This paper presents a collection of videos that provide ideas on getting jobs for educators. Contents include: (1) Educator's Guide: Introduction to the Video Series; (2) Educator's Guide: Your Journey; (3) Educator's Guide: Your Rights and Responsibilities; (4) Educator's Guide: Introduction to Vocational Rehabilitation; (5) Educator's Guide:…

Find out how to keep your best teachers on staff, and make sure your new teachers stay motivated beyond their first years on the job. In this book, leading educational consultant Franklin Schargel offers 162 easy-to-apply tips and strategies for principals and administrators looking to hire quality teachers, raise faculty job satisfaction, and…

Regulations for sick leave and substitute teachers, adopted by the North Carolina State Board of Education, are presented in outline form. Sick leave regulations provide for sick leave eligibility, sick leave earned, leave charges, sick leave accumulation, advancement of sick leave, verification of sick leave, repayment of excessive leave,…

This pamphlet provides information for teachers contemplating employment in Yukon Territory, Canada. A preface briefly describes the political history and government of the Yukon, and emphasizes the frontier nature of the region. In both English and French, the paper discusses the curriculum, school terms and vacations, the Yukon Teachers'…

Suggests standards for hiring reading specialists. (MKM)

Discusses teacher tenure through the following elements: common school tenure and university tenure, tenure and due process, teacher evaluation, rights of the teacher, due process for the probationary teacher, tenureless systems, and changes in tenure systems. (CT)

The audiovisual portfolio helps beginning teachers demonstrate qualities that might not show up in a traditional job interview. Included in the portfolio are a student teaching notebook, a slide narrative presentation, audiocassette tapes, and a videotape of lessons taught during student teaching. (Author)

This article discusses a conceptual model for understanding, describing, and explaining personnel selection processes and activities. Four theoretical strands--decision theory, impression formation, inference theory, and rating theory--are woven together as the basis for a proposed model to be used by administrators who are selecting teachers. (CB)

This brochure contains information regarding recruitment procedures for elementary and secondary teachers seeking employment in schools operating on United States military bases. Sections cover the following areas: (1) eligibility; (2) position categories and special requirements; (3) application procedures; (4) basic program information and…

South Carolina school districts have been testing three different teacher incentive program models: the campus/individual model, the bonus model, and the career ladder model. All have problems and limited effectiveness. The solution will be a program based on rewarding merit rather than providing teacher incentives. (MD)

A survey of master's degree graduates in ESL from the University of Hawaii showed that a majority of first and current positions were in ESL teaching. Other positions included administration, materials preparation, and curriculum design. Variables significant in determining the respondents' current salaries are noted. (SL)

Describes how a number of nonteaching jobs can provide practical benefits to the teacher unable to land a teaching job. (DD)

Focuses on various areas of potential liability for department chairs, including admission policies, program changes, catalog issues, academic and disciplinary dismissals, disruptive students, employment issues, etc. (PD)

A beginning teacher's audiovisual portfolio would give the prospective employer a clear idea of the applicant's actual teaching style and ability. (Author/MLF)

This fringe benefit plan saves money for both employers and employees, provides a better fit for employees' actual benefit needs, and allows employees to choose options from a menu of benefits. One option is a flexible spending plan. Employees place a portion of their before-tax income into a special account from which allowable expenses are paid…