A discussion of the special challenges facing minority board members is adapted from a session given a AGB's San Francisco conference. The session, moderated by Marian Oldman, included observations from John E. King, Hardy Liston, Jr., and Yori Wada. (Author/MLW)

Good working relationships with governors and state legislators are extremely important to trustees. It is important to approach the governor and legislators mindful of and sympathetic to the state's total needs. (MLW)

Employed Nominal Group and Delphi techniques of group decision-making to identify and determine relative intensity of stressors of nursing home administrators in Texas. Revealed that most stressful conditions involved relations with persons and agencies outside the nursing home: state agencies, legislators, general public, and relatives of…

Describes a four-step process principals and teachers can use to examine and coordinate the coverage of curricular content at each grade level and to ensure that areas of omission and unnecessary duplication are minimized. (PGD)

A well-written school design contract can protect both the school board and the architect. The language of the "Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect," provided by the American Institute of Architects, can be expanded to include terms written specifically for the owner's protection. (MLF)

Reviews the consulting process (two-way interaction focused on seeking, giving, and receiving of help) as it applies to library science and identifies nine process roles of the consultant as teacher, student, detective, barbarian, timekeeper, monitor, talisman, advocate, and ritual pig. Common errors in classifying consultant roles are noted. (9…

Analysis of factors involved in the interaction between resource and regular teachers revealed that the only significant relationship found was between regular teachers' perceptions of the resource room teachers' interpersonal behavior and the regular teachers' perceptions of the quality of resource room support services. (CL)

From 90 projects identified for the study, survey responses were received from 85 percent of the superintendents and 60 percent of the architects ranking 12 categories of conflict both according to the severity of the conflict and as causing the deterioration of the working relationship. (MLF)

By 1979 the University of San Diego needed more resources that only major capital campaigns could generate, and a new advancement officer was hired. The productive relationship between the president and the vice president of university relations is described. (MLW)

Suggestions from a personnel director of a large university include weekly meeting with section heads, route callers to staff specialists, personnel form review for time-saving improvements, updated procedures manuals, etc. (MLW)

Establishing a good relationship between central office administrators and school personnel requires shared responsibility and flexibility. (MLF)

Librarians can promote and improve their programs of bibliographic instruction through a faculty development effort on undergraduate use of the college library. Results of this kind of program have included improved course assignment formulation, imaginative assignments, and new, library-centered courses. (MSE)

The author provides a historical perspective of the mentoring phenomenon. With career planners and specialists in mind, he tackles the following questions: What is the relationship between mentoring and career planning? How much do mentors affect their proteges? Do mentors encourage mobility? (CT)

Because secondary school faculties are more diverse and specialized than elementary, a team approach to instructional leadership at the secondary level is recommended, and a four-step process is presented for incorporating such an approach: diagnosis, allocation, implementation, and evaluation. (TE)

Identifies four approaches to career planning based on situational leadership theory: the network approach, self-help approach, engineering approach, and mentor approach. Guidelines for the selection of a planning method based on the nature of the work environment and personal preference are discussed. (JAC)