This study surveyed secondary school English teachers in British Columbia, Canada to examine the nature and extent of teacher workload, teacher perceptions of workload-related stress, and teacher ability to cope with this stress. Surveys were distributed to secondary schools throughout the province, and 737 teachers responded. Results indicated…

This study used the multilevel modeling method to analyze the research productivity of 1,104 tenured or tenure track faculty from the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty. The study compared statistical and substantive results of multilevel modeling (or hierarchical linear modeling) to the traditional regression approach. Two dependent…

This report contains national trend and predictor data for the attrition of teachers from public schools. Data come from three large, national probability samples of teachers taken over 6 school years between 1987 and 1995. Data are based on questionnaire reports of teachers from the Public School Teacher Questionnaires of the Schools and Staffing…

This book presents the argument that teachers need more time for students, more time for planning, and more time for teaching. It claims that the United States should adopt and pay for the model used for public schools elsewhere in the world by having smaller classes, fewer classes per day for each teacher, and more work time for teachers to plan…

Techniques teachers use to gain influence in their work places were examined. Techniques of employee influence appeared to fall into categories according to the way that they provide or deny legitimacy to the organization's formal and informal rules or to its administrators. (CJ)

Teachers can learn to cope with many of the stresses of their jobs, especially if they can develop a positive, strong self-image. Teachers should be given realistic expectations about what they can accomplish in today's classrooms, adjust their lives to accommodate psychological needs, and learn to deal with criticism. (PP)

As part of an effort to improve the quality of work life, an Employees Communication and Development Council was formed at the West Bloomfield School District of Orchard Lake, Michigan. The council concentrates on improving the district's internal communications and planning for staff development activities. (PP)

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)

A music teacher talks about the hard lessons he learned in his first year of teaching in a small, rural, elementary and secondary school. Student discipline problems, poor class attendance, exhaustion, and problems with parents reduced his initial idealism and optimism. (RM)

A. H. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs provides a useful vehicle for principals to use to meet teachers' essential needs. (Author)

Describes two model four-year primary schools established in Siberia in the 1920s to help train teachers in new teaching methods. Demonstrations and field trips were utilized and clubs were organized. To make education relevant, newspapers were used. (AM)

First grade teacher Susie Jablinske talks about her teaching experience in this interview. The conversation covers her background, the role of teacher militancy on educational quality, teaching conditions in her school, and her teaching methods. (AM)

This is a brief summary of the responses to this magazine's August 1979 opinion poll, covering a wide range of topics, such as likes and dislikes about teaching, school violence, use of audiovisuals, teacher unionization, national educational and political issues, and respondents' personal characteristics, interests, and income. (SJL)

The various motivations for individuals entering and remaining in the teaching profession are described. The extent of teacher commitment by sex, age, and grade level taught, and advantages and disadvantages of teaching are discussed, and factors relating to job satisfaction are explored. (JN)

This article is adapted from a memorandum prepared by the head of an independent school for the education and compensation committees of the school's board of trustees. Presented in question-and-answer format, it reflects primarily a faculty point of view. (Author/SJL)