Describes the demanding role and responsibilities of a district school guidance counselor serving 10 grade K-12 schools with a total enrollment of 490 students in an isolated region of Alaska covering 26,000 square miles. (NEC)

Results of a Colorado survey seem to indicate that principals from both large and small school districts have similar hiring interests and needs in the hiring process of teachers. Suggests teachers would be wise to prepare to teach more than one subject and pay particular attention to their letters of recommendation, resumes, and interview skills.…

Looks at arguments for and against school consolidation which fall within the concerns of economic efficiency and size. Suggests a need to consider the effects of consolidation on the communities served by the schools. (AH)

Provides suggestions for selection and use of media equipment and material. Tabular displays include an instructional design model, a media classifications layout, and a specifications chart. (AN)

The article describes both the advantages and disadvantages of living and teaching in a remote rural area, where the teacher must function as both teacher and janitor. (SB)

Suggests the small school provides an excellent environment for successful mainstreaming and that the principal can provide intervention and leadership for professionals, which leads to interaction with each other and on behalf of the special students. Discusses team teaching, the principal as a model, and shared leadership. (AH)

Describes a 9-district, 750 employee self-insurance cooperative in northeast Missouri that achieved a $90,000 balance over claims in just 9 months of operation. Explains mechanics of plan operation including level of benefits, premiums, financial integrity, and results. (NEC)

Provides a personal account of the author's grade school years in the Independence School in Colorado. (AH)

Describes a step-by-step outline for an efficient curriculum program encompassing: curriculum responsibilities; plans for a revision schedule; and revision committees and their schedules. (AH)

Acknowledging that "under certain circumstances, the small school should be closed," this article traces how one small school was rescued through research into small school benefits and use of the media to inform the community. The welfare of the students is emphasized as the "only consideration" in the closing of a school. (LC)

In 1980, the Colorado State Board of Education adopted amendments which allowed school districts to modify their school calendars to reduce energy consumption. Fourteen school districts applied for and received permission for pilot programs reducing the school week from five to four days. (Author/CM)

Relates experiences and impressions gained from visiting rural primary schools in Victoria, Australia, as a science consultant. Concludes that the schools are functional, well cared for, and a pleasant, active center of rural communities. (BRR)

Describes a viable method of reading instruction that can be utilized by the small school teacher to lead 20 or 30 individuals to common goals and objectives at unequal rates. (AH)

Surveyed Kansas teachers from small, medium, and large schools to determine if there were differences in instructional duties of teachers in schools of different sizes. Revealed that, although there were many similarities in types of duties required, teachers in small schools do have more noninstructional duties. (AH)

Describes Gunnison Watershed School District's alternative approach for shortening the school year via adding 26 minutes to each school day and thus eliminating 12 days from the standard 180 days required for meeting the required number of intructional hours. (AH)