The author outlines ways to integrate work identity and social identity in order to improve the quality of life. He presents a model for maintaining balance between personal and professional growth, which can stimulate achievement in six areas of human potential. (SK)

Two levels of prevention can be used to counter the key stressors of personnel at work; the first deals with organizational techniques and the second with individual techniques such as systematic desensitization, biofeedback, or aerobic exercise. (Author)

General educator-special educator collaboration is discussed. Advantages include professional exchange of ideas and sharing of resources; barriers include a feeling by staff of lack of ownership and lack of power in decision making, and the perception that goals are incompatible; promising practices include clarifying goals and developing…

This booklet addresses issues concerning the various responsibilities of trustees on governing boards of independent colleges and universities. Introductory information notes the increasing complexity and significance of the trusteeship role and its unique context in independent institutions. The booklet distinguishes between board and individual…

Intended for faculty, staff, and volunteers who represent an institution of higher education in student recruiting efforts, the handbook offers guidelines for counseling college-bound young people as well as practical suggestions for everyday problems encountered when "on the road." Individual chapters are as follows: "Your Role as an Outreach…

Cognitive and operational difficulties that may ensue from the modification of teacher role into teacher/advisor role can be alleviated by the adoption of four sequential processes. Teachers and administrators involved in role change must pass through the stages of: (1) modifying the old role to include the new; (2) identifying with the new role…

A list of trustee responsibilities, as adapted from a private college's trustee handbook, includes suggestions for active involvement in decision making, self-education about the institution and issues, and participation in meetings. (MSE)

College administrators must find a balance between their administrative roles and the responsibility of assuring academic freedom to faculty. When they do this well, most administrative problems are resolved without excessive difficulty. Appropriate managerial strategies can help mediate professional/administrative conflict. (MSE)

This sequel to the study, "New Perspectives on Curriculum Implementation" (1981), was desgiend to ensure that curriculum planners have ready access to concrete planning strategies for effective curriculum implementation at the local level. In the first section, a review of the literature offers users' and organizations' perspectives on…

The nature of mentoring and the role of faculty in mentoring college students are discussed, and some guiding principles in the mentoring relationship are outlined. These address the quality of communication between mentor and student, the mentor's role as sounding board and knowledgeable reference, understanding one's own limitations, helping…

This paper investigates cross-generational communication between adolescents and adults, using various published references from the fields of communication, psychology, and human development. In the first two sections ("Adult-Adolescent Role Conflicts" and "Adult-Adolescent Power Struggles") the paper argues that confusion…

The handbook is a compilation of ideas which evolved during the pilot year of the Northwest Area Foundation Grant Project, Rural Based Teacher Education Program. The first section addresses: the types of roles linking agents can serve; who can serve as a linking agent; who will be the client; the steps recommended for a linking agent-client…

The guidelines address the qualifications, training, and functions of occupational and physical therapists in working with handicapped children in Maryland public schools. A section on personnel lists job specifications (salary scale, education, experience, employment conditions, examples and essential requirements of work) for four levels of…

Resulting from a 3 year project to develop competency based programs for camp personnel working with the physically handicapped, the four field guides task analyze the roles of the camp secretary, camp nurse, camp food services staff, and camp maintenance supervisor. All guides contain an introduction and information on general duties, job…

This self-instructional manual offers knowledge and skills needed to make reliable and accurate perceptual evaluations about teacher candidates. The first chapter describes traditional approaches to the study of teacher effectiveness and the problems that necessitate the formulation of new approaches. Chapter Two describes the research and…