This article describes some of the important provisions of PL 94-142 and outlines the extent of the building principal's involvement in their implementation. It discusses the principal's role in coordinating mainstreaming efforts between regular and special education personnel and suggests strategies for facilitating regular teachers' acceptance…

The author outlines steps for organizing a successful workshop. A planning checklist and flow chart are included. (SJL)

Identifies eight competencies needed to implement a school public relations program and reviews some of the basic ideas associated with each competency. (Author)

The field-centered intern program at East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas, is an approach to identifying and developing competencies that the principal needs. (Author/MLF)

Drawing on H.R. Davis' A VICTORY model of factors associated with organizational change, the article argues that accepted models of educational evaluation will be most useful with programs for mainstreaming handicapped children when they are expanded to include critical factors associated with organizational acceptance and successful…

The author states that schools have public relations whether they want them or not. He presents a practical ten-point checklist for unPR, a method for undoing or reversing or averting bad public relations. (KC)

The time has gone when educational institutions could let surplus cash sit idly in checking accounts. Ways of making money work are outlined. (Author/MLF)

Despite the existence of tenure laws, it is possible to remove an incompetent tenured teacher, and administrators should do no less when the welfare of children is at stake. (Author/JG)

The head of a firm that specializes in developing, operating, and evaluating after-school programs for schools and districts provides a useful guide to their planning, staffing, and sustainability. (Author)

Presents guidelines regarding graduate student recruitment and application, advising and course work, standards for teaching and other professional experience, and grievances. (SG)

Considers how excessive reliance on an adjunct faculty can damage individual faculty members, students, institutions, and the profession. Urges college and university administrators to make new and concerted efforts to eliminate excessive and irresponsible adjunct faculty appointments, to improve employment conditions for essential adjunct faculty…

Presents guidelines that deal with digital media and the hiring, reappointment, tenure, and promotion processes. Notes that these guidelines are designed to help departments and faculty members implement effective evaluation procedures. Concludes when institutions seek work with digital media, and faculty members express interest in it, the…

Outlines guidelines for effective appraisal of day care center staff. Lists 11 questions for employers to ask themselves about their role in their employees' performance. Includes observations about performance evaluations from the management literature. (DR)

Suggestions for board members to help them meet their obligations with proficiency and diplomacy include attend meetings with homework complete, know the rules, focus on policy not administration, advocate more than criticize, build consensus on important discussions, encourage risk taking by administrators, etc. (MLW)

Developed at Texas A and M University, the Management Profile is a strategy for management skills building for school administrators. To show how it has been utilized, a particular experiment with a group of principals is examined. Plans for further development of skills building strategies are mentioned. (SI)