades de la Farmacovigilancia

La vigilancia de los fármacos es una actividad de la salud encargada de la detención, valoración entendimiento y prevención de los efectos adversos o de cualquier problema relacionado con los medicamentos. Hay muchos factores que hacen difícil detectar las reacciones adversas de los medicamentos, por esto se creó la farmacovigilancia, con el fin de desarrollar sistemas para la prevención de riesgos y evaluaciones de reacciones adversas, pues es muy importante dentro de las funciones de los farmacéuticos tener un amplio conocimiento al respecto puesto que sus funciones principales son elaborar, comercializar y distribuir medicamentos y su participación es muy importante de la calidad de vida de un paciente mediante su servicio; favoreciendo a los diferentes sistemas de farmacovigilancia para la evaluación de seguridad y su efectividad de los tratamientos y así mejorar la calidad de atención en los problemas de salud.Drug monitoring is a Health activity in charge of the detection, assesment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any problem related to drugs. There are many factors that make it difficult to detect adverse drug reactions, which is why pharmacovigilance was created, in order to develop systems for the prevention of risks and evaluations of adverse reactions, as it is very important within the functions of pharmacists to have extensive knowledge in this regard since their main functions are to develop, market and distribute drugs and their participation is very important in improving quality of life of a patient through their service; favoring the different pharmacovigilance systems to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the treatments and thus improve the quality of care in Health problem

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