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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Research. – 1978
This report, the seventh in a series concerning school calendars, examines teacher attendance patterns. Pupil attendance falls off from the September high point to reach a low point in February, whereupon the trend is reversed through June. Outside temperature and student patterns are similar. A sample of New York State public school districts was…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Research Reports, School Schedules, Teacher Attendance
Elliott, Peggy Gordon – The Practitioner, 1982
Data on teacher absenteeism in the U.S. as a whole as well as in specific states and districts indicate that the problem is serious and growing. A review of research findings on more than 15 factors affecting teacher absenteeism shows that time of year, levels of faculty agreement and community support, teacher interdependence, and requirements…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Costs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Hill, T. Susan – Updating School Board Policies, 1982
Teacher absenteeism is a growing problem, according to this short guide on reducing absenteeism. The author briefly reviews the research data on absenteeism from national, state, and district sources. She lists the average costs of teacher substitution by district size and the characteristics of both districts and teachers with bad absence…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
School Administrator's Policy Portfolio, 1982
Techniques that reduced teacher absences from 8.7 to 7.6 per year in the Milwaukee Public Schools are described in this report. The techniques include (1) information, in each new teacher's orientation kit, on the district's attitude toward good attendance, (2) articles about sick leave in the staff bulletin, (3) periodic reminders and training…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Download full textLipoff, Elise – Here's How, 1991
Disabilities and illnesses are becoming an increasing problem for all employers. To understand the problems unique to schools, 76 elementary and middle school principals were surveyed and indepth interviews were conducted with over a dozen of them. Nearly 70 percent reported that, over the past 2 years, they had between 1 and 5 teachers absent for…
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Elementary Education
Jones, Kevin R. – Here's How, 1999
This news brief presents information on managing substitute teaching. The information is based on issues discussed at a summit meeting which included public school administrators and personnel directors from around the nation. The main topics of concern focused around four core components related to the management of substitute teaching:…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Employee Absenteeism, Inservice Teacher Education
