The authors argue that management can make meaningful decisions about supervisory selection, training, and development only after classifying supervisors and comparing their activities. (Author/SSH)

Research indicates that women are better principals than men. Reasons for superiority include greater teaching experience and higher qualifications for the principalship. Women should not be satisfied to view the administrator's position as a "man's job" but should feel that it is also a position appropriate for women. (Author/BEF)

Summarizes survey results from 138 technology, engineering, and occupational education administrators on topics of demographics, training, experience, and competencies. Current and future skills required are listed along with interest in professional improvement opportunities. Significant differences in competency levels between subgroups are…

Abstracts of selected 1986 doctoral dissertations in supervision are provided in five categories: clinical supervision, attitudes and perceptions, skill analysis, international applications, and miscellaneous. (TE)

A subordinate evaluation instrument was used to identify factors that employees of Dayton-Montgomery County (OH) Public Library value in their supervisors. Results suggest that subordinates place considerable value on supervisors as role models and expect supervisors to treat them with respect and to encourage their opinions. Implications of these…

The importance, role, and responsibilities of the science supervisor in the K-12 science program are described. The importance of selecting a highly qualified subject-specific supervisor for all disciplines is discussed. (KR)

This qualitative study examined the supervision of new professionals from the perspectives of new professionals and their supervisors. Analysis of interviews with four new professionals and their supervisors suggested the following: (a) supervisors supervised the way they wanted to be supervised, (b) new professionals had difficulty identifying…

Results of a statewide study on student teaching programs in Indiana indicated that school supervisors needed help in improving the quality of on-site supervision. One improvement strategy was the use of school supervisor evaluation as an inservice tool. (JN)

The second installment in a series of articles discusses the organization, scheduling, authority, and responsibility of an effective school maintenance program. (Author/MLF)

Utilizes a questionnaire to investigate the science teacher/science supervisor interaction in schools and whether or not there are differences in perceptions of supervisory effectiveness between science teachers (N=258) and supervisors (N=143). Differences were found in perceptions concerning inservice, interpersonal and support activities, and…

Proposes client-centered supervision, with its attention to personality and attitudes, for art teachers. Describes the personal qualities and teaching skills needed by a client-centered supervisor. Lists some cognitive and affective components for art teacher evaluation. (SJL)

Data reveal that female counselors were younger, while older counselors had more education. As the level of education increased, so did the number of professional association memberships and time spent in counseling activities. Employment counselors with experienced first-line supervisors tended to be older and had more education. (Author)

Discusses supervisory skills that factory personnel believe are important for leading and improving employee performance in complex manufacturing environments. Highlights include a historical perspective; manufacturing technologies; results of Pareto analysis, comparative analysis, and analysis of variance; and a Taxonomy of Supervisory Skills.…

Guidelines for selection and professional training of the university supervisor of student teachers are presented. Also included is a summary of responses by 136 cooperating teachers to a questionnaire on effective supervision. (IAH)

Supervisors representing different levels of experience viewed videotape vignettes of counselors demonstrating the first three developmental levels of Stoltenberg's (1981) Counselor Complexity Model and assessed each counselor. Results indicated that supervisor experience did not influence the assessment of developmental level or ability to make…