These guidelines have been designed to support and upgrade English as a field of study and to suggest certain standards, approaches, and materials that will strengthen junior and senior high school English departments. The guidelines deal with several areas that have relevance for English instruction: philosophy; curriculum and instruction…

Numerous topics related to the teaching of English are discussed in this paper. Separate sections deal with changes in the teaching of English between 1965 and 1975 and problems faced by English teachers and by schools in 1975; topics that may be discussed at departmental meetings in an attempt to work out a detailed rationale for a school's…

Teaching and job responsibilities of full-time English teachers at St. Louis Community College at Meramec are specified in this document in order to help instructors improve the quality of instruction, to provide reliable evaluation standards, and to aid in staff selection. They also demonstrate the diversity of teacher functions and provide…