Serious about Keeping Good Teachers? Help Them Reclaim Lost Teaching Time.

Graham, Jean Bettis

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ERIC Number: EJ309987

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Serious about Keeping Good Teachers? Help Them Reclaim Lost Teaching Time.

Graham, Jean Bettis

American School Board Journal, v172 n1 p35-36 Jan 1985

Argues that the best way to improve teachers' performance and morale is to provide more paid time for essential teaching tasks. Six suggestions are provided: reduce class size; provide clerical help; delegate responsibility; provide student assistants; seek help from parents; provide monthly (nonteaching) work days. (TE)

Descriptors: Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Morale, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Conditions, Working Hours

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Includes brief article by same author: "Here Are More Ways to Save Teachers Time."