Article describes a model that serves to enhance the role teachers can play in their attempts to gain greater status, salary increases, and job satisfaction. (RK)

The authors feel that this new setup will enhance the instructional - learning activity and improve relationships with parents and the community. (Editor)

Results of a survey of 121 High School Principals who were asked to respond to an open-ended questionnaire which posed four key questions centered on the identification of problems currently being encountered. (Author/MB)

Examines attitudes of beginning teachers toward their current support systems and compares those attitudes with factors previously identified as predictors of attrition. Notes that this sample of teachers is not predisposed to leaving the profession. Suggests that administrators should strongly support teachers' new ideas. (RS)

Elementary, middle school, and high school principals have a powerful impact on the schools in their charge. These lead administrators mold the atmosphere of a school and, in turn, the feelings of the teachers who work in it. The current teacher shortage combined with the demands of standards-based education has made retaining new teachers a…

Presents strategies for promoting school community relations with a district-wide communications program. Suggests working with news media at the district level, focusing on the journalistic values of proximity, timeliness, prominence, consequence, human interest, and conflict. Discusses the roles and responsibilities of the information officer,…

A review of research shows that, while supervisory job prescriptions focus on classroom observation for the purpose of improvement of instruction, job descriptions differ from the prescription and there is a gap between the classroom supervision that occurs and the supervision prescribed in the literature. (FL)

Describes a study showing that teachers did not perceive a hierarchical structure to their job-related needs satisfaction. Presents an approach and supportative data for use by school leaders in developing strategies to respond to teachers' needs.(FL)

Argues the need for leadership at the state level as a necessity in improving educational quality. (FL)

Reviews some of the major causes of burnout and presents some specific treatment suggestions that could assist authorities in working toward prevention of burnout in teachers. (FL)

Argues that the teacher selection process should begin at the college level with aptitude testing and personal interviews by a faculty committee. Calls upon administrators to borrow from the hiring practices of the business world in choosing teachers. (FL)

Article was based upon a survey recently completed by the author on the role and responsibilities of department chairman in today's secondary schools. (Editor/RK)

The author states his belief that the role of the principal is to defend the teacher's freedom to teach--philosophically and legally--and that adversarial stances damage good teaching. (KC)