To determine San Mateo Junior College District's 1969-70 needs for additional instructors and the number of student-contact hours to be assigned to each, a survey was made of the district's practices during the preceding two years. The report is based on the assumption that the number of student-contact hours should vary by subject in each of the…

Forty-six distributive education state supervisors and 49 teacher educators responded to a survey to determine the supply of distributive education teachers, sources of recruitment, and methods employed to recruit. Some of the findings were: (1) 82.2 percent of the state supervisors and 91.8 percent of the teacher educators indicated an inadequate…

This planning study analyzes both the characteristics and supply/demand of elementary school teachers in Ontario. By using statistical data from 1958-1972, the report shows trends in (a) sources of teacher supply, (b) mobility and retention of teachers, (c) special education and (d) effects and influence of neighboring areas on Ontario education.…

This School Board Policy kit, one of a series, covers the subject of Policies that Support Effective Teacher Recruitment. It requests all district boards to "incorporate into written policy form their refusal to consider race, religion, sex, or national origin as a basis for employment," and stresses the importance of teacher recruitment as a…

This School Board Policy kit, one of a series, covers the subject of Policies that Support Effective Teacher Recruitment. It requests all district boards to "incorporate into written policy form their refusal to consider race, religion, sex, or national origin as a basis for employment," and stresses the importance of teacher recruitment as a…

This research report contains a descriptive analysis of tables on present and projected statistics of teacher supply and demand in the United States. Included are tables on enrollment in teacher education in 67 institutions, 1969-70 to 1972-73, by level; on graduates prepared to teach and graduates receiving the bachelor's and first professional…

The first half of this document examines the national supply and demand of teachers, while the second half is concerned with the situation in Wisconsin. The change from the teacher shortage of the 1960's to the surplus of the 1970's is traced and explained, and the continued shortage in certain fields, such as industrial arts, special education,…

This study is one of a series of 15 which comprises a comprehensive report on the supply of secondary level teachers in English-speaking Africa. Each is focused on the problem of determining the likely demand for overseas personnel for staffing secondary level institutions through 1975, and each attempts to analyze the problem of teacher supply…

This paper investigates the plausibility of various projections of academic demand for doctorates over the next two decades. Contributions to this demand by different sectors of higher education are examined and policy implications relevant for various decisionmakers involved in higher education are suggested. A data source bibliography used in…

Proposes a controversial method of dealing with teacher shortages: leave the classrooms vacant rather than using less qualified teacher substitutes. If the public were confronted with the problem of attracting high-quality teachers, citizens would pressure boards and legislatures to find long-term solutions for developing quality teachers. (MD)

Describes how the Community Consolidated School District 93 in Illinois recruits excellent teaching candidates. They use an ongoing, computerized recruiting system. (MD)

The article reviews studies of past and current market conditions in special education to identify some of the basic underlying economic reasons for those market conditions. The consequences of the market forces on the quality of education, both positive and negative, are examined. (Author/CL)

The dynamics of teacher supply and demand cannot be understood, the authors argue, when there is no agreement on the definition of a teacher, the relationship between class size and teacher effectiveness, and the proper career pattern of a teacher. (MT)

A nationwide survey of public school physical educators employed in grades K-12 was conducted to assess availability of teaching positions. In addition, a breakdown was made of those employed at K-6 and 7-12 levels as well as the respective student enrollments for those levels. Results are presented and discussed. (MT)

This report presents estimates of four types of newly hired teachers: newly prepared teachers, delayed entrants, transfers, and reentrants. It describes their demographic characteristics, teaching qualifications, career paths, and former occupations from the 1987-1988, 1990-1991, and 1993-1994 Schools and Staffing Surveys. Between 1987-1988 and…