Reports a study to examine coping strategies of college instructors confronted with the conflict between coverage and mastery of subject matter. Successful coping tends to be a result of the instructor's separation of goals and activities. An important theory becomes the structure of the course and topics are fit into its framework. (KC)

This article attempts to list and explain the steps a teacher goes through from the beginning to the final stages of burnout. It also suggests possible behavioral steps to avoid or remediate the symptoms. (Author)

Suggests that exercise, diet, voice lessons, or a new look might do more for teaching effectiveness than graduate courses in education. (CM)

A fully recursive path model heuristically depicting a causative chain between financial situation, health satisfaction, satisfaction with standard of living, satisfaction with family life, and satisfaction with life as a whole was examined. The model was shown to be an effective predictor of satisfaction with life for each sex. (Author)

Downsizing can result in remaining staff developing "survivor syndrome," experiencing low morale, stress, and other psychosocial problems. If downsizing is necessary, precautions include managing perceptions and communications and empowering employees to take career ownership. (SK)

Proposes methodology to investigate the relationship between a school's physical environment and the morale of teachers and students. Includes questionnaire on morale and school facilities. (Contains 15 references.) (PKP)

Principals determine a school's culture and make the difference between whether teachers feel overburdened and powerless or valued and respected. Offers suggestions from a teacher. (MLF)

Effective teacher incentive systems should reflect the principles that intrinsic rewards are more powerful than extrinsic ones and that encouraging collegiality is preferable to rewarding individual teachers. (Author/TE)

The principal should not have to mediate between teachers and parents. Teachers' own suggestions for more effective teacher-parent communication include making parents feel comfortable, being a good listener, being positive, being careful about phrasing negative information, having telephones available, being prepared, being sensitive to parents'…

Developed and validated Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) in series of studies from 1980 to 1991 involving over 600 helping professionals. Across administrations, alpha reliabilities ranged between 0.83 and 0.91, and reliabilities of intrinsic and organizational satisfaction subscales ranged from 0.85 to 0.90 and 0.78 to 0.90, respectively. (Author/NB)

Article based on Public Agenda study of attitudes and feelings of new teachers that found them highly motivated, committed, and enthusiastic about their chosen profession. Study also found that school administrators were equally positive about new teachers. Challenges widely held assumptions about decline in supply and quality of new teachers.…

The superintendent/board relationship continues to be a subject of particular interest for those who study school leadership and those who serve in the superintendency. One issue that will likely be addressed during any superintendent employment discussion is the inclusion of pay for performance incentives. The widespread use of executive bonuses…

The purpose of this research is to examine the impact that Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is having on the professional worklives of international student and scholar advisors (ISSAs) on U.S. college and university campuses. ISSAs are clearly satisfied with their work and hold their institutions in high regard. However,…

This paper presents findings of a study that analyzed the extent of burnout among Mississippi high school principals. Specifically, it identified the level of burnout among Mississippi high school principals, the relationship between certain demographic variables and burnout, and the relationship between burnout and personality type. The level of…

This study was conducted to investigate job satisfaction among human services employees (N=114) who worked for a rehabilitation facility in Kansas with divisions in three different geographical locations. Subjects completed a demographic questionnaire and an agency personnel instrument which measured job satisfaction. Independent variables were…