This report of the Faculty Senate regarding faculty collective bargaining discusses faculty professional interests, how faculty interests may be advanced, and who is available to help. The faculty interests include: (1) academic freedom; (2) professional tenure; (3) adequate compensation; (4) discrimination in employment practices; (5) fringe benefits; (6) faculty participation in institutional policymaking; (7) due process and other procedural safeguards in confrontations; (8) teaching,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Collective Bargaining, Higher Education, Negotiation Agreements, Teacher Employment,...
TO IDENTIFY THE AMOUNTS OF TIME WHICH TEACHERS GIVE TO THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL AND NONINSTRUCTIONAL DUTIES, A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO A RANDOM SAMPLE OF 3,594 CLASSROOM TEACHERS, OF WHOM 1,725 RETURNED USABLE REPLIES. MOST SPENT ABOUT 8 TO 9 HOURS A DAY (INCLUDING 2 TO 3 HOURS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY) ON TEACHING, PREPARATION FOR TEACHING, AND EVALUATING PUPILS. CLERICAL DUTIES NOT RELATED TO INSTRUCTION REQUIRED ABOUT 1 HOUR DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. NONINSTRUCTIONAL DUTIES RECURRING DAILY,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teacher Employment, Teacher Role, Teaching Load
Regulations for sick leave and substitute teachers, adopted by the North Carolina State Board of Education, are presented in outline form. Sick leave regulations provide for sick leave eligibility, sick leave earned, leave charges, sick leave accumulation, advancement of sick leave, verification of sick leave, repayment of excessive leave, temporary disability, and reinstatement of accumulated sick leave. Substitute teacher regulations provide for teacher definition, employment and pay of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Leaves of Absence, Substitute Teachers, Teacher...
Tollowing a brief description of the purposes of tenure, the policy adopted by the College of the Mainland (Texas) in July 1967 was presented. The policy outlines: who is eligible to receive tenure, the rights of those who have received tenure, and the criteria and procedure used by the president for recommending tenure. (MB)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contracts, Teacher Employment, Tenure, Two Year Colleges
THIS STUDY OF THE PROFESSIONAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL STATUS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN 23 COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAS INCLUDES DATA ON TRAINED AND UNTRAINED TEACHERS AND ON THE PRESENCE, IF ANY, OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOLS. THE ECONOMIC SECTION DEALS WITH TEACHERS' SALARIES IN RELATION TO SALARIES FOR OTHER OCCUPATIONS. THE SOCIAL STATUS SECTION COVERS OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATIONS, BASIS OF APPOINTMENTS, TENURE, RETIREMENT, SOCIAL SECURITY, SICK LEAVE,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Economic Status, Occupational Surveys, Social Status, Teacher Certification, Teacher...
Teacher salaries are the single most costly item in every state's education budget. This report provides both a historical overview and recent statistics on trends in teacher salaries. The report describes the status of teacher salaries in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states, defines "average" teacher salary, and discusses how school-reform initiatives have affected teacher salaries. The report also compares SREB states' average teacher salaries to the national...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Compensation (Remuneration), Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Teacher...
This booklet presents information for use in choosing a career in education. It is divided into five sections. Section one, "Educators in the Schools," provides descriptions and average salary information for the following jobs: teacher, educational specialist, auxiliary personnel, supervisor, and educational administrator. Section two, "Educators Outside the Schools," briefly discusses positions in research, private consulting, and work in agencies concerned with education....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Choice, Careers, Education, Teacher Employment, Teachers, Teaching
This memorandum sets forth the regulations and procedures affecting appointments to the instructional faculty of Franklin Pierce College. Part A: General Provisions, includes information on faculty ranks, the procedure of appointment, the regular review, and normal retirement. Part B deals with the terms and conditions of appointment, including the determination of the conditions, the period of appointment, and notice of reappointment or non-reappointment. Part C: Special Provisions, discusses:...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Faculty, Faculty, Higher Education, Teacher Employment, Tenure
A survey was conducted to provide information of use to school administrators as they plan for initial or continued use of paraprofessional personnel. A questionnaire was developed for use in interviews with 63 principals, supervising teachers and librarians, and teacher aides in 17 randomly selected Texas school districts in the GUSREDA (Gulf School Research Development Association) area. Aims were to determine what teacher aides do; what type of assignments prove most effective; whether...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Staff Utilization, Teacher Employment, DeHart, Ruth
Attitudes of career elementary school teachers concerning satisfaction with their current positions and the fulfillment of their career needs are examined in this study of 178 graduate education students. The measurement instrument for the study included a) a request for personal information, employment data, and career aspirations; b) 100 items measuring satisfaction with current teaching position; and c) 100 corresponding items to determine the felt needs of teachers with regard to their...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Job Satisfaction, Needs, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Attitudes,...
This overview of substitute teaching in K-12 schools looks at why substitutes are needed, factors that attract individuals to the work, and what school administrators can do to facilitate good substitute teaching. While schools continue to utilize substitutes for traditional reasons such as personal or family illness or emergency, the school reform movement of the mid-1980s has involved classroom teachers in a variety of nontraditional, noninstructional activities. In addition, changes in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Improvement, Public...
This report is an attempt to classify and interpret the new pieces of state legislation influencing the teaching occupation: how teachers are trained, licensed, inducted, and compensated. The historical basis of recent teacher reforms and the concepts of teaching that these new policies embody are analyzed. Examined are trends in state teacher policies governing certification and compensation implemented between 1978 and 1986. Analysis was based on interviews with state officials, examinations...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, State Legislation, Teacher...
This report reviews the philosophical and practical basis of teacher tenure. The discussion includes tenure both at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels. General observations are based on the same criticisms of tenure at every educational level. The major areas of study include the present situation, background of tenure, mythology, and alternative plans. A brief summary indicates the desirability of maintaining tenure. A 38-item bibliography is included. (Related document is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Philosophy, Teacher Employment, Teacher Welfare, Tenure, Sherman, Robert...
One approach to the crisis in the supply of teachers in Britain is to attract back to the profession qualified teachers who have left. To know whether this approach is viable, however, it is important to know about the reasons for leaving teaching and factors affecting return. Therefore, a study was conducted to survey trained teachers not currently in full-time employment, to ask why they had left teaching, whether they were likely to return to the classroom, and what measures would encourage...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries,...
The author argues against the abolition of teacher tenure for several reasons: 1) no better protection for the schools or the teachers has been suggested, 2) many administrations do not provide evaluation or leadership for their staff, 3) protection for teachers is needed to assure stability to the school system as a whole, and 4) most state-wide tenure laws already provide for fair dismissal procedures for cause. Examples are given of the treatment of teachers in New Jersey where 40 percent do...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disqualification, School Districts, Teacher Employment, Teacher Welfare, Tenure,...
This report, the second in a series of eight which analyzes the educational personnel system, applies three theories of labor mobility to primary and secondary school teachers. These theories are the economic theory of the human capital model, the institutional theory of internal labor markets, and a probabilistic Markov model. The literature on each of the theories is briefly reviewed, and the substantive notions of the human capital model and the theory of internal labor markets are combined...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary School Teachers, Employment Patterns, Faculty Mobility, Labor Economics,...
This report documents the nature of teacher shortages in Connecticut for the 1987-88 school year from multiple perspectives. A general overview is provided through a statewide analysis based on totals summed across all positions. Analyses of individual positions and position categories with reference to the number of school districts with vacancies provide more detailed information on the possible existence of teacher shortages. The most precise estimate of teacher shortages in the report is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Teacher Employment, Teacher...
This paper presents an alternative plan to the system of academic tenure instituted at Webster College in Missouri. The alternative plan allows several options to faculty members: (1) with the 3rd-year contract, a faculty person may negotiate for a 1-semester sabbatical at half-salary or a summer sabbatical with negotiable salary; (2) with the 4th-year contract a faculty person may negotiate for a 2-semester sabbatical with half salary of a 1-semester sabbatical at full salary; or (3) with the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Faculty, Higher Education, Professors, Sabbatical Leaves, Teacher Employment...
This booklet provides information for United States educators who wish to be considered for participation in the Teacher Exchange Program, which entails academic-year exchanges and seminars abroad. The first part furnishes information on: (1) The Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program; (2) application procedures for teaching positions abroad; (3) application procedures for seminars abroad; (4) reapplication for teaching positions and seminars abroad; (5) application deadlines; and (6) participating...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange,...
This report investigates some myths that proliferate in the debate surrounding the tenure issue. The major concepts covered are the origins of tenure, the protection of academic freedom, tenure as security, protection of the incompetent, the ease of obtaining tenure, a periodic review of tenure, and the lack of job availability for younger teachers. A brief summary indicates the need for tenure. (Related documents is SP 006 240.) (MJM)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Employment, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Welfare,...
The recent sudden reduction in the birthrate, following an earlier reduction in 1964-65, makes it clear that school enrollment will shrink steadily for the next 15 years. Demand for teachers in the state of Connecticut will decrease from about 2,300 per year to about 1,300 per year by 1980 and will continue to shrink the next 4 years to about 1,200 in 1984. Connecticut presently produces about 5,000 to 6,000 new teachers each year, and many who qualified in previous years are competing for the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Enrollment, Teacher Education, Teacher Employment, Teacher Supply and Demand, Hyde,...
This report contains a State-by-State summary of statutory tenure provisions for teachers and other school personnel. In those States where tenure legislation is not statewide, or where no tenure laws have yet been passed, other statutory provisions that bear on the duration of employment have been summarized. All reported enactments through September 30, 1970 are included, and citations to appropriate State codes are given. A tabular listing shows the type of tenure and contract provisions in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contracts, Educational Legislation, School Law, State Legislation, State Surveys,...
This bibliography contains 286 reference works on tenure completed within the last 10 years. The bibliography contains books, articles and excerpts from books, and theses. The titles which have a single asterisk show availability through the Canadian Teacher's Federation Library. Titles with a double asterisk indicate availability in microform only. Titles followed by an ED number indicate the availability of abstracts in "Research in Education". The titles followed by "Available...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Freedom, Contract Salaries, Contracts, Probationary Period, Teacher...
Underlying barriers to adjunct faculty forming effective communities are time and distance; they spend little time on campus, and there is distance, physically and psychologically, from their peers. There can be no hope of challenging and changing the system without the organizing and focusing of energies. Lessons can be learned from big business. It is important to ask whether teaching is the primary goal of the institution and whether the college could function without adjuncts. Included are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adjunct Faculty, Change Strategies, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education,...
This presentation discusses strategies upon which to base teacher incentives, and also assumptions within these strategies. The first strategy, influencing teacher turnover rates so that good teachers remain in the profession longer and poor teachers leave teaching sooner, includes consideration of occupational rewards, career structure, benefits, stress, organizational features, and teacher evaluation. The second strategy, attracting higher-quality entrants into teaching from the ranks of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Inservice Teacher...
This 60-item bibliography presents books, journal articles, and dissertations concerning various aspects of sabbatical leave. (MJM)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bibliographies, College Faculty, Higher Education, Sabbatical Leaves, Teacher...
This study reviews current literature relating to methods of selection and recruitment of teachers and describes some of the more innovative techniques suggested by practicing administrators and recruiting agencies. Emphasis is given to the importance of establishing sound criteria and workable techniques of teacher selection, together with methods for allowing dialogues between interviewer and applicant. Among the criteria and requirements given for teacher selection are (1) adaptation to the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Employment Interviews, Job Application, Methods, Teacher Employment, Teacher...
This progress report highlights findings from the first year of a 3-year evaluation of the Matching Funds for Retention program, a child-care retention incentive (CRI) program. It includes initial rates of professional development, training, and retention of 677 program participants in four California counties (Napa, San Luis Obispo, Siskiyou, and Ventura). Specifically, the report provides preliminary information on the following: the types of CRI programs designed by the counties; the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Finance, Labor...
The Renewable Contract Plan at Hampshire College makes certain assumptions: First, that traditional life tenure systems do not necessarily encourage continuing professional evaluation, nor do they necessarily encourage pedagogical experimentation, development, and renewal. The positive assumptions of the Renewable Contract Plan include: (1) periodic evaluation of faculty effectiveness in the reappointment process helps insure sustained quality among faculty; (2) career development will be...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contracts, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Teacher Employment, Teacher...
The information reported in this paper is based on data from the Professional Personnel Register for the school years 1967-68 through 1974-75. The paper presents a comparison of the employment patterns by curriculum for all teachers employed in the public schools of Michigan during these periods. It illustrates patterns of employment of all teachers in the state as well as employment of new teachers in Michigan and in the particular intermediate school districts of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns, Public...
The Educational Excellence Act of 1989 is a bill designed to provide excellence in American education. Seven specific legislative initiatives are aimed at fulfilling this principle: (1) Presidential Merit Schools program; (2) Magnet Schools of Excellence program; (3) the Alternative Certification of Teachers and Principals program; (4) President's Awards for Excellence in Education; (5) Drug-Free Schools Urban Emergency Grants; (6) National Science Scholars program; and (7) Historically Black...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Quality,...
In this speech, the author identifies and discusses some misconceptions about tenure, discusses some problems encountered in dismissing tenured teachers, and offers solutions for improving this dismissal process. To improve the dismissal process, the author urges that (1) boards of education consult an attorney when contemplating a tenure decision; (2) the membership of tenure commissions include lawyers; and (3) tenure commissions be given authority to appoint hearing officers to serve local...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Due Process, Speeches, Teacher Dismissal, Teacher Employment, Teacher Welfare,...
This book is the result of analyses made of the application forms and other materials given by the department of education registrars and heads of qualification evaluation services in Canada to out-of-province teachers seeking certification and assessment of their salary category status. This report is divided into two parts. Part A contains six tables outlining the procedures to follow when applying for certification in another province. Part B contains four tables outlining additional...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Credentials, Teacher Certification, Teacher Employment, Teacher Qualifications,...
This brochure contains information regarding recruitment procedures for elementary and secondary teachers seeking employment in schools operating on United States military bases. Sections cover the following areas: (1) eligibility; (2) position categories and special requirements; (3) application procedures; (4) basic program information and entitlements; (5) housing, living, and working conditions; and (6) shipment of household goods and personal effects. A complete application form is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Military Personnel, Overseas...
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 those states with legislation that addresses selected issues related to teacher contract laws. Section 3 summarizes teacher contract statutes on a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship, School...
To facilitate teacher mobility in the Northeast, barriers to interstate movement must be lessened. Presently, teachers are restricted from transferring pension assets across state lines; they can lose up to 40 percent of their retirement benefits, can usually transfer only part of their years of service, and may be financially unable to "buy in" years of service even when allowed. This policy brief recommends that the seven Northeastern states consider passing legislation (similar to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Interstate Programs, Policy...
This paper examines teacher education in Latvia and ways of developing it in the context of the Common European Educational Area (the Bologna process). It examines current models of teacher education in universities and other higher education institutions, as well as ways of developing these in different types of higher education institutions. It demonstrates the advantages of the integrated teacher training model over the consecutive model, with respect to teacher training that responds to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Education, Teaching Models, Teacher...
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 arbitrary behavior of an administrator or school board. The four major sections each contain a series of questions with general answers based on the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Legal Problems, School Desegregation, Teacher...
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 are lecturers. Eighty-two percent of the professional staff serve in instruction; 372 in general education, 240 in vocational education. Following...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Faculty, Tables (Data), Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Employment, Teacher...
Based on data compiled from the U.S. Census Bureau "Current Population Survey" (March 1989), this report compares the average annual earnings of teachers to the average annual earnings of college graduates in full-time, salaried, nonteaching positions in six states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. In addition to comparing average earnings, the report presents several other comparisons between teachers and other college educated workers,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Choice, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Teacher...
The extent, causes, and possible consequences of underfunded teacher pensions are examined. The analysis is divided into two separate studies. Essay I, "Appraising the Funding Status of Teacher Pensions: An Econometric Approach," examines the funding status of teacher pension plans for the 50 states and for selected localities for the decade 1971-1980. Based on a pension underfunding equation, the results reveal that the dollar value of plan underfundings have risen by over 50 percent...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Fringe Benefits, Personnel Policy, Retirement...
A survey of 58 senior school administrators was conducted to test opinions commonly held in Manitoba regarding teacher turnover. Among the opinions tested were a) that teacher turnover is presently declining rapidly, b) that few tenured teachers are released, and c) that it is becoming increasingly difficult for newly qualified teachers to obtain positions. Results indicated that turnover was minimal and that nontenured teachers were released at a 7 to 1 ratio to tenured teachers. Conclusions...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contracts, Faculty Mobility, Probationary Period, Status, Supervisors, Supervisory...
This survey investigated problems of teacher supply and demand and collected information from local school districts to be used as base-line data on the current employment of teachers. Iowa's 452 school districts comprised the total sample for the empirical data given. The model survey was designed so that it could be replicated in subsequent years for comparison and trend analysis, and so that the approach might be implemented in other states. Experience gained from this survey will be used to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Data Analysis, Employment Opportunities, Surveys, Teacher Employment, Teacher Supply...
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 of school facilities, tenure, salary schedule, and teaching benefits. (PG)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Collective Bargaining, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education, Negotiation...
According to research of the 1980's in the ERIC system and elsewhere, there seem to be three schools of thought about the most effective ways to reward good teachers and provide incentives for improving teacher performance. The schools of thought described include (1) intrinsic rewards only; (2) specific additional monetary rewards for specific performance; and (3) both extrinsic and intrinsic rewards. The types of "professional" or intrinsic incentives to which teachers respond...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Rewards, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher...
This is a report on a pilot program in predicting success in teaching conducted at Fox Valley technical Institute. The goals of the program are listed as follows: a) to write a philosophy, objectives, and systematic plan for a pilot program of evaluation; b) to select a personality measurement instrument and an instructor rating scale (for supervisors and students); c) to conduct an in-service program for supervisors dealing with the administration of the rating scale; d) as an ultimate goal,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Beginning Teachers, Personnel Evaluation, Predictive Measurement, Predictive...
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 arbitrary behavior of an administrator or school board. The four major sections each contain a series of questions with general answers based on the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Legal Problems, School Desegregation, Teacher...
This report considers the question of what becomes of college graduates who are newly qualified to teach and who face a teacher surplus. National statistics provide data on the following questions: What is the state of the market for new teachers? How do graduates newly qualified to teach fare in the labor market compared to other graduates? What kinds of jobs do graduates newly qualified to teach get when they aren't teaching? and, What is the outlook for teaching jobs over the next several...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Beginning Teachers, College Graduates, Employment Patterns, Teacher Education,...
This second report of the Commission on Public School Personnel Policies in Ohio is concerned with teacher tenure in the state of Ohio and need for changes in the tenure law. The basic positions of the commission are that teachers should be protected against arbitrary and unwarranted action by their employers but that professional incompetence cannot be tolerated for any reasons. Tenure should not be viewed as guaranteed life employment, according to the commission; it has been viewed as such...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contracts, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Dismissal, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher...
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 rate. Highlights of the survey indicated: (1) There has been no overall change between 1972 and 1974 in the general prevalence of tenure systems. (2)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Faculty, Contracts, Higher Education, Probationary Period, Statistical Data,...
