Discusses the importance of teacher award and recognition programs in promoting business education. Describes specific national and regional business awards as well as general awards for which business education teachers could be nominated. (JOW)

Explores several crucial factors that may be involved in the high level of teachers' disenchantment with their work. Cites several approaches that teacher educators can use to help teachers cope with the pressures of teaching. (FL)

Reports a study to investigate instructor anxiety in teaching content which is likely to arouse strong reations in college students. Sixty instructors of psychology, personal adjustment, or family life constituted the sample. Almost all the interviewees reported anxiety; the most frequent source was in perceiving students as critical, powerful,…

Extols the virtues of going to summer conferences, which include the revitalization of a teacher's spirit. (RL)

The author discusses crisis periods in the career of a vocational agriculture instructor. He suggests ways to improve morale and resolve doubts, including setting priorities, taking time for family and leisure activities, and budgeting time. (SK)

Stress arises from the discrepancy between the teacher's needs, values, and expectations and the actual occupational rewards, job demands, and the capacity of the worker to meet these requirements. An inservice teacher workshop program for stress identification and management is outlined. (JMF)

Reviews several books by teachers recounting their experiences that are likely to instill a renewed sense of pride and dedication in discouraged teachers. (HTH)

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)

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'…

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.…