The purpose of the study was to examine the prevalence, type and frequency of supervision provided to school counsellors, as well as to map experienced counsellors' expectations of the supervisor. The research question guiding this study was: What is the platform, type and frequency of supervision provided to school counsellors, and what are…

The study focused on how principal mentors perceived the mentoring process by means of the metaphors they used to represent it. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 principal mentors. Findings were analysed qualitatively, generating themes as an inductive process, grounded in the various metaphors articulated by participants.…

Framed as collective case studies, this study examined the perspectives that mentors, who are considered exemplary in the field, exhibit towards mentoring in different mentoring contexts in the Israeli school system from a variety of view points: The mentors themselves, their mentees, supervisors, school principals, and project leaders. Mentoring…

The Postgraduate Center for Psychotherapy in Haifa, Israel has developed a one-year seminar in psychodynamic supervision for practicing supervisors. Twenty-five participants took part in group seminars designed to address the process of supervision and the theoretical, personal, and stylistic differences among supervisors. This paper describes the…

Teachers who do not continually progress, regress. There are four main streams of in-service teacher education: advanced study towards academic progress, advancement as teachers, professional regeneration, and advancement towards new or special objectives. In-service training must bring about the continuous revitalization of a teacher. Changes are…

Students of early childhood education studying at teachers' colleges in Israel are usually required to spend 1 to 2 work days weekly in a preschool, supervised by a faculty member who visits the student on site. This study examined the faculty member's perception of self in the role of fieldwork supervisor. Participating in this descriptive…

This study assesses factors that affect principals' roles in curricular innovation. A random sample of 69 Israeli principals participated in the study, which sought to estimate the predictive ability of policy, strategy, organizational, and background factors in explaining the variance of leadership styles. (TE)

This paper presents findings of a study that explored the changing roles of principals and other school leaders in Israel as the system moves toward autonomous school organization. Specifically, the study examined the extent to which principals employed supervisory behaviors, teacher-activating behaviors, and school-restructuring initiatives. Data…