Two German native speakers come to England to undertake a course of initial teacher training. They complete the course successfully. Instead of seeking and finding jobs as teachers, however, they return to Germany to undertake a second course of initial teacher training. This is unusual. This article reviews their reasons for taking two routes in…

The 2006 report from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, "Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U. S. Higher Education", made recommendations that most parttime faculty cannot follow. The report "urge[s] postsecondary institutions to make a commitment to embrace new pedagogies, curricula,…

Workload clauses in 92 collective bargaining contracts provides one basis for predicting future trends and tradeoffs. (Editor)

This review of research on class size is organized into two parts. Part 1 presents a summary list of true statements with respect to the central topic of this study. The statements are divided into three sections: (a) class size and pupil achievement, (b) class size and teaching procedures, and (c) teacher load. Some statements can be accepted as…

This report discusses the attractive reputation of the physical education teacher and why many instructors lack job satisfaction. Long vacations, high job security, and a pleasant work environment are only several aspects of the profession which reinforce high expectations in students becoming gym teachers. However, little has been stressed in…

The faculty activity analysis describes the time faculty spend in various professional activities. Faculty time is expressed in terms of hours or in terms of percent of the total work effort. Various forms of the analysis are discussed. Each form emphasizes categories of faculty time including: instruction, research, professional development, and…

Discussed in some detail is the policy statement of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) concerning the English teacher workload, which states (briefly) (1) in order to make it possible for English teachers in secondary schools to give an accountable performance, schools and their communities must recognize that maintaining class…

This document is a formal contract between the Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees and the Michigan Association of Higher Education, Gogebic Community College District. Contract articles cover recognition, bargaining, rights of the board of trustees, instructor rights, employment policies and practices, vacancy qualifications, leaves,…

This paper is primarily based upon an analysis of faculty workload at several midwestern universities. A faculty member's total workload consists of three different assignments: teaching, research, and public service. The average faculty member spends from 50 to 55 hours each week in these pursuits. The time spent in teaching is usually expressed…

Describes the results of a questionnaire survey of English department heads regarding teaching load and teaching conditions. (DD)

The City University of New York (CUNY) measures teaching workload according to credit hours taught by faculty. This information, as well as other personnel and faculty workload data, are recorded in CUNY's central administration's computerized City University Personnel System (CUPS). Each campus is required to submit electronically data on faculty…

Responses from 318 of 500 industrial education faculty showed that (1) over 70 percent were over 45; and (2) significant correlates of research productivity were networking with other faculty, conducting summer research, internal motivation, and involvement in teaching and advising graduate research students. (SK)