The purpose of this research was to investigate a formal principal mentoring program and report on perceived learning benefits and the well-being of the participants. The study highlights aspects of the mentoring relationship evidenced in the explicit and intentional development of school leaders. The empirical investigation used…

A survey of 77 Missouri high school principals revealed a traditional view of the school librarian as one who purchases, processes, and circulates books and provides occasional reference services. Skills indicating involvement with the instructional process rated average in importance. Principals did not view library media specialists as teachers.…

The interpersonal values and role perceptions of a stratified random sample of vocational education teachers with less than one year's experience and their administrators were studied in Missouri. Data gathered through the use of three self-administered, mailed instruments were from teachers representing three groups who had (1) a baccalaureate…

This study gathered data to discover (1) if urban elementary school teachers in varying organizational climates held different values concerning disadvantaged students, and (2) if, in differing organizational climates, there were significant differences between teachers' and principles' values concerning disadvantaged students. Data from 16 Kansas…

Seventy-seven principals serving grades 7-12 in Missouri schools were surveyed to determine the differences between how principals view school librarians and how school librarians view themselves. Similarities occurred in the perceptions about the importance of a library program and inadequate funding. Views diverged most noticeably in terms of…

To find among industrial arts department chairmen, secondary school principals, and industrial arts teachers in Missouri the actual and ideal role perceptions of the chairman, 73 public senior high schools in the state employing two or more full-time industrial arts teachers with a department chairman were surveyed using a 2-part instrument…

This exploratory study was directed at an examination of role perceptions among four groups of subjects, two white and two black. The black samples are composed of adult hardcore unemployed men and adolescent boys in a special high school training program. One of the white samples also consisted of adolescents in the same program; the other was…

Data from a survey of local vocational advisory committees and secondary and postsecondary school administrators in Missouri were analyzed to determine each group's perception of advisory committee characteristics and the relative importance of its functions. Recommendations for vocational school personnel are suggested from the investigation…

A summary of an unpublished special problem by Katherine K. Hill, this paper found that Missouri Delta women are more similar than different despite varying economic levels. A Marriage Role Expectation Inventory of 37 statements was given to groups of women. The groups included professional and subprofessional Headstart personnel, members of…

To identify and describe extension role types, all educational assistants in the Small Farm Program, agricultural specialists, and community development and local government specialists in Missouri were asked to fill out questionnaires asking how frequently they performed 56 activities broadly representing what extension field staff might do.…

This Exemplary Activities Handbook for grade 6 is one of nine booklets that organize career education activities around subject matter areas. (There is one booklet each for grades K-6, one for grades 7-9, and one for grades 10-12.) The booklet is organized around these subject matter areas: Fine Arts, Guidance, Health and Physical Education,…

This Exemplary Activities Handbook for grade 5 is one of nine booklets that organize career education activities around subject matter areas. (There is one booklet each for grades K-6, one for grades 7-9, and one for grades 10-12.) The booklet is organized around these subject matter areas: Fine Arts, Guidance, Health and Physical Education,…

This Exemplary Activities Handbook for grade 4 is one of nine booklets that organize career education activities around subject matter areas. (There is one booklet each for grades K-6, one for grades 7-9, and one for grades 10-12.) The booklet is organized around these subject matter areas: Fine Arts, Guidance, Health and Physical Education,…

This Exemplary Activities Handbook for grade 3 is one of nine booklets that organize career education activities around subject matter areas. (There is one booklet each for grades K-6, one for grades 7-9, and one for grades 10-12.) The booklet is organized around these subject matter areas: Fine Arts, Guidance, Health and Physical Education,…

This Exemplary Activities Handbook for grade 2 is one of nine booklets that organize career education activities around subject matter areas. (There is one booklet each for grades K-6, one for grades 7-9, and one for grades 10-12.) The booklet is organized around these subject matter areas: Fine Arts, Guidance, Health and Physical Education,…