Offers helpful tips for school newspaper advisers to pass to administrators in order to build a better scholastic journalism program and to move the administration toward detente with the student press. (HOD)

Lists some reasons why supervisors are often among the first personnel to be cut in a budget crunch, then lists six abilities essential for the survival of supervisors in education's changing climate. (JM)

Using survey data, this article outlines the steps administrators can take to create effective community involvement. A table details the task assignment and evaluation of community members in such roles as consultant or member of a task force or committee. (JM)

Advice is offered to alumni administrators who recruit and organize alumni volunteers to serve on the board of directors. Major tasks include: understanding the purposes of the board, selecting the best members, determining what needs to be done, evaluating each member, and forming committees. (JMD)

Suggests ways of judging teacher performance based on the five basic steps in the teacher evaluation process: (1) gathering information and making judgments; (2) holding the evaluation conference; (3) identifying areas needing improvement; (4) providing assistance; and (5) guiding the teacher out of teaching if improvement cannot be made.…

Traces the history of teacher assessment and of research on classroom interactions. Lists key elements in an assessment program. Discusses the need for trained assessors, teacher cooperation, and reevaluation. (WD)

This article describes some of the important provisions of PL 94-142 and outlines the extent of the building principal's involvement in their implementation. It discusses the principal's role in coordinating mainstreaming efforts between regular and special education personnel and suggests strategies for facilitating regular teachers' acceptance…

Examines differences between a department chairperson and a department head, changes in the author's English department since he became department chairperson, ways a chairperson can gain departmental support for proposals, and problems and gratifications of being a department chairperson. (GT)

Identifies eight competencies needed to implement a school public relations program and reviews some of the basic ideas associated with each competency. (Author)

The report most frequently heard in successful schools is that rules are carefully and openly developed, clearly announced, firmly enforced, and consistently applicable to everyone. (Author)

Reviews important supervision functions that support quality media programs in school libraries at the district level. (Author/CMV)

The author presents ideas on what the school administrator should know in order to successfully manage conflict situations so that the conflict does not impede school functioning, and suggests that proper handling of the inevitable conflict situations that arise can bring about group cohesiveness and unity. (KC)

Muses in journal entries on the differences between teaching writing and administering a writing program--missing the ego rush and the "power thing" of teaching, and feeling "like a traitor" in having gone over to the "other side." Suggests that the essay might serve as a archival document. (PA)

Encourages the library manager to develop a facility for "reframing," or seeing a situation from several viewpoints in succession. This technique can aid in problem solving and in effecting change in organizational culture. Frames listed include structural, human-resource related, political, or symbolic, and practical considerations…

Presents strategies for child care directors' professional development: (1) experience the concept of balance physically through yoga or another activity; (2) think of roles as a triangle comprised of managing and overseeing tasks, teaching and coaching, and building and supporting community; (3) get out of isolation through networking; and (4)…