Considers the benefits of written trip reports (e.g., accounts of site visits or conferences) to library administration and to the individual writing the report. Difficulties with trip reports are noted; and report writing guidelines that address audience definition, format, organization, headings, style, and deadlines are suggested. (12…

The third in a series of articles on performing and disseminating research projects in instructional technology presents guidelines for research planning: select a topic; identify the research problem; conduct a literature search; state the research questions; determine the research design; determine methods; and identify data analysis procedures.…

Discusses the factors book dealers consider when assigning value to out-of-print and antiquarian books, including desirability, scarcity, and condition. Guidelines for pricing are followed by descriptions of the major tools general libraries may use in acquiring old books. (16 references) (EA)

Discusses typical playground hazards, environmental factors affecting safety in play areas, playground safety guidelines and standards established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Society of Testing Materials, and playground surfacing and equipment. Offers suggestions for reducing the number and severity of playground…

Just as Robert Fulghum claimed to have learned in kindergarten all he needed to know, this article presents 26 all-encompassing teaching tips about questioning techniques, making kids laugh, stressing cooperative learning over competitive approaches, dressing like professionals, encouraging independence, and enriching themselves and their…

Discusses time management training based on the theory that it should be a conceptual, psychological, and sociocultural process aimed at the management of self and relations with others. Guidelines for effective time management training are suggested, including supporting social needs, self-awareness, and encouraging creativity. (LRW)

Identifies six steps that an effective mentor/principal should follow in face-to-face sessions with a protege, including framing issues, identifying goals, promoting self-directed learning, establishing limits, empowering for action, and summarizing mutual agreements. (MLH)

To break up student fights without getting hurt, teachers should get help, dismiss the audience, identify themselves, use specific commands, defer to rules instead of personal authority, identify the aggressor, direct the loser to a specific location, obtain identification, make written reports, and discuss actions taken with the principal. (MLH)

Teachers aspiring to become principals should strive for teaching excellence, observe administrative styles, find a mentor, hang around the office, read journal articles and research on the principalship, work with committees, attend school board meetings, attend training workshops, and enter an internship program. (MLH)

Discusses different types of security systems for libraries and explains the differences between electromagnetic, radio-frequency, and microwave technologies. A list of questions to assist in system evaluation is provided; and preventive measures used to curtail theft and protocol for handling situations that trigger security alarms are included.…

Describes a district's reorganization of 2 K-5 schools into 1 for all K-2 grades and 1 for all 3-5 grades for economic reasons. The principal of the 3-5 facility views better focus and certain innovative initiatives (involving coverage of special topics, a whole-language reading program, and a sequential-research-skills approach) as advantages.…

A Maryland high school has developed a formal program of school/business partnerships, with W.R. Grace Company cast in the starring role. Success depends on creating a professional position to supervise and promote school-business partnerships; providing employee training to delineate partners' roles, responsibilities, and expectations; and…

Furthers an understanding of university planning and suggests improvements in university planning practice, drawing on conceptual distinctions derived from planning literature and comparing three case studies employing these distinctions. By combining and extending the various planning models and testing them through case studies, one might…

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, playgrounds and their equipment are linked to more than 100,000 injuries requiring emergency care each year. National Safety Council guidelines are provided concerning playground surfaces, equipment, and design. Suggestions are also given for maintaining playgrounds and making them safer.…

Although it is virtually impossible to establish administrative salary schedules that are absolutely equitable and acceptable to all school administrators, school districts can devise fair systems that satisfy most educators if salary programs are based on sound principles, levels are established on a per diem basis, criteria are utilized, and…