The following topics are covered in this report: 1) supply of graduates completing preparation to enter teaching, 2) supply of beginning teachers, 3) supply of qualified former teachers, 4) demand for new teachers, 5) demand for minimum quality, 6) demand for beginning and re-entering teachers, 7) teacher supply compared to demand, and 8) future…

The relationship between national population trends and teacher supply and demand is investigated, and guidelines for local teacher association planning are presented. (LH)

This publication summarizes and compares legal provisions covering teacher tenure and contracts for each of the 50 states. The report is organized in three sections. Section 1 presents a summary comparison of the provisions of Washington's teacher contract law with corresponding statutory requirements of the other 49 states. Section 2 identifies…

As a part of the annual Supply and Demand Survey conducted by the Research Committee of the California Educational Placement Association (C.E.P.A.), 104 public community colleges in California were asked to report on their hiring of full-time faculty and staff during the 1975-76 academic year. Survey responses came from 101 institutions. A total…

This book reports on research conducted in England and Wales to (a) discover factors that influenced promotions in the teaching profession and compare these findings with teachers' beliefs about influences on promotion, (b) study the procedures by which teachers were promoted and discover teachers' experiences and opinions about these procedures,…

This survey of faculty tenure and contract systems was conducted during August 1974 as a followup to an earlier Higher Education Panel survey of institutional policies and practices affecting faculty employment. A survey questionnaire mailed to the entire membership of the Higher Education Panel (644 institutions) received a 91 percent response…

This study presents data on full-time faculty appointees at each Hawaiian community college. The material is presented in a series of tables cross-referencing information about each campus, program categories, tenure status, sex, age, education, and salary. Of the 749 appointees, 68 percent are full-time, 2 percent are part-time, and 30 percent…

This study was undertaken to determine the information that experience has shown is legally necessary for tenure policies, and to establish a model that would permit adaptation to local conditions. A study, analysis, and summary of the concept of instructor tenure is offered as it pertains to public elementary schools, secondary school systems,…

This legal handbook, developed at the recommendation of the 1970 National Education Association (NEA) fact-finding teams in Louisiana and Mississippi, describes the rights of teachers, with specific focus on Mississippi. The introductory section lists 10 cautionary rules to assist a teacher if his employment status or security is treatened by…

This legal handbook, developed at the recommendation of the 1970 National Education Association (NEA) fact-finding teams in Louisiana and Mississippi, describes the rights of teachers, with specific focus on Louisiana. The introductory section lists 10 cautionary rules to assist a teacher if his employment status on security is threatened by…

A study of teacher mobility during a 2-year period was conducted among 2,245 newly hired teachers in 125 Oklahoma school districts. Study results showed: (1) staff size increased slightly, but the number of primary teachers declined; (2) larger districts hired more new teachers than did smaller ones; (3) in spite of a relatively tight labor…

This report attempts to predict the rates of teacher turnover in the 1970s, which teachers will leave the profession, and what the effects of turnover will be on the educational personnel system. The overall termination rate has varied from six to 11 percent over the last 15 years. An analysis of recent changes in the teaching profession is used…

Research on the first year of teaching reveals consistent experience with particular problems which can be organized into the following categories: culture shock, instruction, students, parents, administrators, fellow teachers, and extensive isolation. The beginning teacher's insecurity about himself and his professional ability serve only to…

This report reviews and analyzes court cases to determine the types of injuries to teachers and other school personnel that might be compensable under workmen's compensation laws. The author identifies certain injuries suffered by public school personnel "arising out of or in the course of employment." Other types of cases that deal with…

Presented in this document is the agreement between the Board of Junior College District No. 532 County of Lake and State of Illinois and the College of Lake County Local United Professions Association for the period from 1972-73. Covered in the articles of agreement are sections on negotiation procedures, leaves of absence, school calendar, use…