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Jennifer Celaya Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how supervisors at a four-year, public, Hispanic-serving institution in Southern California described their process for socializing new Student Affairs professionals. Data from interviews and documents were analyzed to describe how supervisors initiated opportunities for relationship…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Student Personnel Workers, Socialization
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Tang, Angela – Professional School Counseling, 2019
This quasi-experimental pretest/posttest study using the School Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale examined whether school-counseling-specific supervision increased self-efficacy related to school counseling best practice. The study included supervision of 24 practicing school counselors using the School Counseling Supervision Model framework.…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Supervision, Self Efficacy, School Counselors
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Uellendahl, Gail E.; Tenenbaum, Maya N. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 2015
In this descriptive study, the authors surveyed 220 California school counselor site supervisors of interns about supervision training, practices, and interests. Respondents overwhelmingly (71%) felt unprepared for this role and identified the need for more formal training and support. Results indicate a crucial leadership and advocacy role for…
Descriptors: Supervisory Training, School Counselors, Internship Programs, Supervisory Methods
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Van Winkle, Barbara; Allen, Stuart; DeVore, Douglas; Winston, Bruce – Journal of Leadership Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to measure the relationship between followers' perceptions of the servant leadership of their immediate supervisor and followers' sense of empowerment in the context of small businesses. A quantitative survey was completed by 116 employees of small businesses, including measures of supervisors' servant leadership…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Supervisory Methods, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Supervisors
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Wise, Donald; Hammack, Marc – Journal of School Leadership, 2011
Leadership coaching is now seen as a valuable tool to assist school leaders. Through a survey of school principals, this study identified specific coaching competencies used by leadership coaches that were perceived by principals to influence key best practices for schools. These best practices have in turn been correlated to increased student…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Leadership, Principals, Best Practices
Slabodnik-Rivas, Kathryn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the value of mentoring techniques as perceived by beginning teachers. One specific school district in Southern California using the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) program was the focus of this study. There were 12 beginning teachers involved in their second year of the BTSA program. The…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Mentors, Elementary School Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction
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von Frank, Valerie – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
African-American boys are sent to the principal's office more often than any other group and disproportionately to their numbers in a school, according to Victor Cary, partner at the National Equity Project in Oakland, California. That is just one example of how the issues of society at large--racism, classism, sexism, language, and other…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Males, African American Students, Functional Behavioral Assessment
MCCLAY, DAVID R. – 1966
A REDUCTION OF THE FOREIGN FARM WORK FORCE IN CALIFORNIA AND SUBSEQUENT INCREASE OF THE DOMESTIC WORK FORCE CREATED A NEED FOR TRAINING FARM FOREMEN. DEVELOPMENT OF A COURSE GUIDE AND A WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS PRECEDED THE 24 COURSES CONDUCTED TO TRAIN 420 FOREMEN WHO SUPERVISED 20,000 WORKERS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE IF…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Laborers, Braceros, Crew Leaders
Kissam, Ed; Dorsey, Holda – 1997
This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, discusses supervisors and teamwork. It is designed to teach about differences between supervision in different kinds of workplaces; getting along and ahead with mainstream supervisors; and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, English (Second Language)
SHAFFER, ANATOLE; SPECHT, HARRY
IN A DISCUSSION OF THE RICHMOND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR TRAINING SUBPROFESSIONALS, THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT ARE DISCUSSED--(1) RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF PERSONNEL, AND (2) BASIC, INSERVICE, AND OTHER TRAINING PROCEDURES. THE PROJECT TRAINS LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS FOR SUBPROFESSIONAL JOBS IN THE POLICE…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Career Opportunities, Community Organizations, Community Relations
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Weiler, Kathleen – History of Education Quarterly, 1994
Maintains that rural school reform in California between 1900 and 1940 was motivated by many of the same concerns that underlay the national movement to reform rural education. Describes the growth of state control over classroom teachers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Females, One Teacher Schools
GREEN, KINSEY; AND OTHERS – 1966
A 2-WEEK, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR WAS HELD JULY 25-AUGUST 5, 1966, AT TAHOE CITY, CALIFORNIA, FOR SELECTED FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL EDUCATORS WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE AGENDA AND PROCEDURES OF THIS SEMINAR WERE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THOSE USED AT THE VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Counseling, Community Programs, Cooperative Planning
Walters, Jonathan – 1995
This document contains reports summarizing the highlights of seven state forums that were held in fall 1994, modeled after the 1993 national forum on "Hard Truths/Tough Choices: An Agenda for State and Local Reform." The following conferences are summarized: "Reinventing New Jersey: Innovative Approaches under Fiscal Pressure"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Change Strategies
Nelson, Linda J., Ed. – 1989
On-the-job learning experiences of 47 school administrators, representing a broad range of administrative settings and roles, are described in this collection of reflective narratives. The authors, who had completed at least one year of training with the California School Leadership Academy (CSLA), wrote of how they applied learning acquired…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators