Principals can effectively manage their workday by prioritizing paperwork, creating tickler and flyer files, postponing missed phone calls, stashing supplies, structuring agendas, scheduling meetings, recording phone numbers on calendars, avoiding procrastination, delegating responsibility, deputizing delegates, making a faculty suggestion board,…

Describes how various schools nationwide have carved study time out of their schedules in order to make professional development a seamless part of their work day, noting how many schools find it difficult to create this study time. These whole-faculty study groups work seriously and purposefully to increase teachers' knowledge and skills. (SM)

To determine whether trails on visitor maps should indicate distance only or include "time to complete," Cleveland Metroparks interviewed 287 adult visitors to a large regional zoo. The mean perceived "average time to walk a mile" was 17 minutes, but responses ranged from 1.5 to 60 minutes. Half of respondents underestimated…

Presents a process in which nursing graduate students describe their personal stories of time pressures, identify the common elements in their stories, and reflect on their inner voice, leading to recognition of personal knowing. (SK)

As counselors are required to deal with an increasing amount of paperwork, it becomes more difficult to actually counsel students. A middle school counselor shares 12 goals that he utilizes on a daily basis that make it possible for him to increase the amount of time spent counseling students and still be able to complete paperwork. (MKA)

Presents the results of an undergraduate researcher survey which aims to determine the properties of a successful mentor. Includes a list of suggestions and tips for a successful undergraduate mentoring experience. (YDS)

Uses the concepts of "capacity" and "consistency ratios" as the means for planning and utilizing faculty capability for research and sponsored project development. Analysis of typical institutional data reveals how an understanding and use of these concepts can provide the research administrator with useful insights into the cost implications of…

A high-school Spanish teacher recalls her first hectic year. She would have quit, without assistance with everyday classroom realities from an official mentor (a vice principal), a biology teacher, and a second-grade teacher (her mother). These mentors eventually became her best friends. (MLH)

Describes a study of a United Kingdom project that distributed portable computers to special education needs coordinators and support services staff. Highlights include teachers' time and workload issues; training needs; and the position of support service staff and implications for local education authorities (LEA). (LRW)

Discussion of instructional design in large organizations highlights a project management approach. Topics addressed include the role of the instructional designer; project team selection; role of the team members; role of the project manager; focusing on what employees need to know; types of project teams; and monitoring time and responsibility.…

Results from a random sample of arts and sciences faculty indicate that structural differences between universities account for most of the difference in faculty time allocation. Attempts to emphasize teaching over research must take into account the way that faculty characteristics reinforce institutional mission. (SK)

Rapid prototyping involves abandoning many of the linear steps of traditional prototyping; it is instead a series of design iterations representing each major stage. This article describes the development of an instructor-led course for midlevel auditors using the principles and procedures of rapid prototyping, focusing on the savings in time and…

A survey of 23 principal investigators of National Science Foundation-funded projects identified the chief facilitating factor to be direct contact with program officers. They had difficulties conceptualizing and envisioning their projects, finding time and confidence for writing proposals, and dealing with the complexity of the guidelines and the…

As seen in a poem written by a disillusioned first-year teacher, novice teachers require a philosophical match with a school; meaningful support in time management, planning, technology use, instructional techniques, and classroom management; a collegial network; and balance between their professional and private lives. (MLH)

Discusses the use of electronic mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) in education. Highlights include GIS capabilities; learning environments; how GIS helps learners; examples of GIS in elementary and secondary education; GIS use by administration; and barriers to GIS implementation, including time, training, and cost. (LRW)