The issue of teacher absenteeism has become an increasingly important topic in educational policy, as teachers have gained generous sick day and personal leave benefits. The financial cost of teacher absenteeism is also problematic. In one national survey, the combined costs of absent teachers and substitutes came to $2 billion yearly. The…

The Chicago Panel on Public School Finances undertook this study to look at the financial aspects of teacher absences and substitute coverage. The study sought to discover: (1) the facts about teachers' absences and coverage by substitutes; (2) the financial costs of current policy and practice in this area; (3) the effects of current teacher…

Positive feedback was received on workshops at a Teacher Education Center; however, the author consistently found low teacher participation at the workshops. Data was obtained connecting low attendance to demands on teacher time. This study investigates teacher time demands. (Editor)

During its first two years of operation, the Second Mile Plan of the Houston (Texas) Independent School District successfully used financial incentives to encourage improved teacher attendance, staff stability in inner-city schools, teacher professional development, improved academic achievement, and higher employment in areas of staff shortages.…

Offers procedures for setting up an employee attendance monitoring system utilizing a computer. The main purpose of employee attendance profiles is to help workers improve their attendance records. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the problems of hiring substitutes and Ellington High School's (Connecticut) plan to deal with the problem: relieve teachers of supervisory duties, assign them to resource rooms organized around a particular academic discipline, and utilize these teachers as substitutes in their area of discipline when the need arises. (LC)

Lists ways in which school districts enable teacher absenteeism and how these practices can be remedied. Includes limiting personal days, sick-leave provisions, and conference leave. (MLF)

The first of a two-part report, this document presents the findings of a national survey on staff absenteeism for the school year 1978-79. Of the 1,423 public school systems sampled, 470 (33 percent) returned usable replies to the survey on teacher absenteeism. Two sets of absence data (absence rates and average number of days absent per support…

Teacher absenteeism is a formidable obstacle to cost-effective education, academic achievement, orderly school operation, and amiable school-community relations. This study examined the relationship between school district policies on sick leave and teacher attendance rates in Georgia--in particular, the degree to which policy provisions for the…

Participants in this study of the effect of year round schools on teacher attendance included 45 elementary school teachers from a Chicago (Illinois) public school located in a predominately low socioeconomic neighborhood comprised of 98 percent Hispanic students. These teachers were part of the staff when the school was on a traditional calendar…

Data on teacher absenteeism in the U.S. as a whole as well as in specific states and districts indicate that the problem is serious and growing. A review of research findings on more than 15 factors affecting teacher absenteeism shows that time of year, levels of faculty agreement and community support, teacher interdependence, and requirements…

This report develops proposals for improving teacher attendance, reducing expenditures for the use of substitute teachers, and for developing alternatives to hiring substitute teachers in New York City. The study was undertaken in order to find ways to reduce the magnitude of substitute teacher costs. The report identifies the types and rates of…

Many learning opportunities in subjects not widely available to students a generation ago have swelled curriculum offerings, and, in an effort to enrich its programs, larger school districts have been prompted to move toward an "extended school year" as a solution. This document reports the results of a study made to ascertain if the school year…

This speech contains an analysis of school personnel absence, that seeks to develop a formula useful for understanding more clearly the nature of absence behavior. Since absence is an important aspect of productivity, it is important to understand better the dynamics of absence. Absence could be conceptualized as contractual relationships within a…