Outlines the steps boards should follow in doing a search for hiring a new superintendent. (MD)

Suggests standards for hiring reading specialists. (MKM)

Lists superintendent characteristics boards of education most often specified as desirable and suggests behavioral patterns that will help develop the four qualities most sought by boards. (IRT)

Explains regulations and guidelines for becoming a professionally qualified librarian in England, revised by the Library Association. These regulations will affect students who begin post-graduate study in January 1981. The new structure of regulations for professional librarianship features a licentiateship, or two-year license, to practice as a…

This report describes specific requirements of Public Law 94-142 concerning the establishment of a Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) to ensure that qualified personnel deliver appropriate educational and related services to handicapped children and youth in Delaware. Various components of the CSPD are reviewed, including the…

Written documentation helps teachers highlight all of the extras they do that make a difference in education. The documentation includes a professional vita and written commentary, which are usually placed within professional portfolios. This paper examines essential features of the vita and written commentary, explaining how to collect necessary…

When it comes to teacher preparation, the support provided to new teachers, and ongoing professional development for working teachers, Grades K-12 and the field of early care and education (ECE) are two very different worlds. While both worlds assume that teachers' classroom skills and behavior can be influenced at multiple points in time (through…

This handbook includes teacher preparation and certification regulations adopted by the Kentucky State Board of Education through March 1983. State standards are delineated for: (1) statutory provisions relating to teacher education and certification; (2) teacher certification procedures; (3) ranking of teacher qualifications; (4) evaluation and…

This training course manual introduces and explains the juvenile counselor training course developed as part of the evaluation procedures for juvenile counselor candidates in the Standards and Training for Corrections Program in California. The manual provides information on the assumptions that guided the development of the course, the process by…

A review of the state requirements for engineering education reveals that the laws vary a great deal from state to state. Many laws contain special peculiarities that reflect various opinions about what constitutes the appropriate credentials for registration and reflect differing views concerning the methods as well as the importance of…

Current studies suggest that school districts may not be hiring the most promising graduates of teacher training programs. The first chapter of this publication reviews this research and proposes three possible explanations for the hiring failures: the complexity of the teaching function, insufficient attention to hiring, and inadequate selection…

Describes the responsibilities and recommended qualifications of a youth services department head. The importance of attention to statistics and library policy is emphasized. (MES)

Although years of research have not identified what guarantees a successful superintendent, the best indicators are skills dealing with others and knowing how to select good personnel. (MLF)

Selecting the architect is one of the keys to a successful school building project. Some general standards for evaluating architects can be applied in most situations. (Author/MLF)

This checklist of interview questions is offered as a resource from which to draw a common base for evaluating applicants for teaching positions. (MJL)