If schools are to be renewed, as recommended by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, it will only be with the help of teachers and principals who head the nation's schools. The teaching profession can be strengthened in five ways, including raising standards and improving salaries. (CJH)

The Career Ladder Program, one aspect of Tennessee's Better Schools Program, includes a career ladder for all school personnel, substantial incentive pay for performance and responsibility, competency-based performance evaluation for all school personnel, professional development programs addressing needs identified in evaluation, and new…

For tenure/promotion decisions involving forensic coaches, the author proposes that the effective coach should receive credit for the equivalent of at least one refereed published article. (PD)

Reviews trends in higher education that led to today's stringent requirements for faculty advancement. Identifies national reputation as one alternative to publication and offers several strategies for achieving such a reputation. (PD)

Responses of faculty members and administrators of eight Southern California colleges and universities are reported and appraised. The more important outcome of this research project was a revelation of faculty need for more value on teaching effectiveness as a promotional criterion. (Editor/LBH)

A radical new structure of promoted posts and managerial responsibility has been proposed for Scottish secondary schools. Under the new system, teachers are likely to be more interested in the problems concerned with the administration of large-scale organizations. Attempts are being made to meet the consequent demand for teaching and research in…

Presents arguments for and against a policy requiring all English teachers to "publish or perish." (RL)

Investigated Israeli college teachers' attitudes toward the new Staff Promotion Programme, which was designed to elevate teachers' positions by establishing criteria for promotion, emphasizing research rather than teaching at higher promotional levels. Faculty interviews and surveys indicated that respondents preferred to be evaluated according to…

Presents a statement of "professional concerns," to echo Jeanne Simpson's exploration of beginning a writing center. Presents the story of the author's first year as one way of reading the factors that both constrain and enable educators to reach levels of professional status that ensure security and stability, both for educators personally and…

If "scholarly activity" is considered broadly to include more than traditional, knowledge-producing research, then forensics qualifies as scholarly activity. This point of view is reflected in the tenure, promotion, and evaluation criteria at Morehead State University (Kentucky), where the work of faculty members is divided into three…

Although strategies for rewarding teachers abound, many of these schemes are failing because they do not acknowledge the psychological nature of teachers. This paper explores the role of these psychological factors in incentives, motivation, and commitment to the profession. (MT)

Developing a pay-for-performance plan is deceptively difficult because pay is one-dimensional while human behavior is multidimensional. In designing a plan, it is necessary to define precisely the aspects of peformance to be evaluated, set acceptable performance levels and fair standards, and ensure that evaluation is impartial. (Author/GC)

Discusses, from a dean's perspective, the criteria for evaluating the creative activities of teacher-artists, particularly those in the theatre arts. (PD)

This study examined what deans of colleges of education considered important activities and elements of teaching, also noting their beliefs about activities related to scholarship and service. Researchers reviewed data from the National Survey of Deans of Colleges of Education, created a list of 20 descriptors of teaching elements of the…

Many midcareer teachers feel trapped in their present positions, knowing they are unlikely to go further. Five ways to help teachers feeling trapped include encouraging them to write, speak to community groups, teach in community adult education programs or local higher education institutions, and attend workshops and conferences. (RW)