The Activities Person (AP) may have many different titles, but the responsibility for management of the school's activity program is the primary duty. The responsibilities of this role are identified. (Author/MLF)

Reprints an article originally published in 1940. Discusses four factors concerning teachers' defense role: (1) paying teachers while being trained for military duty; (2) receiving credit toward tenure and retirement while in service; (3) making pupils aware of the realities of the world crisis; and (4) the schools gaining by having teachers get…

Describes the varied duties of a faculty member of New York University's online, for-profit subsidiary, NYUonline. Hired for her business acumen more than for her degree, the adjunct associate professor's job description differs from that of traditional academics and involves marketing as well as teaching. Notes concerns by traditional academics…

This document contains abstracts of 37 presentations made on the the topics of: professional criticism; athletic directors; public relations; cheerleading; evaluation of coaches; risks and participation forms; noncertified coaches; nonteaching coaches; coach burnout; salaries and merit pay for coaches; conduct standards; financial matters; and…

Presented in this report are data on prevailing rates of pay to junior college teachers for summer session, evening classes, and nonteaching assignments. Summer session pay by hourly rate was reported by 39 districts, by contract fees by two colleges, and as a percentage of annual salary by 16. Hourly rate basis for evening classes was reported by…

It is the thesis of this paper that many factors must be taken into consideration to determine faculty workloads and that the weights placed upon the various factors are of importance equal to the actual factors themselves. The first section reviews available literature on faculty workloads, and lists: (1) some of the questions asked in these…

Many people protest that professors are overpaid for the amount of time that they spend in the actual classroom situation. However, what most people do not realize is that classroom time is not the only time that the professor must devote to his work activities. The typical package of professorial duties would necessarily include: (1) scheduled…

Teacher-coaches are particularly susceptible to stress and burnout because of role conflict, role ambiguity, and role overload. Administrators need to be more aware of the special problems teacher-coaches have, develop alternative staffing patterns, and try to relieve some of the stress and pressure. (CB)

A teacher's review of the actual instructional time, after allowing for outside religious, music, arts, and physical education and administrative activities, revealed that there actually was less than two hours a day for instruction in subjects required by school districts. (CB)

Analyzes the success of a unit system, devised and implemented in the department of History at Princeton University, that recognizes the full complex of functions in allocating faculty time. (Editor)

Does less class time lead to improved teaching? Author says yes, and suggests several ways in which the classroom teacher's burden could be eased. (Author/SP)

This rendering of a principal's address to his teaching staff at the start of a new school year takes a satirical swipe at those administrators who would solve students' disciplinary problems by increasing teachers' duties. (PB)

The author traces some of the causes of the paperwork explosion in public schools over the last 20 years and concludes that, unfortunately, there is little relief in sight. (SJL)