The New Jersey Education Association analyzes the job description provision in the state's new teacher evaluation regulations and presents a suggested job description for New Jersey's tenured teachers. (SJL)

In July 1980 a new state regulation went into effect requiring South Carolina schools to employ art, music, and physical education specialists for the elementary grades. In this interview, Thomas Hatfield, a state Department of Education art consultant, discusses the lobbying leading to this regulation and its potential impact. (SJL)

Providing incentives for teachers of adults is an important means of attracting, retaining, and stimulating staff. Developing a variety of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards and incentives and instituting them effectively are important administrative functions. (SK)

As a result of the Brown v Board of Education court decision, thousands of educational positions which would have gone to Blacks in the South have been lost, although gains in school positions for Blacks have occurred in other parts of the country. (RLV)

The formal retraining of experienced teachers from one field or level of specialization to another is one response to problems created by changing job markets within the teaching profession. (JD)

The Association of Teachers of Ethnic Minorities was formed to highlight the problems of minority pupils, parents, and teachers in Leicestershire. Some of its pressure campaigns are described. (SJL)

Focuses on the process economics departments process used to screen placement applicants in tenure-track professorships. Argues that the research seminar and guest lecture methods be integrated in this process to ensure that candidates are gifted in both research and teaching. Discusses the benefits and costs of this integrated screening method.…

Outlines concerns that cause beginning teachers to leave rural schools. Discusses components of an overall teacher recruitment strategy, benefits of living and teaching in rural areas, and possible teacher incentives. Lists teacher retention strategies based on community or social environment, staff development, support procedures, or incentives.…

Management of personnel in the field of education has been largely piecemeal, and the absence of a coherent approach to recruitment, training, remuneration, and promotion policies has exacerbated problems of local shortages and surpluses in specific subject areas. It is argued that, where a large and highly trained workforce--such as teachers--is…

This paper examines the demand for teachers in the United Kingdom and establishes the factors which determine teacher shortages. Policy options aimed at alleviating these shortages are suggested. (Author)

Offers statistics on employment placement as reported by PhD-granting English departments in United States universities. Discusses the departments surveyed and number of doctoral recipients reported, their placement in and outside higher education, numbers of PhDs awarded to men and women and their placement, numbers and placements of minorities,…

Analyzes data from the 1989 Survey of Doctorate Recipients to evaluate racial segmentation of the academic labor market along geographic and disciplinary lines. Finds that black faculty in the sciences and engineering are found disproportionately in southern, historically black institutions; areas with sizable black populations; and, independent…

Two legal cases depict affirmative action as the primary source of racial tensions within school operations: "Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education" (1986) and "United States v. Board of Education of the Township of Piscataway" (1993). Pre-established policies of preferential treatment have no place in today's teacher-employment…

Describes the teacher shortage and details characteristics of the current generation of potential teachers for private schools, including their work-to-live perspective, independence, and reliance on computers and communication technologies. Asserts that community outreach should be an essential element of recruitment efforts. Outlines aspects of…

Describes ongoing research on part-time teaching in selected Alberta (Canada) school districts. Themes include benefits and drawbacks of part-time teaching for individuals, students, and schools; incentives to attract part-time teachers; effects on principals in small schools; rural-urban differences; driving forces; and implications for the…