Given dismal achievement results, Holland Elementary School in the Fresno Unified School District was determined to improve. Six years ago, in the statewide and similar school listing, the school ranked 1 and 1. Under the instructional leadership of their newly assigned principal and through their schoolwide and grade-level professional learning…

This study tested the efficacy of a recently developed industrial theory of work incentives in educational organizations. The investigation necessitated describing the factors which serve as sources of work attachment for educators and discovering if work factors seem of equal or differing importance to teachers who describe themselves as being…

This article advocates the formation of a network of teachers meeting on a regular basis for the sharing of ideas and encouragement; an attempt at such an activity, RAP (Return and Participate) at Indiana University, is described. (JA)

Recounts several comically stressful situations commonly encountered by high school English teachers. (MM)

Discusses ways of coping with feelings of depression teachers may have and suggests that teacher dispair may be compared with that of U.S. presidents soon after election. (SB)

There is an alarming shortage of qualified teachers in America, and while there are many excellent teachers, we risk losing them to other occupations. Ways to keep and attract good teachers are briefly discussed. Specific recommendations for PTA action are offered. (MT)

Seventy-seven suggestions, some serious and some not so, are presented to help beat teacher burnout. (CT)

The literature suggests that teacher morale is at an all time low in Australia (Hicks 2003, Smyth 2001) with teachers feeling undervalued, frustrated, unappreciated and demoralized (Smyth 2001; Senate Employment, Education and Training References Committee (SEETRC) 1998). In this paper the author utilizes the data gathered in a recent study into…

This report set out to profile the Missouri Career Ladder program by delving beneath the surface and comparing how the program works in practice (based on stakeholder accounts) with how it works in theory (based on published statutes and regulations). The authors found that in many respects the program operates as one might expect. Districts…

Humaneness in education is a necessary ingredient, says this educator, but the urge to uplift each educational innovation as the ultimate answer to our educational problems should be held in check. (Author/RK)

Article gives the results of a questionaire designed to determine what teachers regard as the most serious problems they face. (GB)

Morale questionnaires may validly serve best in pinpointing problem areas and strengths in an organization for a particular time and a particular place. (Author/IRT)

In May 2004, a group of 25 teachers at Jenks High School in Oklahoma received an invitation to the Summer 2004 Advance. Although many organizations hold retreats for their employees, the administrators wanted to send a different message: we're not retreating; we're advancing! Like many states, Oklahoma suffered a school budget crisis during the…

There is a direct correlation between (teacher) morale and (learner) discipline at school. Since the scrapping of corporal punishment, a sense of despair seems to have taken over amongst teachers in South Africa. The findings of this study indicated that more than 65% of teachers, out of a sample population of 80 respondents from schools located…