Suggests ways that organizations within psychology can encourage promising students to enter the teaching profession. Commonalities in undergraduate behavior and attitudes of 10 successful faculty members are reviewed. The clarion call is for faculty members to encourage students with these characteristics to seek psychology teaching careers.…

A discussion of the trend to employ students without pedagogical preparation in teaching positions for brief periods of time is offered in this article. Reasons for the short-term professional emphasis and weaknesses with this position are identified. Alternative directions for education are recommended. (DF)

This report presents actions states can take to help ensure that they have a highly qualified teacher in every career/technical classroom. In order to meet this goal, states may need to rethink their approach toward recruitment by developing a system to enroll interested and capable high school and college students in a career/technical teacher…

This report is a preliminary exploration of teacher quality in the School District of Philadelphia. It examines three critical junctures in building a work force of quality teachers: teacher preparation, hiring and retention, and equitable distribution of quality teachers. The survey found that schools that serve the highest proportion of…

The question of staffing technical education programs involves the matter of what must the technical teacher know and what abilities must he possess. It also involves the question of where to look for persons with such qualifications. The technician is a potential teacher. (Author/DM)

Highlights evidence concerning teacher preparation and recruitment, including academic ability, entry and retention in teaching, mismatched supply and demand, inadequate rewards, quality, and controversy in teacher education programs and approaches to reform. (SK)

The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), which provides national data on rates of teacher turnover and sources of supply of new teachers, helped dispel certain myths about U.S. teacher supply and demand and led to concerns over teacher quality instead of teacher shortages as the central staffing issue of the 1990s. (SM)

Teacher education programs can utilize honors programs to recruit and retain academically talented students as prospective teachers. Honors programs at four colleges (Virginia Commonwealth, Prairie View A & M, Michigan State, University of South Florida) are described, and common elements summarized. (IAH)

Explores the role of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) in providing data about teacher quality in U.S. education. SASS findings make it clear that recruiting teachers will do little to help unless ways are found to retain teachers and to understand the social and organizational context of teaching. (SLD)

Many states, including Texas, use alternative certification programs to address projected teacher shortages and recruit highly qualified individuals into the teaching profession. Texas's State Board for Educator Certification has developed a framework of assumptions to facilitate the design of a system to ensure that all educators are recruited,…

Focuses on the career opportunities available at community colleges for graduate students. The article describes the focus, curriculum, and ambience of the typical two-year college. It is concluded that an overriding requirement for teaching in these institutions involves not lesson plans or learning strategies but individual motivation. (two…

A review of "The Chronicle of Higher Education" 1991-1997 advertisements found that for all years except 1997, 8-10 percent were for positions in severe disabilities. Position announcements that designated expertise in severe disabilities and used an inclusionary term increased from 5 to 35 percent and then decreased to 20 percent.…

Faced with teacher shortages in some subject areas, a New Jersey district developed a comprehensive approach to increase the candidate pool, select superior candidates, and retain them once hired. Innovations include advertising on the Internet, accepting online applications, and encouraging students and nontraditional candidates to enter…

A number of basic underlying issues control supply and demand in the profession of trade and industrial (T & I) laboratory teachers. First, most competent T & I teachers can earn more in business and industry. Second, state departments of education respond generally to teacher shortages by decreasing collegiate and work experience…

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE MILITARY SERVICES OFFERED A POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TEACHERS. MILITARY OFFICIALS DESIGNATED ONE ARMY, ONE NAVY, AND ONE AIR FORCE BASE WHICH REPRESENTED A TYPICAL SEPARATION CENTER FOR EACH PARTICULAR SERVICE. A QUESTIONNAIRE, ADMINISTERED BY DESIGNATED BASE…