Argues that instructional supervisors must take an active role in instructional improvement and that supervisors should become directly involved in the development of a teacher evaluation system that is objective, systematic, and collaborative, with emphasis on the improvement process. (JG)

Presented is the training manual used to prepare special education supervisors in a competency based and individualized 1-year program at the University of Texas. Noted in the overview are such program concepts as the role of the supervisor in instructional improvement and as an instructional change agent and the need for determining critical…

Presented are an analysis of the field training experiences, and end-of-program evaluation, and a short term follow up study of a 3-year competency based program to train special education supervisors at the University of Texas. Summarized are analysis findings (such as a mean of 13 different school visits per trainee) and satisfaction by…