A New Jersey school district uses the following criteria to evaluate an administrator's performance: (1) performance of specific job functions; (2) progress toward attainment of goals; (3) personal traits and professional attributes; (4) indicators of pupil progress; and (5) a professional improvement plan to remedy previous "needs…

This article elaborates the various goal orientations currently characterizing continuing professional education and identifies their practical implications. A goal orientations model is presented that may prove useful in addressing both programmatic and policy considerations. (CT)

Explores education as a creative force affecting all aspects of life. The main emphasis is on developmental possibilities and personal achievements as continuing through the entire lifespan and into the later stages of old age. (CT)

Reviews the prevailing concept of "career," compares this perspective to a group of women elementary school teachers' concepts of their own careers, and shows how the traditional concept is inadequate for describing these teacher's "careers." Includes a discussion of a revised conceptualization of career that describes the patterns of women's…

Questionnaires and interviews were used to study the influence of mentors on the careers of Canadian women in elementary and secondary educational administration. Half the women surveyed had a mentor to assist them in career advancement. More than half the women had been a mentor to others. (JHZ)

Identifies problems judged by teachers to be crucial to their professionalism (e.g., lack of participation in the determination of their tasks, inadequate teaching in theory, lack of collaborative activities, inapplicability of positivistic research to teaching-learning situations, and political pressures). Recommends developing mutual respect and…

Describes a research project for teachers on reading and writing in which teachers meet regularly in small groups to share their creative writing. (EL)

Argues that effective supervision requires the ability to acquire skills in a variety of areas, to select those appropriate to a task, and to use them in concert. Discusses a number of skills necessary for good supervision. (FL)

Two teachers, one English, one American, from the International School of Brussels, Belgium, describe the benefits and drawbacks of teaching overseas, discussing the flexibility, the cultural advantages, and the professional drawbacks. (EL)

A self-assessment program was developed at Arizona State University to help undergraduate students explore teaching as a career. In this program, students are exposed to the teaching role in practice and examine their own values, attitudes, behaviors, and personal characteristics. A description of the program and possible benefits are discussed.…

Medical self-care is the involvement of laypersons, on their own behalf, in health promotion and decision making, disease prevention, and disease detection and treatment. A description of a self-care course that was designed and taught at Western Illinois University is offered. Results of a postcourse evaluation are presented. (DF)

States that George H. Henry has provided a valuable service in helping to see the need to clarify essential meanings of being a professional in English education. (HOD)

This series of articles contains three research summaries entitled: (1) "Women Entering Teaching: Changes in the Preservice Population"; (2) "Tomorrow's Teachers: Attitudes toward Sex-Affirmative Teaching and Professional Behaviors"; and (3) "Jewel Tea and Academe" (about women faculty in higher education and the value of mentors.) (JMK)

Outlines the York University teacher education program and assesses the degree of professional growth occurring among teachers supervising York university student teachers. Notes results that only partially support commonly held ideas that association with a university teacher training program promotes professional growth. (SB)

The previous articles in this journal on social skills are examined for their implications for training and practice of school psychology. The author concludes that recent developments from studies of social competence and social skills provide increased opportunities for school psychologists to make progress in general areas. (Author/EGS)