Most extension district directors (n=66) who completed the Myers Briggs Type Inventory and Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventories II preferred the integrating style of conflict management. Significant relationships appeared between personality type and management style. Better understanding of types and styles can improve group dynamics, team…

A study provided a national preference type profile of agricultural professionals by administering the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to 367 (68.7 percent) teacher educators and state supervisors. Results showed a large proportion of Sensing-Judging types, especially in administration, and a small proportion of Sensing-Perceptive types. (JOW)

Helen Branigan, Hattie J. Blue, Frank Andera, and Virginia Warner discuss the future of business education and the need for administrators to be aware of the changes that are taking place and to be able to deal with them effectively. (JOW)

In a survey of state supervisors of industrial arts, it was found that lack of funds, inadequate personnel, and ineffective organization are major problems affecting the supervisors' performance. There is also no functional system for state supervisors to obtain data on local supervisory programs. (CT)

Past studies have shown Louisiana taxpayers to be victims of gross inequities in the assessment of property with little or no effort being made at the state or local level to implement fair and equitable assessment practices. The 1974 constitution and subsequent statutory law provide an opportunity to correct many of the inequities now existing in…

Three articles discuss various aspects of administration and supervision in business education. Focuses are the challenges facing state supervision today; the role of the supervisor in proprietary institutions; and the responsibilities of secondary business department heads. (CT)

Reports on a survey of each state's certification requirements for theater arts and drama teachers. Includes changes since the last survey in 1973; efforts to group dance, art, music, and theater together; and the supervision of theater arts teachers. (JMF)

An effective leadership model places the target clientele--undereducated adults--at the top of a pyramid of influence. The leader's role is to convince others of the importance of the mission and assist them in achieving it. (SK)

Responses from 49 of 50 state supervisors found that (1) the change from industrial arts to technology education is appropriate; (2) change could be accelerated by adequate funding; (3) four states are expanding beyond the four clusters; (4) more resources for teacher retraining are needed; and (5) few cited teacher educators and school…

A survey of 37 beginning agriculture teachers and 16 state supervisors in Missouri identified professional competencies for which teachers needed inservice education. Instruction, planning, evaluation, and administration competencies ranked higher than technical competencies. Teachers' rankings of needs did not correspond with those of…

The article comments on the article "How Collaboration and Research Can Affect School Counseling Practices: The Minnesota Story," by Dean Miller. It describes the role of guidance supervisors in a sustained effort to improve school guidance and counseling practices. It also highlights the role that state supervisors of guidance and…

A study was conducted to find the characteristics of state-level administrative structures for vocational education within state departments of education and to find the current and expected role of state vocational agriculture supervisors as perceived by high school teachers and state supervisors. (CT)

Presents an interview with the chairperson of a regional committee of the Soviet teachers' trade union. Includes comments on the role of the trade union during perestroika, the development of union independence from the government, and an experimental program replacing some city committees with councils of trade union committee chairpersons. (DK)

The role of the local, state, and national supervisor is explored in these six articles. Specifically, they discuss changes in the supervisor's role, a team approach to national leadership, responsibilities of state supervisors, the role of the state supervisor, qualifications needed by a supervisor, and the local agriculture education supervisor.…

Using an attitude questionnaire, it was found that the school inspector is in a conflict situation--his superior expects him to be a bureaucrat but his subordinates expect him to be a professional educational leader. He attempts to resolve the conflict by adopting a "moral-expedient" way of behaving. (Author/IRT)