The duties, problems, compensation, and selection procedures of department chairmen in secondary schools need to be clarified. Present duties of an English department chairman include developing an educational philosophy and curriculum for the department; suggesting materials and teaching methods; protecting teacher welfare; working with all…

A fact-finding survey based on a questionnaire answered by 418 Illinois English teachers examined the teaching of language arts in grades 7, 8, and 9 in Illinois. It showed that teachers get very little supervision, that they feel that they need improvement in teaching composition, reading, and the "new grammar," and that composition…

In 1971, the Appalachia Educational Laboratory initiated a comprehensive Needs and Feasibility Study designed to present an overview of the educational needs of Appalachia and to pinpoint critical problems the region's educators will face in 1976. The study consisted of 5 independent components: a review of pertinent literature, analysis of data…

The objective of the survey was to seek answers to 2 questions: (1) According to tribal leaders, Indian parents, Indian students, state departments of education, local school administrators, and teachers, is a reading and language development system based upon Indian history and culture feasible? and (2) Is it feasible to design and create a…

When faculty and department heads rated alternative responses to retrenchment pressures in a fictitious but realistic situation, few differences were found among department heads' and tenured and nontenured faculty's preferences. Most preferred protecting instructional programs even at the cost of research and service activities. Implications for…

Asserts that dance should be included as an integral and basic part of the school curriculum. Presents a case study of how dance educators and others worked to include dance in the K-12 Minnesota curriculum guide. Discusses change strategies and attitudes of teachers and administrators toward the effort. (CFR)

An incentive program that rewards and encourages desirable work traits can improve college or university effectiveness, customer satisfaction, and employee morale without excessive cost. Processes needed, benefits to the institution, costs, program design, challenges to successful implementation, and organizational communication needs are…

A study explored faculty views about curriculum planning in academic programs. Fifty-nine faculty members at two very different university campuses (one a small private college with a recent history of faculty-administrative strife, the other a large regional public university with a recently-mandated statewide curriculum review and anticipated…

This paper describes the interdepartmental and university-wide struggle over the status of the social foundations of education discipline at a midwest university. Opening sections of the paper describe the location and status of social foundations courses and faculty members during the 1960s and 1970s as the institution developed from a teachers…

This study investigated the relationship between teachers' perceived levels of empowerment in middle level education interdisciplinary teams and departmentally organized programs. Further, it attempted to determine whether significant differences existed in teachers' perceptions of each of six identified subscales of empowerment (decision-making,…

This report describes a 1979-80 study of work experience programs in secondary schools in Western Australia and assessment of Education Department guidelines and support structures available to schools. Following a brief introduction (chapter 1), chapter 2 discusses the history and organization of work experience, a popular transition education…

The purpose of this study was to describe the role of the Alabama vocational education district supervisor as perceived by local education administrators and teachers. (Applicability of the methodology and the findings may prove valuable to other state departments of vocational education as well.) Questionnaires were sent to 650 administrators and…

The responses of 1,866 faculty are reported on trends in staffing, funding, course offerings and enrollments, majors, personnel policy, library holdings, and supplies and equipment in their departments. (MSE)

This manuscript is divided into two parts. The part dealing with administrative and supervisory personnel was prepared by Fred Engelhardt and William H. Zeigel, Jr. Part II on the aims and activities of supervisors was written by Roy O. Billett. Part I investigates the scheme of administration in a large number of secondary schools. In all 4,452…

A study investigated the relationship between job-related stress (reward satisfaction, institutional/departmental reputation, time commitment, departmental/institutional influence, student interaction) and intent to leave academia among 3,070 full-time tenure-track faculty nationwide. Interest in discipline, sense of community, academic…