Among suggestions made to deal with teacher stress are engaging in relaxation training, identifying behavior response style, and balancing enjoyment with workload. (CL)

Describes how eight English teachers' hobbies enrich their teaching. (RS)

The Shawnee Mission (Kansas) schools have set up an employee recognition system that has raised pride and staff morale. To serve the district's diverse 4,000-person staff, the "Celebrate Success" committee recommended that a staff magazine, an idea pool, a corporate identity, and an awards ceremony be created. (MLH)

Teachers must deal with lights that turn off on their own, toilet paper rationing and hot water shortages in the bathrooms, and not enough books for their classes. In this article, the author argues that asking teachers to work in these conditions while holding them accountable for dramatic improvements in student performance threatens to drive…

In 2006-07, New York City, the largest school district in the United States, decided it would follow several other school systems in adopting a progress report program. Under its program, the city grades schools from A to F according to an accumulating point system based on the weighted average of measurements of school environment, students'…

Research on the effects of divorce has generally focused on mothers and children, neglecting the father. This study examined post-divorce problems in divorced custodial fathers (N=20), divorced noncustodial fathers (N=20), and divorced childless men (N=20). The three groups and a group of married fathers (N=20) were compared on a measure of morale…

A special education teacher recounts her own experiences of burnout, suggests a 5 stage progression for the condition, and lists 12 ways of managing the problem. Among possible solutions are keeping a journal to look at situations more objectively, creating a support system at school, getting involved in inservice, taking mental health days, and…

Aside from poor salaries and fringe benefits, the basic causes of teacher dropout are frustration and lack of status, both of which are greatly dependent on teacher workload. Components of workload are (1) a rigid school day and 35-hour week differing from freer patterns in higher-status occupations; (2) oversize classes which reduce teaching…

The development of a scale for measuring campus morale is discussed. Since morale has helped to account for intergroup differences in effectiveness, it might be a significant variable affecting the process and product of higher education. Twenty-two items relevant to institutional morale were selected from the College and University Environment…

In preparation for this publication, 16 young teachers from different grade levels and different school districts were invited to meet in group discussions and speak about their experiences. All sessions were taped; the transcript was edited and organized to show the moment of passion, crises, and growth of new teachers. The tape extracts have…

Describes the flexible work week for support staff approved as a continuing program in May 1975 by Indiana University Libraries (Bloomington). (PF)

An interview with Professor Zacharie Clements focuses on the educational bureaucracy, issues related to the back-to-basics movement, and cutbacks in school funding. Professor Clements advocates pep rallies for teachers who do a good job despite the drawbacks of the teaching profession. (CM)

This study investigated reactions to the death of a similar or dissimilar person. Results of a viewing time measure indicated that people spent less time viewing the victim's pictures when he was dead and similar. The limitations of the paradigm were discussed. (Author)

Provides advice on minimizing classroom alienation (powerlessness, meaninglessness, normlessness, isolation, and self-estrangement) through specific classroom strategies. Concludes that student alienation effects learning as well as evaluation. A conscious effort to increase student integration improves teaching, student learning, and the…

Interviewed 53 noninstitutionalized elderly to examine patterns of exchange of assistance within their informal helping networks. Results suggest inability to reciprocate rather than need for assistance had a greater negative effect on morale. There was a negative relationship between formal service use and reliance on the informal network.…