Agencies (N=287) reported the number of human services personnel (i.e., counselors, social workers, and psychologists) employed and the number of position vacancies anticipated for the mid- and late-1980s. Suggestions are made for future studies. (Author/ABB)

Quality Circles are a participative management technique allowing employees opportunities to participate in decisionmaking and problem-solving processes at work. A Wisconsin vocational school successfully implemented Quality Circles with management and nonmanagement staff participating. (MD)

Suggests restructuring the elementary school staff to better use each individual's talents and skills and to facilitate teachers' learning from one another. (TO)

The report considers the climate of participation, preparation given the staff, areas of decision making, the role of the professional staff association, and the reaction of staff to such participation. (Author)

Suggestions to principals for developing school philosophy and goals. (SP)

The intent of this paper is to review the most typical pertinent and significant research which indicates the directions being taken in personnel utilization. The aim is to provide an overview of the major aspects of personnel planning. (41 references) (Author/NH)

Excerpts from Texarkana and Gary: A Tale of Two Performance Contracts," Childhood Education Magazine, March 1971; reports on observations made during visit to Gary, Indiana, school under contract to Behavioral Research Laboratories. (RT)

Although the house staff is responsible for an important part of medical students' training, the house staff generally has little preparation for teaching. (IR)

An official in the Florida Department of Education describes the state's activities in "studying and planning for the implementation of differentiated staffing. (Editor/LS)

Reviews concepts and practices related to various aspects of staffing. Also considers the division of responsibilities and assignment of tasks for individual staff members and for the entire agency, along with the different decisional strategies related to each. (CT)

Describes two plans that use pupil weighting as part of a program to give teachers relief from oversized classes. (IRT)