A survey concerning released time for faculty was conducted of all the community colleges in Maryland, Mount Vernon College in Washington, D. C., and Northern Virginia Community College. Practices concerning the following types of released time were investigated: department or division chairman; curriculum development; curriculum coordinator;…

Four suggestions are offered for making teachers' first year on the job more than just a test of endurance: provide adequate supplies, make assignments carefully, do not overload them, and provide a support system. (TE)

Daily work flows of Danish elementary school teachers were examined through self-report diaries. Data are presented on percentage of time per week spent on different tasks, types and numbers of personal contacts, and location of work activities. The relative isolation of each teacher and other findings are discussed. (SJL)

While tenure-track faculty begin their careers with some sense of what they will teach, what they will earn, and how they will be promoted, lecturers are not allowed such assurances. In the early days, lecturers in the English Department at the University of Nevada Reno (UNR) taught basic composition courses, four per semester unless they were…

This report describes New York State Regents' proposals to increase teacher compensation, improve the conditions for teaching, and to advance recruitment, preparation and retention of a quality teaching force in the state. Included in the report are recommendations on: (1) the professional status of teachers; (2) teacher salaries; (3) teaching…

The salaries and working conditions of agricultural education teachers in public schools in Virginia were studied. The sample consisted of all 390 agricultural education teachers employed during the 1976-1977 school year. A questionnaire was used to secure information. Findings for the typical teacher include the following: years of teaching…

Discusses problems new teachers have with the teaching profession, including the low salaries, the adversary relationship between teachers and administrators, overly large classes, and too few instructional materials. (EL)

A foreign language teacher talks of his special first-year circumstances which ought to be the norm for every probationary teacher: many free periods, one classroom to teach in which is not used by anyone else, access to a central equipment area for all language teachers, and staff support. (CFM)

An increasing proportion of Canadian teachers is employed part-time. In order to explore some of the day-to-day realities of part-time teaching and some of the politics and ideologies giving rise to those realities, this study described and compared the enactment of three types of "reduced-work" employment policies for teachers in an…

This paper identifies particular propositions and claimed empirical realizations that make up the intensification thesis and examines them with regard to their educational applicability, particularly to elementary teachers' workloads. The propositions claimed within the intensification thesis indicate that intensification: (1) leads to reduced…

Although many researchers conclude that education is a profession marked by high levels of stress or experience of "burnout," this paper contends that educators are more adaptable and hence less stressed than the literature would indicate. The paper surveys literature on educator stress, presents studies indicating low educator stress, and…

Stress seems to be a way of life for teachers. Many teachers describe themselves as over-whelmed. They admit to feeling anxious and apprehensive, especially about meeting the mounting needs of troubled students, doing justice to an all-consuming curriculum, and getting kids ready for a relentless series of tests. According to a study of Midwestern…

This paper examines the problem of stress within the teacher's environment and ways in which teachers can manage stress. The components of the stress process are identified in terms of the sources of stress and teachers' response to stress. Sources include the events or characteristics of the environmental situation and life events, occupational…

A FEW OUTSTANDING FACULTY MEMBERS, PROPERLY EQUIPPED AND SUPPORTED, CAN EVOKE FAR GREATER LEARNING FROM STUDENTS THAN TWICE AS MANY WHO ARE POORLY PREPARED. THEREFORE, ALTHOUGH COLLEGE TEACHERS GENERALLY CARRY IMPOSSIBLY HEAVY LOADS, THE PROVISION OF MORE FACULTY FOR THE SAME WORK IS NOT THE SOLUTION. SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF OVERLOADED…

The State School Teachers' Union of Western Australia has requested that primary teachers be free from teaching one-fifth time for other professional duties. Several arguments in favor of this proposal for more "noncontact time" have been advanced. The argument that primary teachers should have noncontact time equivalent to that of…