Condensed from "The School Administrator , (Summer 1969), 11-12.

School district superintendents were asked to make personnel decisions that involved potential domestic conflict. Sex bias was clearly reflected, the most striking examples occurring in response to situations (travel opportunities, change of residence, leaves for child care) that implied conflict between job responsibilities and family…

Presents the 41-item questionnaire used to identify superintendents' stressful situations in the survey reported in the preceding article. Tells superintendents how to rate themselves on each item to determine their Stress Quotient (S.Q.) and how to interpret the results. (RW)

Concerning their study of Wisconsin school superintendents, the authors comment briefly on small differences between their own tactics for modeling mobility and the tactics used by some others, including Schmittlein and Morrison. (Author/MLF)

A school superintendent has the responsibility to ensure that school district purchasing is handled legally and to the benefit of the district. (Author/MLF)

Presents some steps the superintendent can take to encourage academic excellence in his/her district. Provides guidelines to use in working with a curriculum committee. (IRT)

Describes how one school district involved the community in choosing a new superintendent. The focal point of the selection process was a day-long ordeal in which all finalists participated in a series of interviews, tours of the district, and meetings with various segments of the community. (IRT)

Offers advice to boards that are taken aback by the actions of newly hired superintendents. The advice ranges from giving the superintendent room to work to going public with the board's grievances. (IRT)

By utilizing assessment centers, the competencies of educational administrators can be measured before hiring or promotion. (Author/JM)

Offers brief profiles of women who are the superintendents of instruction in their states or territories and comments on the similarities in their backgounds. (IRT)

Reviews reasons for administrator stress and suggest a remedy: professional support groups. (JM)

Superintendents explain methods they have used to introduce new school board members to the nature of the office they hold. (IRT)

Reports on observations of school superintendents conducted to see what they actually do on the job. Found that a superintendent's work is not as planned and organized as it is sometimes said to be because superintendents can't control the use of their own time and are frequently interrupted. (Author/IRT)

Notes that the few women who attain the heights in school management typically come from the ranks of classroom teachers, university instructors, curriculum directors, or specialties such as counseling, research, communications, or learning disabilities. (Author)

The 50 black superintendents in the nation constitute just over one-fourth of one percent of the 16,000 school superintendents. (AM)