This publication is designed to provide schools and school districts with help in addressing the challenge of recruiting and retaining excellent substitute teachers. It includes information on a variety of school district approaches to hiring, compensating, and supporting substitute teachers. Districts that provide training in classroom management…

The discipline of home economics faces a greater shortage of personnel today than it did five years ago. (Author)

Survey of Great Britian's Colleges of Education shows statistical relationship between teacher candidates' assessment of future jobs and actual teaching performance. (DS)

The formal retraining of experienced teachers from one field or level of specialization to another is one response to problems created by changing job markets within the teaching profession. (JD)

The purpose of this study is to determine whether any aberrations in teacher employment patterns for graduates of the teacher education program in Saskatchewan, Canada, had occurred in 1978 as contrasted with previous years. The following questions were considered: (1) What is the relative job success of applicants under various job categories?…

This research memo reports on the supply and demand of public school teachers in 1974 as reflected in statistical information collected by National Education Association Research. Data were collected from institutions which prepare persons for entry into teaching and from state departments of education. analysis of the data supports the following…

Examines the teacher-surplus problem and the responses and adjustments of the profession and institutions of higher education to the declining job market for college graduates. (CM)

Although states have maintained a focus on recruiting and retaining teachers, many schools and districts still face daunting challenges in ensuring a qualified and competent teaching corps. It is particularly difficult for schools considered hard to staff-those with high concentrations of low-performing, low-income students; high teacher turnover;…

This interview with California's teacher licensing chief considers some future changes he thinks will be made in the structure of the teacher preparation process, in certification, tenure, and teacher evaluation. He discusses how top and middle management must evolve to meet the increasingly complex responsibilities of staff development.…

The Block Program is one of five major options at Indiana University, Bloomington, for students preparing to become elementary teachers. The project emphasizes team approach to instruction; flexibility of program; carefully articulated work with respect to preparation in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; carefully…

This report provides information on the state of supply and demand for science teachers at the present time, and a projection of the situation in the mid 1980's. The demand for teachers since 1970, including science teachers, has fallen drastically, and very few teachers have been hired because of declining enrollment and fiscal problems. Teacher…

The ramifications of a decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court that legislation shall provide for the maintenance and support of a "thorough and efficient" system of free public education for all children in the state from ages 5 to 18 are discussed. Salient points made by the court in the decision are examined, and ensuing reactions…

This document contains the forecasts of teacher needs for the public and private systems combined in the Province of Quebec. These forecasts are results of student/teacher reports and some forecasts of rate of annual teacher departure. The forecasts are based on three hypotheses of rate of population growth and are provided at the kindergarten,…

There is a general oversupply of teachers. Attempts to regulate teacher supply and demand are flawed by assumptions that teachers are a limited consumer item and that the school system will persist in its present form. The financial crises of schools, the demand of accountability, and the challenge to the principle of compulsory education indicate…