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Blumberg, Arthur – Administrator's Notebook, 1970
The supervisory conference appears to be a general failure because most supervisors fail to foster a helping relationship. (RA)
Descriptors: Supervision, Supervisors, Supervisory Methods, Teacher Attitudes

Blumberg, Arthur; Cusick, Philip – Education, 1970
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Supervisors, Teacher Behavior, Verbal Communication
Blumberg, Arthur; Cusick, Philip – 1970
A study was conducted to develop and test a method for describing, in a systematic and quantifiable fashion, the nature of the interaction that takes place between a supervisor (e.g., principal or helping teacher) and a teacher. Tape recordings of 50 supervisor-teacher conferences were collected. They were analyzed by use of a 15-category…
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Supervision, Supervisors, Teacher Administrator Relationship
Blumberg, Arthur – 1976
The speaker presents his notion about reconceptualizing the function of supervision and the role of supervisors in a way that fits the needs of teachers, supervisors, and schools. This new approach conceives of the function of supervisors as interpersonal intervention and the role of the supervisor as that of interpersonal interventionist--a…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship, Interprofessional Relationship
Blumberg, Arthur – 1983
Instructionally, schools tend to be "weakly normed" organizational systems in which teachers bring relatively little pressure upon each other to change and/or improve their classroom performance. Because teachers tolerate a wide range of behavior among their colleagues and are reluctant to offer criticism of each other, those responsibile for…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Organization, Instructional Improvement
Jonas, R. Stevan; Blumberg, Arthur – 1986
Recent studies of the perceptions of teachers and supervisors about the benefits of teacher supervision show clear disagreement between the two groups. Supervisors see their efforts as helpful to teachers, whereas teachers consider supervision ineffectual. This document reports on research conducted to test the theory that positive…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems