A study examined the mentor-protege relationship from the standpoint of both the mentor and the protege. A total of 160 participants (87 women and 73 men), ranging in age from 19 to 52, were administered a questionnaire designed to ascertain the following information: the stage of life at which most adults acquire mentors, differences between men…

The Consultant/Linker Knowledge and Skills Inventory is used to assess both existing and needed levels of knowledge and skills for consulting with school staff. The inventory is self-administered, and requires 20 to 30 minutes to complete. For each item, knowledge and skill are rated low, medium, or high; and need for improvement is rated none,…

A context for continuing professional education is given, and a process of encouraging the university and practicing professionals to combine efforts for program quality. A Practice Audit Model is proposed to facilitate this relationship; it is a systematic process for identifying the educational needs of the practitioner who has a well-developed…

Advice is given to course teams from the Social Sciences faculty at the Open University in England on the proper use of educational consultants. Practical suggestions on the selection of appropriate tasks for consultants and of consultants for tasks are followed by suggestions on briefing, contracting, and maintaining liaison with consultants.…

The issue raised by this paper is whether the site administrator needs to have formal evaluation skills. These skills are not necessary when there is a competent administrator and a competent evaluator who uses his or her skills within the context of a harmonious relationship with the school staff. However, the rarity of such a relationship,…

The purposes of the school management training project were to study the outcome of experimental activities in the field of school management training; to describe the various forms of training occurring in the different training sectors; and to study the outcome of these various forms of training. The two-year training consisted of training…

Scientists and science writers are often thought to be at odds about the goals and strategies of communicating scientific information to the public. However, a value judgment underlies the "raison d' etre" for scientific communications and links the diffusion of information about science with an ensuing public trust for science. Scientists and…

Early computers dealt with mathematical and scientific problems requiring very little input and not much output, therefore high speed printing devices were not required. Today with increased variety of use, high speed printing is necessary and Computer Output Microfilm (COM) devices have been created to meet this need. This indirect process can…

The concept of management by consent is examined in an assessment of management techniques within academe. Issues that are analyzed include what is involved in an organization of consent and factors heralding the organizations of consent, such as (1) the view of management as a semi-profession, and (2) the spread of "matrism," which is…

The high incidence of divorce today has surfaced the emotional/legal issues involved in the divorce process. Mental health clinicians recognize the severe emotional trauma which divorced couples experience. The interdependency of the marital relationship is severed and each member must face that loss. A continuing relationship is often required…

This publication examines the relationships between research and development organizations and school systems. The stereotyped views that members of each kind of organization have of one another and the actual differences between them are explored. The views of both research and development personnel and school personnel were obtained through…

The district-wide educational committee structure of Maricopa County Community College district is elucidated. These committees fall into five categories: (1) District-wide Policy and Management Committee, (2) District-wide Service Committees, (3) District-wide Instructional Councils, (4) New Program Development Committees, and (5) Faculty…

This descriptive study concerns problems in teaching as perceived by 75 beginning elementary school teachers. Two data-gathering instruments were developed: a 10-item open-ended questionnaire and a partially structured interview guide. The responses of the questionnaire were classified according to qualitative and quantitative data. The…

The continued existence and value of teacher aides in school districts throughout America is dependent on the successful manipulation of a number of variables. These are quite divergent and vary from school district to school district and often within individual schools. The successful operation of each teacher aide program depends on the…

Notes that the position of head of a school is crucial at the beginning when children go to a school because the whole tone of the school is set by the attitude of the head. The way the head thinks affects the children and the staff and the staff's attitude to the children. (Author/AM)