Seventy-seven suggestions, some serious and some not so, are presented to help beat teacher burnout. (CT)

Offers guidelines for preparing and presenting papers at American Business Communication Association (ABCA) conferences. Topics covered include: (1) types of delivery, (2) extemporaneous speaking, and (3) manuscript speaking. (FL)

Offers guidelines on supervision of extracurricular activities, covering preparation for the activity and supervisors; duties and activities upon arriving at the activity; while the activity is ongoing; and when the activity is completed. (WD)

Presents 11 steps to take in choosing a consultant. (IRT)

Uses the results of interviews with 50 federal compliance officers to create an analytical framework that human resources managers can use to identify any areas of their affirmative action plan needing management attention and to establish some remedies considered effective by the officers. (Author/IRT)

Outlines a formal, specific, and structured method a board can use in evaluating a superintendent. (IRT)

Presents nine steps for game design, and discusses why particular formats were used in the design of five games: CONRAIL Railroad Deregulation, Montauk Exercise, Geothermal Energy, Simulated Nutrition System, and Human Settlement. (CMV)

Board members who want to keep educational quality high must define quality and then use the staff as a resource, reassess the educational program, and include teachers, administrators, and students in a continuing dialogue on the schools and how to improve them. (Author/IRT)

Addresses four questions concerning the use of instructional television (ITV): Is the use of ITV punishing to the user? Is a teacher rewarded for not using ITV? Does it make any difference to a teacher whether ITV is used? Are there obstacles that prevent a teacher from using ITV? (Author/IRT)

The author urges, among other consideration, that strikes be avoided when possible, that major decisions be made before the strike begins, that the district cultivate good relations with the media, and that unity among the board members be maintained. (IRT)

Outlines some principles which seem to be important both to bridging the gap between parent and teachers' expectations and enabling the whole area of parent-teacher relations to operate more effectively. (MP)

Instructions are given for a beginning project in mosaic. (SJL)

Stewart Marsden discusses the art of storytelling, with emphasis on the work of storyteller Jackie Torrence, the National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling (NAPPS), and the Tennessee In-School Storyteller Program. Jay O'Callahan provides 16 tips for the storyteller. (SJL)

Presents a model procedure for defining one's own computing needs and using that definition to compare the features of various microcomputers. (SJL)

In response to a survey that showed two-thirds of the teachers queried had nothing positive to say about faculty meetings, the authors provide a brief list of steps a principal can take to make meetings more productive and less of a chore for teachers. (IRT)