New school food service staffing procedures have increased production and decreased labor costs. (MF)

A new approach to classification and assignment, called differentiated staffing, has found favor among some educators as a way of alleviating teacher shortage and as an answer to the problem of teacher salaries. (GR)

Describes four different and exemplary preschools: Small World Center for Creativity (Boise, Idaho); the Creative Play Center (Worthington, Ohio); Westmoreland Cooperative Preschool (University of Oregon, Eugene); and Montessori Gardens School (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina). Also gives tips on running a preschool. (SJL)

Suggests solutions for some of the common problems confronting journalism teachers and advisors when keeping track of photographic equipment. (RB)

Provides suggestions for developing a staff manual for the college newspaper and discusses the role of the advisor in preventing mismanagement. (RB)

Suggests combining the yearbook and newspaper staffs as a solution to the economic problems facing student publications, and producing a publication which can be entered into a binder at the end of a school-year. (RB)

A study attempted to ascertain if practical and flexible criteria could be developed that would be useful as guidelines to school districts in the state of Washington in meeting current staffing problems. The guidelines focused on and incorporated 1) current education objectives, 2) psycho-sociological influences, 3) changing methods of education,…

This 211-item bibliography on teacher aides covers a period of approximately 10 years and is based on the following sources: the Canadian Education Index, the Education Index, Current Index to Journals in Education, Cumulative Book Index, Research in Education, Education Studies Completed in Canadian Universities, and Research Studies in…

Standards for professional staff preparation and compensation in college union work are suggested and based upon data obtained in surveys of unions, the knowledge of actual employment conditions gained in the course of operating an Employment Service since 1945, and recommendations of the Association of College Unions Professional Development…

This is a folow-up report on developments in long-range faculty personnel planning since the publication of "Steady-State Staffing in Tenure-Granting Institutions and Related Papers," covering the period from March through December 1973. Following references to newly available data, the paper deals first with work done at SUNY-Buffalo, Stanford,…

The actual performance and use of library technical assistants (LTSs) and the question of certification were the topics considered by the sixty participants at this meeting. Evidence of the existence and use of LTAs was given by Mrs. Elnora Portteus in her paper entitled: "The Role of Library Technical Assistants - Actual and Potential," in which…

The Title I Program in the Fremont Unified School District is located at two target schools. Currently there are 39 instructional aides employed. Aides were recruited through letters to parents and notices on shopping center bulletin boards in the target area. A committee including the principals of the two schools, the resource teachers, and a…

A freshman English program, English 110, was instituted at a large state university with a two-fold purpose: to teach freshman composition more effectively and to use the teaching staff more efficiently. The program was initiated on a two-semester basis and made mandatory for all entering freshmen. After one semester of the new program, an…