The impact of community educators of remaining employed in an area with high unemployment was studied. The subjects serve as a liaison between elementary school children, parents, and community agencies offering services to needy children. Changes in subjects' health, job responsibilities, and perceptions of their effectiveness are discussed. (MCK)

A roundtable discussion of faculty commitment and revitalization was conducted by Russell Edgerton, president of the American Association for Higher Education, with Clara Lovett and R. Eugene Rice. (MLW)

Reports reflections of library school reference teacher who practiced for year as day-to-day reference librarian. Highlights include ideal reference librarianship; concepts helpful in explaining low morale; changes in basic reference service elements (information resources, clients, librarians); current coping strategies; and ways in which to cope…

Teacher stress and job dissatisfaction stem from societal, institutional, and personal factors. Each of these factors is discussed to help educators cope with the problems they face. (DF)

Outlines an innovative district-wide staff development program that improved morale, lessened the teacher burnout rate, and saved the district money. (MD)

The article presents results of a study on effects of peer and administrative support on stress reported by three samples of special education teachers (Ns = 365, 371, and 371). A majority of group comparisons indicated stronger and more frequent stress levels for nonrecipients of supervisory support than for recipients. (Author/CL)

Explores the causes of teacher burn-out in teaching assistants and offers possible solutions, such as having them attend inservice workshops with teachers of writing from area secondary schools. (DF)

Suggests time-honored tactics for superintendents wishing to boost community support for schools, including (1) weekly school visits, (2) teacher-observation requirements for principals, (3) weekly board newsletters, (4) daily lunches with school children, (5) minimal yearly teaching requirements for all administrators, and (6) a well-developed…

Surveyed 691 teachers to investigate whether those who regretted their career choice differed in perceived occupational stress from those who were content. Results showed 52 percent of the teachers would not choose teaching again. They were absent more often and reported stress as a factor in their absences. (JAC)

A "dial a strategy" device for adding variety to classroom teaching is described. Four concentric, rotating disks of decreasing size offer 4,096 possible combinations of suggestions for student thinking skills, class activities, teaching strategies, and behavioral objectives. (MJL)

In this paper data are presented on the initial validation of the Educational Forces Inventory, a technique which charts the educational setting considered as the teacher's work-space. (Author/RK)

As part of its Regional Educational Laboratory contract to develop a framework for continuous school improvement in its four-state region, AEL, Inc., staff designed the Quest project. Formative evaluation had revealed the high level of satisfaction participants had with Quest and the great extent to which the project met its goals at each event. A…

Article examines the reasons teachers in southern Canada leave their comfortable jobs for the more remote Northwest Territories and why they choose to stay there. (Author/RK)

This study finds homogeneity of belief systems within teams, as well as between team and leader, is significantly related to team morale. (Author/JN)

Relationships between teacher morale, as measured by the Purdue Teacher Opinionaire, and verbal teacher behavior, as systematically observed using the Reciprocal Category System, were explored. Subjects were 39 female elementary (Kindergarten through second grade) teachers in Follow Through classrooms in six states. (Authors)