This booklet suggests topics to be included in negotiating professional standards in teacher contracts. The first section offers a list of suggested negotiable topics, and the second section lists individual sample negotiations items worded in more specific language which might be suitable for inclusion in a contract proposal. The topics covered…

This volume discusses specific strategy and tactics that can be employed in the effort to reach an agreement on salaries at the bargaining table. Although strategies and situations may vary from case to case, this report focuses on those principles and approaches that are essential to any good bargaining procedure. The discussion covers public vs.…

This volume deals with concepts important to the effective negotiation of salaries in public schools. The discussion covers the compensation patterns in education, the goals and pressures affecting reacher negotiators, salaries in relation to other benefits and proposals, extra pay for extra duties and merit pay, and the stance of the negotiators…

Discusses possible collective bargaining provisions for dealing with the economic impact of declining public school enrollments, with particular attention to considerations involving the reduction in force of teachers. Presents the National Education Association's proposed contract language governing reduction in force procedures. (JG)

A 1972-73 study found a negative correlation between collective bargaining and teacher salary levels in Wisconsin. Replication of the study in 1979-80 indicated that collective negotiations had no significant effect on salaries or on fringe benefits and that socioeconomic factors were of highest significance. (PGD)

A discussion is presented on the feasibility of developing and encouraging more profit-making private schools. The point is made that there are structural obstacles to improvement and reform in the public schools: (1) teacher unions are strong and primarily interested in teacher benefits, not student welfare; (2) state and federal regulation…

Public school collective bargaining will not work unless management approaches negotiations as a two-way street and demands from the union what it requires to protect its own interests. With today's surplus of available teachers, management has the opportunity to reclaim prerogatives it has abdicated through past negotiations. In particular,…

This booklet contains clauses taken from actual agreements negotiated by school districts with their employee organizations. The clauses, grouped by subject and chosen for their importance in collective bargaining, illustrate contractual language which should be avoided by school board negotiators. Topics include cash payments upon retirement,…

This document contains the agreement between the Community College of Beaver County and the Community College of Beaver County Society of the Faculty for the period from September 1, 1972 through August 31, 1974. Contained in the articles of the agreement are sections covering academic freedom, grievance procedures, rights of faculty, use of…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Community College of Allegheny County and the American Federation of Teachers for the period from October 1, 1972 through August 31, 1974 is contained in this document. Included in the articles of the agreement are sections covering grievance procedures, management rights, academic freedom, renewals…

Suggests eight ways in which boards of education can select successful negotiating teams. (DS)

A study of Massachusetts teacher contracts and interviews with educators in four districts indicated several factors that can affect the impact of applying seniority agreements when laying off teachers. These factors include the size of the layoff unit, bumping rights, prerequisites for teaching in a second field, and reassignment prerogatives.…

Assesses the common practice of allowing retiring employees to continue receiving group insurance benefits and suggests that before agreeing to this arrangement, administrators should consider the situation carefully and plan for the potential long-range consequences. (Author/WD)

Although it is widely believed that unionization in higher education is incompatible with traditional academic practices involving collegial self-governance, the University of Connecticut Chapter of the American Association of University Professors found that unionization can augment the faculty's role in peer self-governance. (JMD)

This paper presents findings of a study that examined the effects of two dispute resolution procedures--fact-finding and compulsory final-offer, issue-by-issue interest arbitration--on teachers' wages, fringe benefits, and language provisions. New Jersey uses fact-finding dispute resolution, in which a recommendation for settlement is submitted to…