To discover how teachers feel about a bonus program designed to give stipends to teachers with few absences, the author surveyed teachers in two elementary schools, one an urban school with a heterogeneous student body and the other suburban and homogeneous. By using a questionnaire, information was gathered on (1) standard demographic…

Several studies have suggested that screening decisions made by principals are biased by the age of teacher candidates. This study analyzed the effects of age, position desired, quality of information, and quantity of information about the candidate on screening decisions. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

Telephone interviews with 1977-79 graduates in elementary education from the State University of New York at Cortland revealed that between 32 and 42 percent of the graduates in each year had obtained full-time teaching positions. (Author/WD)

Perceptions of childcare teachers in for-profit and non-profit centers were examined. Previous research indicates that childcare teachers earn consistently low wages, have little employee benefits and are dissatisfied with their work environments. This study further explores the employment issues and work environments that childcare teachers…

The purpose of this study was to compare secondary agricultural educators' perceptions of the benefits and problems associated with teaching agricultural education and being involved in other part-time employment activities. The sample consisted of 107 agricultural educators nonrandomly selected from three states. Sixty-nine usable questionnaires…

This study was conducted to determine the degree to which a randomly selected sample of teachers in Mississippi and Louisiana (N=291) experience various types of work-related problems. It provides an opportunity to either confirm or deny the findings of previous studies, many of them limited by various methodological problems. Data were collected…

Recent federal legislative and executive actions on non-discriminatory processes in employment and promotion will have implications in the future for the hiring, certification, and admission of individuals into the teaching profession. Procedures for entry into teaching are in need of revision to assure that all applicants are treated in an…

This report presents basic data collected from 68 retirement systems on major legal provisions of state and local retirement systems to which teachers belong. The overview contains information on: (1) membership in state and local systems; (2) creditable service eligibility from prior service, military service, in-state nonteaching service, and…

The information reported in this paper is based on data from the Professional Personnel Register for the school years 1967-68 through 1974-75. The paper presents a comparison of the employment patterns by curriculum for all teachers employed in the public schools of Michigan during these periods. It illustrates patterns of employment of all…

This study reviews current literature relating to methods of selection and recruitment of teachers and describes some of the more innovative techniques suggested by practicing administrators and recruiting agencies. Emphasis is given to the importance of establishing sound criteria and workable techniques of teacher selection, together with…

This study by the Rand Corporation is part of a series analyzing the educational personnel system. This report focuses on the principal educational manpower policy problem--the teacher surplus. Specifically, a number of alternative projections are developed for the market for teachers, showing policy issues that will arise if the current…

Analysis of questionnaires completed by 95 special education graduate students who had received a traineeship indicated that only a small percentage did not find employment in handicapped related settings, while 74.7 percent found employment directly related to teaching handicapped children. (CL)

In 1981, a study was undertaken for the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) to compare CCC's faculty personnel practices with those of 30 other urban community colleges. Twelve areas of concern for future bargaining negotiations were studied: (1) faculty salaries; (2) overload compensation; (3) compensation for substitution; (4) nature of…

An urban school district developed strategies for recruiting and retaining minority teachers. Examination of data on teachers hired over a 3-year period found the retention rate for African American teachers was slightly higher than that of European American teachers. Teachers with at least 3 years' experience in the district were surveyed as to…

Based on data compiled from the U.S. Census Bureau "Current Population Survey" (March 1989), this report compares the average annual earnings of teachers to the average annual earnings of college graduates in full-time, salaried, nonteaching positions in six states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South…