Presents nine steps that are essential to creating a school-site budget program. (Author/IRT)

Separates the foolishness (such as the idea that "creative writing" should be emphasized and that lots of writing makes for good writers) from the wisdom (for instance, that all teachers who must teach writing must thoroughly understand the principles of writing well). (IRT)

Describes an eight-step bid-analysis procedure that includes comparing bids with specifications, listing options offered by the bidders, assigning costs to each option, and comparing the bids without desired options. Presents a sample bid-analysis chart. (RW)

Presents 11 steps to take in choosing a consultant. (IRT)

In response to a survey that showed two-thirds of the teachers queried had nothing positive to say about faculty meetings, the authors provide a brief list of steps a principal can take to make meetings more productive and less of a chore for teachers. (IRT)

Offers warnings on how to avoid rip-off artist consultants. Provides some clues on how to know when a consultant is needed and how to pick the right person. (IRT)

To make meetings more productive, administrators should define each meeting's purpose, use meetings for what groups do best (such as clarifying issues), rewrite agendas to emphasize meetings' goals, avoid regular meetings and meetings for the wrong purposes (like shifting blame), and eliminate unproductive or nonessential groups. (Author/RW)

Provides ten ways of lightening the burden of paperwork. The methods include developing nomenclature that conforms with the government's, assigning one person to handle all forms, and weighing the fiscal support received from the state and federal governments against the costs of administering a program. (Author/IRT)

Argues for teacher participation in the process of hiring new teachers. Presents a checklist that outlines each step that should be part of a successful hiring system. (IRT)

Presents a step-by-step process for controlling costs, guaranteeing prompt service, and generally making the task of purchasing equipment for a new school easier. (Author/IRT)

Presents some guidelines to help school officials perform and look their best on television. (IRT)

Offers 12 ways in which a consultant can be used to attract, answer, and defuse concerns from employees, parents, students, and community members regardless of the reason the consultant was brought in. (Author/IRT)

The listed guidelines for keeping track of petty cash in the schools are organized into three areas--making sure each school has an adequate method of collecting and banking money, adopting a simple and uniform bookkeeping system, and promoting fiscal responsibility. (IRT)

Outlines the program that one high school used to increase its yearly average daily attendance by one percentage point. The program involves giving recognition to individual students and to groups of students. (IRT)