In the fall of 2003 a number of factors came together to create a fertile environment for developing an alternative, pre-service teacher education model. The overarching goal of the model is to diversify a rural university's credential program(s) by developing and offering alternative paths toward teacher certification within the constraints of a…

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) students experience harassment, alienation, and violence in schools. Several school-based interventions have been suggested to provide a safe and effective learning environment for these students, but few have been evaluated or investigated experimentally. This review utilizes A. K. Ellis' (2001)…

A doctoral research study was conducted on the job-specific information and assistance needs of beginning principals and the types of induction strategies that helped or hindered their first year in the principalship. Study subjects consisted of all individuals appointed to their first principal position in Washington or Oregon public school…

The third of six volumes in the "Elementary Principal Series," this booklet is intended for beginning elementary principals desiring to develop an effective communications plan for reaching their various publics. The principal plays a key role in controlling both the quantity and quality of school communications. Although principals may…

Both faculty and students need guidance so that problems in the use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) are minimized and benefits are maximized. To introduce new or unfamiliar faculty to CAI, it would be beneficial to hold a seminar where the novices in computer use could learn from staff members who had already taught computer-assisted…

This policies and procedures manual was designed to orient faculty and staff members to the organization and operation of Tarrant County Junior College District. The manual, which provides well defined lines of authority and areas of responsibility, covers topics such as: the organization and services of the various offices concerned with…

England is in the process of changing to the metric system of measurement. This manual was prepared to help in the metrication training of persons who are directly involved in manipulations of metric units in their jobs or who are required to work with them. A method of organizing and controlling the training is outlined which provides for…

This study examines the relationship between job satisfaction and employee orientations of professionals in small rural hospitals. Organizational loyalty, peer loyalty and professional identification were used as predictors. Organizational loyalty was found to be the predominant orientation predicting job satisfaction. Replication in other…

Presents convincing arguments in favor of secondary school publications, lists titles and brief descriptions of student jobs in putting out various publications, and suggests means of getting out student publications even when no journalism classes are offered. (RB)

Of all the facets of a school faculty's make-up, one of the most important is orientation toward objectives. This is the faculty attitude that creates an educational atmosphere in which goals are formulated, developed, and brought to fruition. (Author)

With the tremendous growth of innovation in education in recent years, the need to "tune up the staff has appeared as an essential ingredient. The days of change through administrative directives have disappeared with the rise in teacher militancy and competency. (CK)

Improvement in the use of communication techniques within a given school will lead to increased staff support for the school program and administrators. (CK)

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 the components and overall strategy of a fully integrated and comprehensive program to train and develop the staff at the Institute of Electrical Research in Cuernavaca, Mexico. (FM)