Departmental Organization for Better Instruction

Alexander, William M. , and Paul M. Halverson . Effective Teaching in Secondary Schools. New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1956. Briefly mentions the role and needs of the beginning teacher with probable expectancies regarding department organization touched upon .

Anderson, Lorena A. , and Eunice P. Benson , "Organization of an English Department," The English Journal, Volume 48 (March 1959), pp. 145-147. Outlines the organization of an English Department. Many of the suggestions presented could be applied to departmental meetings as a form of in-service education, particularly the utilization of coordinators .

Douglass, Harl R. , Modern Administration of Secondary Schools. New York: Ginn and Company, 1954. Briefly lists the duties of a department head and makes statements about the job which are based neither upon research nor upon personal experience. He gives good suggestions for meetings.

Garstein, Ethel R. , "Letter to a New Chairman," High Points, Volume 33 (June 1951), pp. 47-48. Having been licensed in the state of New York, the department chairman has passed all tests for the job except the Emotional Quotient test. This article suggests some of the traits which make up the Emotional Quotient.

Grant, Lester J. , "The Principal Studies His Leadership Role," The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary-School Principals , Volume 43 ( February 1959), pp. 61-64. The role and status of the department head as leader in curriculum improvement and in in-service education are discussed.

Gruman, Allen J. , "Improving Instruction Through the Use of Department Heads," California Journal of Secondary Education, Volume 30 ( March 1955), pp. 167-169. Enumerates the qualities which department heads should have and stresses the duties necessary to improve instruction; maintains that the concept of the departmental head as a supervisor is not born out by research findings. Holt , Sol , "Academic First Assistant ," High Points, Volume 30 (March 1948), pp. 29-32. An evaluation of New York City's system of licensing first assistants in academic schools. The conclusion is that the experiment has been successful and that it has pointed the way to changing the traditional concept of subject-chairmen in academic high schools.

Jensen, Elizabeth S. "The Department Chairman: Why He Often Quits with Pleasure," The Clearing House, Volume 23 (January 1949), pp. 284-286. Explains the problems and heartaches of English Department chairmen's duties and what could be done about them .

Krammer, C.W. , "Head of Department: Just Try To Find Time for It!" The Clearing House, Volume 23 (September 1948), pp. 5-8. A study of the 19 high schools in Detroit, including 119 department heads, showing that they are too weighted down with a minutae of duties to function as instructional supervisors.

Moehlman, Arthur B. School Administration. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1940.

National Society for the Study of Education, In-Service Education for Teachers, Supervisors, and Administrators. (56th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part I), Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1957. Chapter XII discusses the organization of programs of in-service education, showing particularly the utilization of the regular administrative and supervisory organization of the school.

Rinker, Floyd , "The Department Head," The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary-School Principals, Volume 34 ( December 1950), pp. 48-53. Lists the duties of the department head and suggests ways to carry them out.

Skolnik, David , "The Case for the Department Head," Education, Volume 71 (September 1950), pp. 47-50. Here is given the principle on which the department head position was founded, and suggests that chairman responsibility begins with the teaching in his own classes.

" Study of Chairmen's Reports on Class Visits," High Points , Volume 30 (February 1948), pp. 33-51. This study was made to obtain a picture of the practices, attitudes, and reactions of teachers and principals toward chairmen reports.

Waskin, Leon S. , "Organizing for Curriculum Study," The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary-School Principals, Volume 43 (February 1959), pp. 41-45. A succinct summarization of current types of staff organization that may be used for curriculum study.