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Peer reviewedMagoon, Robert A.; Linkous, Saundra W. – NASSP Bulletin, 1979
Good staff morale is crucial to the operation of an effective educational program. Suggestions are made for principals. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Scherer, Marge – Instructor, 1983
As a result of staff curtailments and enrollment changes, thousands of veteran teachers are being assigned, voluntarily or involuntarily, to grade levels and subject areas where they have no experience. Advice on how teachers can make the best of job transfers is given. (PP)
Descriptors: Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Employment, Teacher Morale
Peer reviewedPoppleton, Pam; Riseborough, George – British Educational Research Journal, 1990
Reports findings on perceptions of 686 secondary school teachers in northern England who were surveyed about aspects of their careers. Finds that work centrality was value driven. Concludes that teacher workaholics tend to be driven by their values rather than their perceptions of reality. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Secondary Education
Brown, Larry – 1982
The employability of secondary-level youth is considered by a youth employment company official in testimony to the National Commission on Excellence in Education. Attention is directed to ways in which young people, and particularly the economically disadvantaged, can acquire the necessary reading, writing, and math skills for on-the-job success.…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Basic Skills, Dropout Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textSorcinelli, Mary Deane; Billings, Deborah A. – 1992
A study examined untenured faculty at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) to determine their job satisfaction and work stress, changes in these areas over time, and ways the university could enrich their job experience. Two cohorts were studied via questionnaires. The first cohort comprised first-year faculty (N=23) and the second comprised…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, Collegiality, Comparative Analysis
