Middle schools need three types of teachers: the conventional subject matter teacher, the service specialist or resource teacher, and the common projects specialist or core teacher. (Author/MLF)

This checklist of interview questions is offered as a resource from which to draw a common base for evaluating applicants for teaching positions. (MJL)

A job description of an assistant principal, in checklist style, which includes an evaluation form. (LD)

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between student reading achievement and the organizational health of five middle grades schools in North Carolina. The theoretical framework was based upon Hoy and Feldman's definition of organizational health, which links healthy school climates to improved learning environments and…

Reviews the strategies and flaws involved in schools of education providing "teacher warranties." Describes a more productive model for ensuring teacher quality through the development of a symbiotic relationship between professional educational training schools, their communities, and public schools. (MD)

Attempts to clarify many of the myths that are still held about women--particularly women in the field of educational administration. When the talents of women administrators become fully utilized, states the author, a new, dynamic, and creative force will have been tapped. (Editor/RK)

Team teaching should not be adopted wholesale without first being tested for its real advantages. After listing disadvantages and possible pitfalls, the authors offer procedural suggestions that can lead to teaching ecstasy.'' (Editor)

This article describes the results of a project funded by New York state to determine which competencies a beginning principal should have. Essential personnel and management competencies are listed. (Editor)

Discusses nine factors to supplement traditional teacher-selection criteria such as grade point average, coursework, and references. Principals should seek candidates prepared by field-based programs, consider elementary and middle school candidates, appreciate the benefits of age and maturity, recognize differing teacher predispositions, work to…

Interviewing techniques that get to the heart of whether a teacher will be effective are described here. The author welcomes descriptions of readers' own experiences with interview methods. (Editor)

Article describes four certification options for principals, and points out that the trend is toward greater flexibility. (Editor)

That a principal's productivity can be measured is one of the author's basic beliefs. He advocates a process of evaluation by objectives. (Editor)

For those who aspire to become administrators, it is important that they have some advance functional knowledge of the assistant principalship. Myriad demands are made on this position, which is largely an under-appreciated one. This writer portrays both the advantages and disadvantages inherent in the job. (Editor)