The principal of Pasco Comprehensive Senior High School in Dade City, Florida, discussed the staffing considerations for the extended school year plan. (Editor/RK)

The authors present a ten-step placement procedure that they have used to arrange optimal assignments for student teachers. (SJL)

If student teaching is purported to be the culminating experience of a rather lengthy training process, should it not then approximate an actual life situation? Given this premise and the competitiveness of the student teacher placement process, the interview then becomes an integral part of gaining an educational appointment. (Editor/RK)

Article focuses on the exasperating experience faculty members face in attempting to fill out job placement forms for their students. It further stresses a need for a unified and defensible teacher training program. (Author/RK)

Due to declining enrollments and "burnout," schools face two potentials for staff imbalance: a stagnant older staff or too many inexperienced teachers. The author proposes preventing these problems by teaming older teachers, ready for gradual retirement, with new teachers, who gain experience while taking over by degrees. Costs are considered.…

Article is a description of the teaching centers established by Appalachian State University in concert with the public school systems in its region. (RW)