Following a brief discussion of the "occupational diseases" of teaching are some questions which teachers can ask themselves to help define for themselves how they might use the teaching process to enrich themselves as people. (KC)

Describes the services provided by Lansing Community College's Professional Resource Center (Michigan). Focuses on the archival function of the center, its role in circulating and collating professional literature, and its administrative reference and searching services. (AYC)

In six multi-agency social service departments, an analysis of centrality (access to interpersonal interaction, communications and professional exchange) found that white men were consistently able to position themselves in organizations to make better use of their professional networks than non-whites or women. Education, age, and formal rank…

The American School Health Association (ASHA) surveyed its members who were nurses to identify their needs for improved member programs and services. Recommendations include that the needs of both school-based nurses and those with administrative roles be considered independently for annual meeting programs. (JN)

Presents a career development self-inventory for school library media specialists to use in assessing their career needs, and to aid in developing strategies to reach their professional goals. (Author/BK)

Competency in athletic coaching has been a professional concern for many years. In the future, the coach in training will be held accountable for demonstrating a measure of proficiency in performing essential competencies. Athletics may be restructured to achieve more cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning. (JN)

Educators may find that thinking in ways that are self-reflective, strategic and tactical, imaginative, and social will tend to enhance their skill for engaging in the important process of human communication. It is doubtful that educators can communicatively organize themselves when an information overload exists. (CJ)

Most educators agree that professional development should promote better teaching, greater understanding of children and youth, and improved curricula. A framework for effective inservice involves the five essential categories of attitude, climate, content, organization, and time. (JN)

Three professional development models are described which use research as a basis for the content and the process of program design and implementation. These are: (1) the research-based planning model; (2) the research-based problem solving model; and (3) the research-based data collection model. (JN)

Describes a seminar series consisting of eight three-hour presentations designed to provide university faculty with an overview of the philosophy, concepts, and practices of career education. Evaluates the model in comparison to a self-study and control group. Results indicated that seminar participants scored higher on knowledge and attitude…

An assessment of the Gateway Writing Project shows that students whose teachers were trained in a five-week, intensive writing instruction project wrote somewhat better than students whose teachers were not so trained. (HOD)

In preparing a physical education curriculum, the nature of the future world should be an important consideration. The state of physical education and of the society in the year 2000 is predicted. (JN)

Describes symptoms of teacher burnout, notes specific problems faced by reading teachers, and suggests ways reading teachers can treat professional burnout and enhance their personal lives. (GT)

The History Group of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) meets annually, solicits papers, and publishes a newsletter. ASHE also offers a Dissertation of the Year Award. The History of Education Society has two awards for outstanding research and publication by graduate students and professionals. (MSE)

Describes the rationale, organization, and activities of a comprehensive system for professional development in New York state, the Clearinghouse of Resources for Educators of Adults. (SK)