The Education Professions: A Report on the People Who Serve Our Schools and Colleges--1968. As Required by the Education Professions Development Act.

Overview & Synopsis

The first annual assessment of the educational professions prepared by the U.S. Office of Education begins with a brief survey of the situation and continues with a detailed consideration under three main headings: 1) elementary and secondary education personnel, with chapters on supply and demand; the preparation, recruitment, retention, and utilization of the teacher; teacher aides; problems of low-income families; recently desegregated schools; the handicapped; early childhood education; private schools; administration; and support personnel; 2) vocational and adult education, with chapters on the supply and demand and training of vocational and technical education personnel , and the staffing of adult education programs; and 3) higher education personnel, with chapters on the supply and demand for personnel, the preparation and utilization of the college teacher, the two-year college, developing institutions, and support services. Each section concludes with a chapter on the Federal contribution and involvement. Two appendixes provide selected statistics on educational personnel and descriptive and statistical information on Federal programs which train educational personnel. (MBM)