This handbook provides personnel policy guidance in several areas for administrators of Catholic schools. Chapter 1, "Policies and Practices of Governance and Accountability," by M. Lourdes Sheehan, considers governance under the four typical organizational structures of Catholic schools--parish, interparish, diocesan, and private--and notes that…

Application packets for a community college teaching position should be simple, concise, and provide just enough information about the applicant to interest the screening committee. Since many colleges utilize an official application form, screening committees and personnel officers will probably review these forms for the candidate information.…

Predicated on the fact that the National Teacher Examination (NTE) is a sociocultural artifact, this paper emphasizes teacher education curricula as a basis for the NTE. The focus is on the social dynamics of the classroom, which is a complex set of interactions far richer than the particularistic bits of information tested by the NTE. Proponents…

This survey of 45 school administrators sought to determine the factors they consider important in hiring beginning teachers, and those that are important in hiring experienced teachers. The questionnaires contained sixteen factors, identical for both experienced and inexperienced teachers, which the respondents rated according to the importance…

The legal issue of teacher competency testing is not the testing itself, but the type, manner, application, and purpose of the testing. Legal concepts pertinent to the issue of competency testing are explored. (MT)

Answers to 10 questions about teacher licensure are presented along with information on how to facilitate the process. An insert describes the Northeast Regional Credential established by the New England states and New York. (SM)

Scottish primary teachers are trained via a 4-year Bachelor of Education (BEd) program or 1-year Postgraduate Certificate in Education. A survey of 234 headteachers and review of teacher evaluations revealed that most headteachers did not think that training route affected teaching quality, but a third of headteachers, all BEd-trained themselves,…

Teacher selection is a complex set of procedures that may be influenced by administrators' beliefs and values. This paper presents findings of a study that identified the teacher characteristics most valued by Arkansas public school administrators. Data were gathered during the 1995-96 school year through a survey of 40 area school administrators…

Occupational competency testing assures that the prospective vocational teacher possesses the level of competence necessary for effective teaching in various vocational programs. Such tests have been developed in 24 occupational areas by the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute, and are in use in some parts of the United States.…

ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENT STATE OF TEACHER SELECTION PRACTICES AND PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH IN THE AREA ARE DESCRIBED. EXAMPLES OF THE FORMER INCLUDE--(1) INTEREST IN TEACHER SELECTION NEEDS TO BE STIMULATED. (2) PROFESSIONAL TEACHER SELECTION PRACTICES ARE RARELY USED (LARGE SCHOOL SYSTEMS ENGAGE IN SCREENING, WHILE SMALL, AFFLUENT ONES RELY ON…

The Omaha school district submitted an application to the Nebraska State Department of Education to develop a teacher selection model which would predict which candidates would be successful when rated by their students and administrators. From their request Project EMPATHY (Emphasizing More Personalized Attitudes Toward Helping Youth) developed.…

Numerous concerns about the supply of qualified teachers have been voiced by public and private administrators during recent years. Whether the supply of qualified teachers is adequate can be determined only by examining both the supply of teachers and the demand for teachers. This report provides information about one source of teachers, namely…

Information is provided about the scope of training activities in business and industry, the role of the training specialist, and skills which will facilitate the transition from school-based teaching to corporate training programs. The growth of training programs in the corporate setting provides an optimistic future for the training specialist.…