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Martin, Carmel; Partelow, Lisette; Brown, Catherine – Center for American Progress, 2015
The professional expectations for today's teachers are high. They must work to prepare students for new economic realities, use new and innovative pedagogical techniques and technologies, adapt their instruction to meet students' increasingly diverse needs, and adjust to recent policy reforms that directly affect their practice. These changes have…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Career Development, Educational Policy, Educational Change
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Personnel Services Area. – 1984
Administrator compensation in North Carolina schools has traditionally been based on experience and preparation, independent of the level of performance. The development plan adopted addresses this issue by recommending five levels of differentiation for each administrator job classification. A person may stay in one classification for an entire…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Development, Career Ladders, Certification
Marshall, Stephanie A. – School Administrator, 1986
Results from a 1985 survey show female superintendents in only 2.4 percent of United States public school districts. A summary of interviews with women superintendents gives reasons for this underrepresentation, describes external barriers and internal constraints facing women superintendents, and offers advice to other women aspiring to the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Career Development, Careers
Growe, Roslin; Montgomery, Paula – 1999
The under-representation of qualified women in leadership positions has created a gender gap that exists not only in education but in many areas of the workplace. Society has determined that only males make good leaders; therefore it continues to deny easy access for women seeking leadership roles because they do not fit the norm. Women who seek…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Gottemoeller, Rose E.; Langer, Paul F. – 1983
A study was undertaken to arrive at a broad overview of the Soviet training utilization of foreign area specialists. To gather data for the study, researchers examined European, United States, and Soviet publications and interviewed Soviet emigres and U.S. specialists on the Soviet Union. According to these data sources, specialized training for…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs
National Career Development Association, Columbus, OH. – 2000
This report highlights findings from the fourth National Survey of Working America conducted for the National Career Development Association. The survey gathered information through interviews with a national sample of 1,003 adults, 18 years of age or older, representing a total population of 185.2 million adults, in summer 1999. The study…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Adults, Career Change, Career Choice