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Reck, Carleen – Momentum, 1984
Discusses and makes recommendations concerning the quality use of available school time. Focuses on administrative scheduling for maximum classroom time; teacher management of classroom time for maximum instructional time; teacher planning of instruction for maximum student time on task; and teacher creativity. Provides an instrument for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Planning, Scheduling, Time Factors (Learning)
Black, Susan – American School Board Journal, 1991
School districts annually receive between 100 and 200 requests from outside groups to distribute information, raise funds, and add new units of instruction. Administrators should document the situation in their own districts, examine the procedures currently in use to handle requests, and design new ones if necessary. Contains a sample policy,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Organizations (Groups)
Trump, John M. – 1986
Although secondary school principals may believe that instructional leadership should be their most important role, many complain about their inability to succeed in this endeavor. They typically cite as reasons the numerous other tasks needing their everyday attention. After briefly summarizing recent research substantiating instructional…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Higbee, Jeanne L.; Dwinell, Patricia L. – 1988
The Developmental Inventory of Sources of Stress (DISS) is an instructional tool designed to assist counselors, advisors, and faculty in reducing stress among college students (specifically, high risk college freshmen, although it can be utilized effectively with any college student population). The instrument focuses on sources of stress over…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Evaluation Methods, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Pollak, Ave – 1994
This guide is intended for use in conducting a six-session course that will help employees in the manufacturing and service industries get the most out of their work day. The instructional materials included in the guide are designed to teach students to accomplish the following: analyze their daily routines, understand the effect of mental…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Learning Activities
Moore, R. Keith, Comp.; Hunt, Susan, Ed. – 1985
This guide for small public relations (PR) offices at colleges and universities includes sample job descriptions, information on PR duties and priorities, sample policy statements and operating guidelines, sample publicity materials, questionnaires, and internal forms for organization. Twenty-six tips on time management are provided in an article…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Higher Education, Information Services, Institutional Advancement
Gill, Wanda E. – 1984
A tutor training program manual that is used at Bowie State College is presented. The manual covers the following: tutoring program objectives; general tutoring principles; general procedures the tutor should follow; including contacting the student and establishing rapport, guidelines concerning the tutors' attitudes and behavior; a few points to…
Descriptors: College Students, Guidelines, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Peterson, Sarah; DeGracie, James S. – 1983
In the spring of 1983, an evaluation of the junior and senior high guidance programs in the Mesa Public Schools was conducted. Surveys were developed to solicit opinions from parents, teachers, counselors, administrators, career specialists, and students as to how counselors actually spend their time versus how they should spend their time.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Counseling, Counseling Services, Counselor Attitudes
Gilpin, Bernadine – 1989
Designed to help instructors create a supportive learning environment for older than average students, this guidebook outlines the special needs of adult students and offers advice on instruction and course management. Each chapter of the instructor's manual corresponds to a chapter in "Time for College," a book designed to teach adult students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Anxiety
Reeves, Douglas B. – 2002
This guide is intended to be a practical primer to help education leaders meet the daily challenges of school leadership. It shows how to include leadership in an integrated system of educational accountability, teaching, and curriculum for student achievement; how to do away with ineffective, obsolete, and unnecessary practices; and how to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness
Ford, Jerry – 1986
A handbook for academic advisers at Houston Baptist University (HBU) is presented. Attention is directed to: definitions of advising, roles of academic advisers, behavioral objectives, limitations of academic advising, adviser and advisee responsibilities, and information pertaining to specific HBU departments and regulations. Additional topics…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Probation, Athletes, Church Related Colleges
Teters, Peggy; Gabel, Dorothy – 1984
A survey was conducted to determine the needs of elementary teachers with respect to the teaching of science. Areas addressed in the survey included: biological, physical, and earth science topics taught at various grade levels; criteria used to select sequencing and content of the science curriculum; most common methods of instruction used in the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers
Medved, Richard Michael; And Others – 1986
A needs assessment instrument was developed to aid rural (upstate New York) school officials in implementing staff development programs and determining special staff development needs for serving handicapped students in the mainstream. Survey responses were gathered from 85 elementary and secondary teachers in 3 school districts over 2 counties.…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Disabilities, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs