The activities and procedures for Education Service Center, Region 20, Evaluation Services' time accounting system are described. Each individual in the evaluation component at the end of the working day records his or her time spent on an activity. This is done through the use of the time accounting form which is completed and turned in weekly to…

AN EVALUATIVE STUDY OF STAFF UTILIZATION PATTERNS WAS UNDERTAKEN WITH FOUR MAJOR GOALS--TO MEASURE STUDENT PROGRESS UNDER VARIOUS TEAM PATTERNS, TO DETERMINE STUDENT AND TEACHER REACTION TO NEW DESIGNS AND PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF TEAM TEACHING, TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR MORE DEFINITIVE EVALUATIVE PROCEDURES, AND TO ESTABLISH STRONGER, MORE WORKABLE…

This bibliography lists 121 books, papers and pamphlets; 306 articles and excerpts from books; and 11 theses dealing principally with persons employed in schools who have less than full professional qualifications including volunteers and nonprofessionals. Most of the items listed appeared in the last five years, but earlier material has also been…

This bibliography was compiled during a selective review of the literature on team teaching by two staff members of the Upper Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory. It contains approximately 120 ERIC documents; 20 SRIS documents (School Research Information Service); 130 books and pamphlets; 7 films; 700 periodicals; and 120 reports, papers,…

This report concerns the Six Institutions' Consortium efforts toward interinstitutional co-operation in faculty development, 1969-73. Emphasis is placed on faculty support and faculty fellowships, Consortium efforts have produced a beneficial impact on each member institution. Appendices include related material. (MJM)

ERIC abstracts on differentiated staffing, announced in RIE through March 1971, are presented. The key terms used in compiling this collection are "differentiated staffs,""staff utilization,""paraprofessional school personnel," and "teacher aides." The following information is presented for each document: Author, title, place of publication,…

This conceptual design of a model of staff differentiation is divided into a staffing sub-model and an implementation sub-model. The design enables a school system leadership to provide its component schools with the means for implementing a staff differentiation model designed for the individual school. The staffing sub-model is designed to…

This publication is designed for use with local school district staff members to provide information concerning the development of differentiated staffs on the basis of functional requirements. It is quasi-programed to provide stimuli to search for new alternatives to staff organization. After defining the terms, the authors consider the various…

This taxonomy of teacher performance is geared to individualization among teachers. The procedure used in developing this taxonomy involved the specification and selection of a data bank of teacher behaviors, the organization of these behaviors into a meaningful structure, a deductive process of modifying the structure to better correspond to the…

The study has produced a description of the Library System that can be stated in quantitative statements with an assurance of accuracy not possible previously. The data provide a means of reformulating value statements into factual statements directly or provide a base line from which to determine what additional data are needed to make factual…

This speech is a preview of the report prepared by the Commission on Academic Tenure. Following a review of the Commission's history, four major areas are reviewed. These areas include salient facts about the current operations of the tenure system, central tendencies of the Commission's findings and recommendations, an outline of the Commission's…

This book is a guide for educators or administrators responsible for implementing a teacher aide program. Eleven chapters are devoted to answering questions grouped under major areas of concern. These chapters include the teacher aide concept, goals and benefits of teacher aide programs, the question of volunteer or paid aides, legal status and…

A planning process is advocated and the elements (strategic, operational, and budgetary), contents, and flow of the process are outlined. Necessary staff work and experiences in the use of various institutional planning techniques are discussed. (Author/LBH)

An outline for school physicians developed during an investigation of support services for special education programs in Washington state provides information on possible contributions they might make to such programs (other than the provision of direct medical care to students). (MJB)

Reviews a typical opening day for teachers, replete with insufficient socializing, boring speeches, and motivational badgering. Presents alternative models based on (1) outright socializing; or (2) a planned program with staff participation. Empty rituals are a waste of valuable staff time and taxpayers' money. (MLH)