Responses to the transition to online learning during the pandemic underscores the importance of faculty engagement in professional development (PD) to enhance their teaching practices. However, the creation and offering of PD opportunities does not always lead to faculty engagement. Using a change management perspective (the ADKAR framework),…

This paper examines the question of whether the construct of professionalization is a helpful instrument to assist teachers in achieving an acknowledged place and status in German society. The concept of professionalization as it is used in an everyday pedagogical context and in the context of various academic disciplines is analyzed, and the…

Teacher unions are increasingly perceived as principal stakeholders in determining the overall effectiveness of school systems. This paper presents findings of a study that explored how teacher union leaders construct meaning about teachers' self-interests and education interests. Data were collected through interviews with 18 teacher union…

A case involving the harassment of a female college writing instructor by an older, male student serves as a model to provide a framework for dealing with similar problems in the future. This case moved from initial acts of challenging authority in the classroom and monopolizing office hours to the bizarre: obscene phone calls, mysterious mail,…

Air traffic control, surgery, and teaching are probably three of the most potentially stressful occupations in the world. Stress can be benign and growth-producing or malignant and destructive, depending on three primary factors: 1) the possession of coping behaviors which are effective and for which there is feedback as to the degree of their…

Student concern regarding faculty unionism does not stem from a belief that public employee collective bargaining is bad public policy. To the contrary, most students recognize the civil right of employees to organize and bargain collectively. Their concern stems from the impact that collective bargaining has had, and will have, on the quality of…

After attaining a collective bargaining contract with New York City in 1960, the United Federation of Teachers worked successfully to improve salaries and working conditions. But in the aftermath of the 1975 fiscal crisis, the more equitable participation of teachers in policymaking has emerged as a clear goal. (KH)

A central feature of the emergent pattern of educational reform is exemplified by alterations in the ways in which leaders of teachers' unions perceive themselves, their roles, and the relationship of their organization to their school district. Data for the study described here were derived principally from visits to and interviews with selected…

The situation of the lecturers in the English Department at the University of Nevada Reno (UNR) is relevant to discussions of the conference on College Composition and Communication's Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing. A "second-tier" solution was implemented in 1981, and in 1993 the…

The methodology is provided for individual faculty members, colleges, and/or college systems to examine past and present faculty salaries or salary ranges in terms of constant dollars adjusted for the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The procedure for calculating present salaries in terms of constant dollars is cited as follows: (1) graph nominal…

In several problematic college composition teaching scenarios, loss of faith in possibility is best described through the concept of disappointment. By articulating the nature of disappointments, instructors might develop an understanding of the collectivity of their experiences which would thus help to change such scenarios. The context of…

Many school boards are paying for certain fringe benefits that could be utilized to offset some of the costs of other fringe benefits. Perhaps the best example of this is the disability portion of Social Security. Persons disabled for more than one year may collect Social Security benefits equal to what they would receive on retirement at age 65.…

This document summarizes seven speeches on educational issues in Wisconsin. Dr. Ernest Boyer advocates recognition and reward for quality teachers and identifies developing language skills as the essential purpose of public education. Dr. Carolyn Warner defends free public education and criticizes tuition tax credits. Dr. James Rutherford urges…

The potential impacts of teacher work reform efforts on attracting and retaining the best teachers are summarized in this paper, which draws on research conducted in Utah, Colorado, and Missouri between 1985 and 1991. Bluedorn's (1982) model of turnover is used to evaluate the effects of teacher work reform on turnover, which is composed of…

The current movement for educational reform follows earlier realizations that the nation's industry and infrastructures have been neglected. President Reagan has responded inadequately to the crisis in education, and Americans will not accept Reagan administration initiatives that do not continue and expand existing successful programs, such as…