One hundred thirty participants at 27 Educational Planning Committee (EPC) meetings were surveyed to determine which professional roles were viewed as most important to the educational planning and placement process for individual handicapped students. EPC participants rank ordered the 15 roles most often represented in the meetings according to…

THE TASKS PERFORMED BY VISITING TEACHERS AS IDENTIFIED BY VISITING TEACHERS, THE ACTUAL TASK PERFORMANCE OF VISITING TEACHERS AS VIEWED BY PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOL DIAGNOSTICIANS, AND THE TASKS THAT VISITING TEACHERS SHOULD PERFORM ACCORDING TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL WERE STUDIED. DATA WAS OBTAINED THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES. THE FIRST SECTION…

A study was conducted (as one aspect of an intervention program in Head Start classes) to explore the consequences of the interjection of the observer into the classroom, with particular emphasis on the teacher's reactions to this attempt to supply a dimension of understanding about the classroom to supplement his own perspective. In a case study…

In this study, research and related literature were reviewed to determine major administrative problem areas in the employment of teacher aides and to develop guidelines for administration of teacher aide programs related to each of the problem areas identified. Then, with a random sampling of those Missouri school districts reporting the use of…

Two phases (the experimental phase and the redirection and polishing phase) of a three-phase program for the inservice training of paraprofessional school personnel have been completed. Based on a career line approach, the program was designed to feature a relaxed selection criteria and personal counseling visits for trainees, college accredited…

The data in this study of the role and status of teacher aides were taken from six consolidated city school districts, 14 suburban central schools, and 36 rural central school districts in New York State. Questionnaires were received from 133 principals, 650 supervising teachers, and 407 teacher aides. The data did not disclose large differences…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for the final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This document briefly reports on the need for a course administrator to perform non-instructional functions which have been…

The importance and unique responsibilities of school health personnel are stressed. (MM)

The article discusses the role of the teacher in the subnormality hospital school (schools in hospitals for the mentally handicapped) in Great Britain. (DLS)

Tells how a yearbook staff produced a phonograph record to accompany the yearbooks; offers suggestions to aid other staffs in record production. (GW)

Suggested are staff reorganization measures and role changes for residential centers for the mentally retarded in Queensland, Australia. (CL)

Examines the inherent differences between the roles of grievance arbitrator, fact-finder, and interest arbitrator and discusses the skills and insights the interest arbitrator needs to fulfill his role. Available from: Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 West Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60646. (JG)

Uses a systems approach to organizational theory to argue that technical communicators function as "boundary spanners," who make sense of and disseminate information required for coordination between organizational groups, and for effective responses to the environment. (JAD)

A Saturday visual arts enrichment program employs a differentiated staffing pattern using a master teacher as mentor for both high school students and teacher trainees. (CL)

A gifted facilitator for junior high students describes her role in providing direct services (including teaching academic course content and higher level thinking skills) and indirect services (such as consulting with parents, teachers, and mentors). She presents a case example of a gifted 7th grader interested in architecture. (CL)