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Baker, Bruce D.; Oluwole, Joseph O.; Green, Preston C., III – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
In this article, we explain how overly prescriptive, rigid state statutory and regulatory policy frameworks regarding teacher evaluation, tenure and employment decisions outstrip the statistical reliability and validity of proposed measures of teaching effectiveness. We begin with a discussion of the emergence of highly prescriptive state…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Employment, Tenure
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Hulme, Moira; Menter, Ian – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
International concern to raise educational standards and improve teacher quality has directed attention to the need to sustain career-long professional learning. Teacher induction and early professional learning (during years 2-6) have been associated with patterns of attrition and improved pupil outcomes. As the economic crisis impacts on public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Employment Experience, Professional Identity
Kahlenberg, Richard D. – American Educator, 2012
Teachers' unions are under unprecedented bipartisan attack. The drumbeat is relentless, from governors in Wisconsin and Ohio to the film directors of "Waiting for 'Superman'" and "The Lottery"; from new lobbying groups like Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst and Wall Street's Democrats for Education Reform to political columnists such as Jonathan Alter…
Descriptors: Evidence, Collective Bargaining, Democratic Values, Unions
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Tikhonov, M. Iu. – Russian Education and Society, 2011
In the Year of the Schoolteacher, the issue of how to enhance the pedagogical worker's status takes on special urgency. Unfortunately, the problem has been addressed only on the regional level, with each region doing things its own way. The teaching profession in Russia is hampered by poor prestige, low incomes, and inadequate resources and living…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Foreign Countries, Educational Status Comparison, Status
June, Audrey Williams – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Greensboro College has many of the intimate hallmarks of a small, private, liberal-arts college. Professors give their cellphone numbers to students and routinely provide extra help to those who need it. Classes at the North Carolina institution average 14 people. One of the students featured on the college Web site is a biology major who plays on…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Job Layoff, Institutional Survival, Retrenchment
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2011
From 2001 to 2006, following a request from the Scottish Executive, HMIE gathered evidence about the implementation of "A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century", the tri-partite agreement prepared in 2001 by Scottish Executive, COSLA and the teachers' unions. This "teachers' agreement" had been drawn up in response to the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Teacher Employment, Teacher Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration)
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Burnap, Charles A.; Kohut, Gary F.; Yon, Maria G. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2010
Most institutions of higher education require evidence of effective teaching as part of the review process for reappointment and for tenure/promotion. This study examines the relative importance of various documents placed in the teaching section of the dossier as rated by pre-tenured faculty members and review committee members. Results indicate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Stakeholders, Teacher Effectiveness
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Knapp, Laura G.; Kelly-Reid, Janice E.; Ginder, Scott A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) collects institution-level data from postsecondary institutions in the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia) and other jurisdictions, such as Puerto Rico. This First Look presents data from the Winter 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS),…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, School Personnel
Hess, Frederick M.; Loup, Cody – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2008
In the era of No Child Left Behind, principals are increasingly held accountable for student performance. But are teacher labor agreements giving them enough flexibility to manage effectively? This study answers this question and others. It examines how much flexibility school leaders enjoy on key dimensions of management in America's fifty…
Descriptors: School Administration, School Districts, School District Size, Contracts
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Absher, Beverly M. – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2009
Of all full-time faculty members in the United States, approximately 75% are White males, and the gap in the percentage of tenured men compared with the percentage of tenured women has not changed in 30 years (Trower & Chait, 2002). A number of studies have been conducted over the past 5 decades examining the factors influencing the recruitment…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Females, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Recruitment
Eaton, William E. – Changing Education, 1974
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Teacher Employment, Tenure
Vacca, Richard S.; O'Brien, J. Stephen – Peabody J Educ, 1970
Teachers who have tenure status do not possess a permanent right to their positions, but they do have a guarantee of procedural due process if their positions are threatened. (CK)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Teacher Employment, Tenure
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Knapp, Laura G.; Kelly-Reid, Janice E.; Ginder, Scott A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
This "First Look" presents findings from the Human Resources (HR) Component of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) winter 2009-10 data collection. The HR component consists of the following three sections: Employees by Assigned Position (EAP) and Fall Staff (S) for fall 2009 and Salaries (SA) for academic year…
Descriptors: Employees, Data Collection, Postsecondary Education, College Faculty
Lynch, James M., Jr. – NJEA Review, 1973
Teacher conduct is a loaded concept. Teachers in New Jersey are cautioned to study their life styles and the existing teacher conduct regulations to avoid conflict and possible loss of jobs. (DS)
Descriptors: Behavior, Probationary Period, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Employment
Kugler, Isreal – Changing Education, 1972
Descriptors: Contracts, Probationary Period, Teacher Employment, Tenure
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