A statement officially adopted in February 1977 by the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of English. (DD)

Investigation of the work behavior of elementary school teachers indicated that the teachers spent more that 40 hours a week at school and an additional two hours per day at home on school work. Elementary school teachers had less private time than high school teachers and spent more time on direct instruction. (Author/CB)

The author advises new interns that their success as teachers will depend critically on their ability to manage time--to handle lessons, administrative tasks, counseling, and social activity all within the framework of a 50- to 60-minute class period. (SJL)

In response to widespread concern that many American students do not write well enough to meet the requirements of higher education and the workplace, the College Board's National Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges has called for a writing revolution. A key component of this revolution is evaluation, with particular emphasis…

This study investigated inclusive practices in Prince Edward Island (PEI) elementary schools in terms of the supports teachers consider as important for inclusion. Twenty teachers were randomly selected to complete a survey, and 5 teachers were randomly selected to participate in an interview about inclusion supports. The survey in this study…

Concern for the status of linguistic minority education in Idaho provided motivation to investigate the perceptions of the inservice educators who work most closely with a large proportion of English language learners (ELLs) in the rural state's public schools. This study sought to learn directly from the state's ELL educators what they perceived…

During the last three decades Swedish education has undergone radical decentralisation involving increased school autonomy. One aspect of this change is the gradual weakening of the state regulation of teaching time. Thus, Sweden is somewhat of an extreme in the EU. This is accentuated by a five-year experiment, where 900 compulsory schools were…

FACULTY INSTRUCTIONAL LOADS AT FOOTHILL COLLEGE ARE COMPUTED BY MEANS OF A FORMULA WHICH INCLUDES (1) TIME SPENT IN CLASSES, (2) TIME FOR PREPARATION AND EVALUATION OF TEACHING MATERIALS FOR EACH DIFFERENT PREPARATION, (3) DUPLICATE PREPARATIONS, (4) ACTIVITY OR QUIZ SECTIONS, (5) CLASS SIZE, AND (6) FACULTY-STUDENT CONTACTS OUTSIDE OF THE…

Aside from poor salaries and fringe benefits, the basic causes of teacher dropout are frustration and lack of status, both of which are greatly dependent on teacher workload. Components of workload are (1) a rigid school day and 35-hour week differing from freer patterns in higher-status occupations; (2) oversize classes which reduce teaching…

Due to public misunderstanding of the unit-load measurement versus the hours per week standard of work measurement, a study was conducted at Humboldt State College to determine the average number of hours a full-time instructional faculty member spends in performing his job. Faculty activity data was collected by means of a daily-diary form of…

Two surveys conducted by the NEA Research Division provide an estimate of faculty load policies and practices in public junior and community colleges. These estimates are presented. (CK)