Discusses sources of stress for music teachers and offers tips for coping with it. Relaxation exercises, physical exercise, and a change of environment are recommended. Teachers should realistically assess their abilities and career prospects. (AM)

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 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)

Reviews the literature concerning teacher job satisfaction, especially that relevant to the reduction of worker discontent. (Author/JM)

A study of instructional change in three schools reveals that a change strategy should take advantage of existing communication networks. Where there is little interdependence among teachers, administrators need to encourage its growth and replace the egg crate form of organization with arrangements that increase teacher interaction. (MLF)

Describes a number of specific projects undertaken by the new principal of an elementary school in Myrtle Beach (South Carolina) to build staff support and morale, student enthusiasm, and parent and community involvement. (PGD)

Conducted voluntary meetings with head nurses and supervisors at the University of Michigan Hospitals to encourage expression of feelings about a nurses' strike, and gain an objective understanding of decision-making struggles involved. Presented techniques and practice opportunities for supervisors to promote resolution of interpersonal rifts and…

Using social exchange theory, examined satisfaction of the primary caregiver with living in a multigenerational household in 99 Midwestern families. Identified important predictors of satisfaction consisting of characteristics of the older person (indicators of dependency status, characteristics of the primary caregiver, and the situational…

Reveals 126 Oregon rural high school teachers showed: a positive correlation between principal's attitude toward people and productivity; no relationship between principal's attitude toward people and teachers' attitudes toward teaching; and no relationship concerning teachers' age or sex. Women were shown to be more satisfied with teaching status…

Compared neighborhood perceptions and use and social network involvement in urban and suburban older people. Urban older people reported more frequent interactions with friends, greater dissatisfaction with friendships and greater organizational participation. Informal social relationships were related to elderly urbanites' morale but had…

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

The main cause of professional burnout is stress. Both teachers and counselors are experiencing professional burnout in increasingly significant numbers. Solutions to the problem of professional burnout include: (1) a more realistic professional training; (2) improvement of organizational structure; and (3) relaxation techniques. (JN)

Assessed the relationships between a life satisfaction index and social/demographic/psychological factors in older adults. Results showed marital status, occupational prestige, years of formal education, race, annual income, and a variety of specific satisfaction with life measures were related to successful aging. (Author)

Sources of teacher stress in private boarding schools include the expectations placed on teachers, poor administrative leadership, the physical environment, time pressures, and age differences or similarities with colleagues and students. Coping with stress may involve lowered expectations, better personal health care, consistent supervision,…