ERIC Number: EJ1308087
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 26
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Empowering Teachers through Instructional Supervision: Using Solution Focused Strategies in a Leadership Preparation Program
McGhee, Marla W.; Stark, Marcella D.
Journal of Educational Supervision, v4 n1 Article 4 p43-67 2021
The purpose of this study was to determine how students in an educational leadership preservice program perceived the effectiveness of solution-focused supervision (SFS) taught in an instructional supervision class. Interviews, observations, and artifacts, and a case study design, were applied to address two primary research questions. Findings revealed the use of solution-focused (SF) strategies produced positive outcomes, but required dramatic paradigm shifts from study participants. Moreover, the researchers found that respondents used a wide range of SF strategies in the clinical cycle exercise. Participants, furthermore, affirmed that SF structures and language promoted reflection, conversation, and empowerment of teachers. These positive dispositions toward solution-focused supervision, however, did not come without difficulties and initial doubt.
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Teacher Supervision, Leadership Training, Preservice Teacher Education, Problem Solving, Reflective Teaching, Supervisory Methods, Graduate Students, Outcomes of Education
University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. 334 Merrill Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Web site: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/jes/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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