This publication is the result of an 18-month project that brought together teams from six states--Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas--along with their national organizations in a groundbreaking partnership to identify collective bargaining language and policies that support high-quality professional development.…

Describes the problem of the principal's role in Board-teacher negotiation and one school district's solution. (SP)

Methods and procedures provided by 1,614 collective bargaining agreements to accommodate handicapped workers in New York State are described. Handicapped veteran clauses are considered; also considered are the prevalence and content of handicapped worker clauses, including transfers provided for in general terms, transfers subject to seniority…

This report is designed to assist school administrators and school boards to prepare for negotiating issues relating to class size. It includes a brief summary of the research on class size, adapted from ERS's report Class Size: A Summary of Research. Viewpoints of both school management leaders and teacher organization leaders on negotiating the…

Describes a New York State school district program that has been successful for the past 20 years. The school board, administrators, and union leaders meet monthly and discuss items not subject to contract negotiations. A close positive relationship has evolved from the meetings. (MD)

Describes how a New York school district developed a way to successfully settle contracts with teachers using a joint committee of the parties involved rather than professional negotiators. (MD)

This study, funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, reports results of 31 responses to a questionnaire covering the spectrum of negotiations between local boards of education (employer) and various groups of employees. Employee groups include faculty (professional staff) and non-faculty or service employees. Part One…

Results of 31 responses to a questionnaire covering the spectrum of negotiations which transpired during the school year 1968-69 and resulting in agreements for the school year 1969-70 are reported. The negotiations discussed took place between the local boards of education (employer) and faculty (professional staff) and non-faculty or service…

Based on the assumption that a strong teacher contract can restrict the latitude of school administrators, this study tested the following hypothesis: School principals who participate fully in board-teacher collective bargaining as negotiators or active consultants will perceive themselves to have greater on-the-job discretion than principals who…

This agreement between the Administration of St. John's University and St. John's Chapter of the American Association of University Professors-Faculty Association of St. John's University. Articles of the agreement cover recognition, general relationship between the AAUP-FA and the administration, past practices, professional working conditions,…

Based on the economic theory of constrained maximizing behavior, this paper constructs a model of decision-making in public schools in order to discuss the role of unions and collective bargaining in resource allocation decisions. Research findings from a study of collective bargaining in New York and Michigan school districts indicate that…

This booklet contains clauses taken from actual agreements negotiated by school districts with their employee organizations. The clauses, grouped by subject and chosen for their importance in collective bargaining, illustrate contractual language which should be avoided by school board negotiators. Topics include cash payments upon retirement,…

An upstate New York school district's collaboratively designed teacher-evaluation system reflects years of instructional improvement programs and many rounds of contract negotiations. In other districts, collegial efforts to redesign teacher-evaluation systems signal administrators' changing attitudes. Principals see themselves as mentors,…

The first known analysis of a substantial number of arbitration awards in higher education is presented in an effort to determine whether arbitrators have confined their awards within the contract limitations. All of the arbitration awards generated by the four-year colleges of the State University of New York as well as the awards of the…

This study tests the fit of competing models of strike causes on a sample of public school districts in New York. The models are based on differing assumptions. One is that strikes are the result of mistakes or imperfect information; the other is that strikes are rational choices made in expectation of gain. The differences in these views are…