In collaboration with teachers, teacher librarians have a positive impact on student achievement in content areas, information literacy, and reading motivation and ability. Current professional issues of teacher librarians include role clarification, appropriate preservice education, standards for student information literacy, articulation of…

Examines the latest generation of time management strategies for persons within an organization, and focuses on enhancing relationships and improving effectiveness rather than efficiency. Suggests that our lives should be structured such that we spend time on activities that are important but not urgent (long-range planning, preventative…

Reviews "cutback management" and "crisis management" literature and suggests four approaches for school trustees: recognize the problem for what it is; recognize your particular dilemma; don't stall, set priorities; and do it in a way that will elicit cooperation, not competing advocacies. (BRR)

The article is an analysis of recent readings on the accountability of classroom teachers. It characterizes, defines, and explains several types of accountability and notes a trend toward compromise within the accountability movement in the areas of blending human goals and behavioral science and redefining the teaching-learning act. (SB)

Reviews the literature on effective in-service teacher education. Discusses attributes of effective staff development, the need for comprehensive collaborative planning, reasons why staff development activities fail to affect classroom practices, and effective evaluation of staff development programs. Contains 21 references. (SV)

Twinning, or clustering, is the sharing of resources to promote school improvement. A preferred alternative to school consolidation, twinning makes small schools economically viable. Describes the range of cooperative ventures, ways that schools can collaborate, and the advantages and disadvantages of clustering. Presents a list of principles…

School districts dependent on outside resources must develop skills for securing educational resources, including competencies in collaborative, creative, and principled resource management. Constructive negotiations between local and provincial levels of government can improve relationships and support the development of collaborative…