Teachers can help students become successful if they help students work on the six factors related to success: need, self-esteem, ability, goals, a plan of action, and commitment to the plan of action. (Author/IRT)

Advocates developing a mutual respect between teacher and student to counteract discipline problems in the classroom. (LD)

Teachers aware of education as an ecological concern in which organisms (the teacher and the learner) interact with each other and their environment (the learning situation) realize that education is not merely a matter of transmitting facts but also involves developing a consciousness of relationships, change, and potentials. (PGD)

Because of the growing influence of teachers' unions in an environment unresponsive to teachers' needs, the teachers of the future could gain importance as problem solvers and professionals. (JW)

Explores the ramifications of the notion that a teacher is morally responsible to approach educational experiences as positive opportunities for change affecting not only students but the teacher and everyone else involved in or touched by the experiences as well. (PGD)

Although all teachers may not feel proficient in language instruction, every teacher can provide students with writing experiences through assignments that widen the audience for student writing, offer supportive conditions, increase and vary writing opportunities, and increase idea-producing experiences. (Author/JM)

Briefly presents 20 premises about educators' function and roles in the teaching/learning process. (MLF)

Developed by a faculty committee to replace an outmoded system at Antioch (Illinois) Community High School, this teacher evaluation procedure calls for teachers to prescribe methods for improving their own instructional processes. Procedures for problem evaluation, routine evaluation, and probationary evaluation are listed and an evaluation form…

Reviews the history of humanistic education in the United States and proposes that teachers can achieve the ideals of humanism by being genuinely interested in their students. The humanistic teacher is characterized by fairness, vitality, and concern for student welfare. (WD)

The principal of Concord High School (New Hampshire) recounts the 1985-86 school year's four crises--the visits of teacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe and Secretary of Education William Bennett, the shooting of a former student, and the Challenger space shuttle explosion. The greatest challenge was resuming the normal schedule and fielding media…

Tips are offered on how to ease the transition of students from elementary to middle level or junior high schools. A teacher-advisor program is proposed, and staff development modules are suggested to help teachers assist students in the transition process. (TE)

Drawing on literature concerning department chairs' role as either administrators (line personnel) or teachers (staff personnel), this essay concludes that both roles are important and that well-developed human relations skills and managerial skills are equally necessary. (MJL)

If education is to be reformed to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century, a new decentralized model based on colleagueship must be developed. Principals must share their vision of the school's purpose with teachers and set aside the "creaking norms" of an earlier day. All school professionals must be empowered. (MLH)

An Ohio study reveals that to reach the key position of vice-principal, it may be helpful for women seeking promotion to gain visibility through positions like counseling or through taking active roles as coaches or activity sponsors. (Author/JM)

A substitute teacher advises regular teachers to support effective substitute teaching by maintaining a seating chart, leaving detailed lesson plans, grading work done in their absence, and training students to sit quietly awaiting class. (MJL)