The use of audiovisual material such as slide narrations and audio-videotape recording is of assistance to beginning teachers seeking employment. (LH)

Discusses the current shortage of qualified physics teachers and possible reasons for this shortage. (BT)

Answers to 10 questions about teacher licensure are presented along with information on how to facilitate the process. An insert describes the Northeast Regional Credential established by the New England states and New York. (SM)

Describes a university's strategy for screening and hiring talented language faculty, including required qualifications, interviews at professional conventions, candidate ranking, on-campus visits, and existing faculty evaluation of potential faculty. (CB)

Increases in costs to colleges and universities for employee health insurance have risen as much as 20 to 30 percent annually, requiring adjustments to control costs, a new philosophy of sharing costs with employees, increased proportions of payroll (now 6.1 percent) going for health care costs, and reductions in work force size. (DB)

Offers editorial opinion and excerpts from letters discussing pension requirements for teachers in the Soviet Union. Criticizes the policy of requiring teachers to put in a strictly enforced number of years of service to become eligible to receive a pension. (DK)

Discusses the various types of consulting jobs available to teachers, noting several places to begin seeking positions within the community. The paper offers strategies for approaching companies and organizations and suggests teachers attend educational conferences and meetings to make connections and create networks. (SM)

Responds to the article "The Past Need not be Prologue: Why Pessimism about Civic Education is Premature" by Stephen Earl Bennett. Addresses Bennett's (1) use of argument-by-exemplars, (2) discussion of William Bennett Munro, and (3) comments on the poor state of political science, increasing commitment to civic education, and attracting students.…

Describes the strategies and tactics that made the author's search for a tenure-track job in English a success. Describes the tenure-track position at precisely the kind of institution where faculty members were supposedly not open to the kind of work he does: the English Department at Drew University, essentially a small liberal arts college in…

Scottish primary teachers are trained via a 4-year Bachelor of Education (BEd) program or 1-year Postgraduate Certificate in Education. A survey of 234 headteachers and review of teacher evaluations revealed that most headteachers did not think that training route affected teaching quality, but a third of headteachers, all BEd-trained themselves,…

States that by planning from 6 to 12 months in advance, teachers can create a videotaped documentary of their professional work. Discusses guidelines to help preservice and experienced teachers develop the final product and provides tips for creating a videotape resume. (CMK)

Even at institutions where highly trained, highly motivated, and deeply committed part-timers teach, part-time instruction can adversely affect teaching, the support of students, the general quality of education, and morale in departments.

This article addresses due process requirements in the nonrenewal and dismissal of tenured and nontenured teachers. The Georgia Fair Dismissal Law is used as a basis for discussing the grounds for teacher dismissal. Dismissal grounds discussed are 1) incompetency; 2) insubordination; 3) willful neglect of duties; 4) immorality; 5) inciting,…

Compares part-time and full-time faculty in the areas of teaching experience; selection of course materials; use of instructional media, out-of-class activities, and support services; grading practices; and involvement in professional activities, indicating that the part-time teacher works under much less favorable conditions. (MB)

Discusses the cases for and against merit pay for teachers and concludes that the number of failures in using merit pay far outweigh the successes. (JC)