The study examined whether there were differences in the reasons first-year teachers in rural, urban, or suburban schools (1) accepted their present teaching positions and (2) might consider a teaching position in another school district. Subjects were 99 teacher graduates of the Universities of Iowa and Vermont who were teaching in suburban…

This document is part 3 of a three-part report entitled "National Survey of Fringe Benefits in Public Schools, 1987-88." This volume reports fringe benefits received by teachers for the 1987-88 school year in the 944 school systems that responded to the survey. The survey provides information on compensation, leave provisions, group insurance…

Providing information on the issue of merit pay for teachers, this booklet covers reasons for adopting merit-pay programs, examples of such programs now operating, definitions of types of programs, indications of why some programs have failed, and steps for developing a successful program. Noting the lagging pay of teachers and inadequacies of…

New York City's publicly funded day care and Head Start systems are hindered by an inability to recruit and retain qualified teachers. Data supporting this conclusion came from a randomly drawn sample of 559 teachers working with 3- to 5-year-olds in New York City's early childhood programs. Teachers were surveyed by mail, and a subset of…

Data from the salary schedules used in this study were collected as part of the "National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools, 1986-87," conducted in fall 1986. Of the 1,031 school systems responding with usable data, 535 (52 percent) supplied schedules that could be analyzed and included in this report. An overview of…

The collective bargaining agreement between Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education and the Temple University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period July 1, 1986-June 30, 1988 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: AAUP recognition; no discrimination;…

Data are presented on salaries, tenure, and fringe benefits of full-time instructional faculty at Pennsylvania colleges and universities for the 1981-1982 school year, and brief narrative descriptions of trends are included. Findings for the different sectors include the following: the mean salaries of full-time instructional faculty for selected…

This booklet provides information for teachers wishing to qualify for certification in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Written in French and English, the booklet's topics include: (1) requirements for types of teaching certificates (provisional teaching; permanent teaching; special, vocational-industrial, and vocational-business education;…

A follow-up study was conducted of graduates of the College of Education at Ohio State University (OSU). A questionnaire obtained information regarding: (l) present job status; (2) job satisfaction; (3) student teaching experience; (4) attitudes toward preservice academic training; (5) educational background and aspirations; and (6) demographics.…

Data on faculty salaries for the academic year 1981-1982 are presented with narrative explanations, based on findings of the Higher Education General Information Survey of Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-time Instructional Faculty. Of 3,253 institutions surveyed, 2,350 responded. Statistical tables include the following: percent…

The innovative actions that faculty, and institutions on behalf of faculty, have taken to adjust to retrenchment and the changing academic profession are considered. It is suggested that faculty have three kinds of employment options to present conditions such as the scarcity of tenure-track positions and the failure of salaries to keep pace with…

The statistical data in this report deal with characteristics of the Canadian teaching force that are particularly relevant to the effects of the declining enrollment phenomenon. Emphasis is given to data on class size, full-time or part-time employment status, teaching assignments (single or multi-grade), and languages of instruction in the…

Projected declines through the 1980s in Australian elementary and secondary school enrollment imply a number of changes in school finance and educational facilities and personnel, according to this report. Elementary enrollments will decline sharply until 1987 and then rise, while secondary enrollments will rise slowly until the mid-1980s before…

Methods that can be used by administrators to provide flexibility in dealing with the issue of high faculty-tenure ratios were investigated, based on a literature review and a telephone survey of 22 major public research universities. Analysis of methods cited in the literature and by surveyed administrators to enable flexibility in the…

This handbook, intended for use by teachers, administrators, and school board members in Pennsylvania, discusses constitutional, statutory, and case law related to the rights and obligations of teachers. Divided into fifteen chapters (with appendix and selected bibliography), the first four deal with education as a governmental function, the…