This project explored the activities and attitudes of Scottish teachers (N=50) on secondment to a variety of different bodies. The term "secondment" refers to the short-term assignment of a professional person from one institution to another, involving new forms of accountability and professional commitment. Three types of secondments…

Although Mississippi has no statutes for granting tenure to public school employees, state laws passed in 1953, 1974, and 1977 do provide for due process in case of teacher suspension or dismissal. To determine to what extent the state's 153 public school districts were implementing employee due process under the 1977 "School Employment…

Factors that influence teacher attrition are not well understood. Although past research has uncovered individual, work-related, and economic opportunity factors that influence teachers to leave their profession, more research is needed. This study (n=14,489) attempted to increase understanding of teacher's career decisions using data from the…

This study was designed to test the effects of a teaching candidate's age and the effect of the type of position under consideration on candidate ratings as assessed from a videotaped interview simulation. Independent variables manipulated were (1) candidate age in the taped interview (27 or 43 years old) and (2) the type of position under…

This report examines the teacher supply/demand balance nationally and in the western region of the United States and relates the findings to the larger issue of teacher quality. Chapter 1 reviews historical cycles of teacher supply and demand. The second chapter compares supply and demand for new teacher graduates in the western region and in 14…

Sources of supply of teachers relevant to District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) are discussed in this monograph. Subgroups traditionally available for recruitment into teaching include: (1) newly trained teachers; (2) migrating teachers; (3) re-entry teachers; (4) non-education majors; and (5) second-career professionals. The subgroups which…

This paper is a reassessment of an original research project (Oliver, 1980) that analyzed the way teachers had decided on lateral job change (i.e., change from one teaching position to another in the same district without a significant increase in pay). The purpose of the reassessment is to examine how the results obtained from the original…

All graduates of Eastern Illinois University from 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986 (n=9687) were compared on high school predictor scores (American College Testing--ACTs--and class ranks) and university grade point averages (GPA)--cumulative GPA, junior and senior GPA, and junior and senior GPA adjusted by removing professional education courses.…

Black teachers lost employment ground while White teachers gained employment ground in Kentucky's public schools between 1953-54 and 1983-84. The number of Black teachers rose by 181 while the number of White teachers rose by 13,672, an average net increase of one Black teacher for every 76 White teachers. The percentage of Black teachers declined…

Graduates of University of Massachusetts School of Education (1976) were asked in a survey to rate the quality and relevance of their undergraduate experience. Included in the survey were questions pertaining to their student teaching experience, development of professional skills and personal awareness, and theory and methods coursework. They…

This report provides a budgetary perspective on public education in New York City. It presents facts and figures on the following five areas: (1) understanding the 1975-1976 cuts in the education budget, (2) pupil-staff characteristics of the New York City Public Schools, (3) pupil-teacher ratio and class size, (4) understanding the impact of the…

Data presented in this document are primarily from the 1978-79 Graduate Placement Report with additional information from the 1977-78 Report and the Michigan Teacher Supply and Demand Interim Report 1980. The Graduate Placement Report provides information on the employment status of 4,619 (72 percent) of the graduates who completed programs at 30…

An analysis of statistics on teacher supply and demand in public schools, l977, indicates the following trends: (1) The supply of graduates completing prepartion to enter teaching is smaller than the number reported for l976. This is the fifth consecutive year that the numer completing preparation to enter teaching has decreased from the all-time…

This study contrasts the characteristics, preferences, and employability of graduates of cross-cultural teacher training programs with those of peers who received traditional training. It was found that: 1) a need exists for multi-culturally trained teachers; 2) such graduates are highly successful in the job market; 3) these persons tend to seek…

This study was designed to provide descriptions of employment histories experienced by graduates of five different student teaching programs. These field programs were regular, cluster, overseas, elementary interns, and competency based. Differences between these programs are identified and analyzed. Subjects of the survey were graduates of…