Assesses the impact of increases in the minimum wage on salary schedules, provides guidelines for creating a philosophy to deal with the impact, and outlines options and presents recommendations. (IRT)

Provides a seven-step process for creating a salary schedule that links administrator pay to the requirements and responsibilities of specific jobs. (Author/IRT)

Noting a growing consensus that inadequate compensation contributes to turnover among child care teachers and providers, and undermines the quality of services available to children through the state of California, this report presents compensation guidelines developed as a means for Title 5 child care centers and others in California to assess…

After describing the concept of comparable worth and reviewing arguments for and against the idea, the author proposes seven cautions for district administrators to heed when faced with the need to respond to the comparable worth issue and suggests a seven-step plan for taking action to improve pay equity. (PGD)

Outlines factors that led to success and to failure in merit pay programs for administrators. Briefly describes merit pay programs in several school districts. (IRT)

Each step involved in developing an objective salary schedule for school administrators and supervisors is explained in this booklet. The schedule is based on job analysis (division of each administrative job into its component parts) and job evaluation (assignment of numerical points to indicate the relative importance of each position). The…

Presents guidelines for establishing policies for teleconferencing facilities in colleges and universities. Areas highlighted include the purpose of the teleconferencing system (educational or administrative), type of delivery system, faculty concerns such as training and pay differential, curriculum development, support services, and funding.…

Questions and answers on North Carolina's Senate Bill 2, the School Improvement and Accountability Act, are presented in this booklet. General information about governance, assessment, and funding is provided in the first section. The next section explains setting specific student performance targets in the form of performance indicators. The…

This manual, intended as a training module for professionals involved in providing community-based vocational education, provides a thorough review of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as it applies to vocational education, training, and employment of students. Individual sections address the following topics: (1) relationship of the FLSA to…

This document presents information, guidelines, and resource materials to help law enforcement administrators address issues related to recruiting and retaining women in law enforcement. Its 14 chapters contain the following sections: statement of the problem; legal issues; possible solutions, model policies, and practices; expert assistance,…

It is believed that superintendents and principals, school board members, teachers, and employers and other lay citizens--in fact, all those persons who help to decide on public-school curriculum have need for a bulletin in which information is made available concerning work experience education programs. They should be informed about selected…