Teaching is a complex endeavor, and the pandemic era stretched teachers to their limit, leaving them in need of supports that ignite both their passion and capacity. The typical top-down mandates found in many schools need to be replaced with processes that meet teachers where they are, helping them grow so their students can grow, too. Ann…

Responsible research practices are critical to maintaining integrity in research and the provision of institutional trainings is an important means of promoting research integrity. However, studies show contrasting results on the efficacy of institutional training and that these approaches may not be fully effective in promoting research integrity…

Today, social media is gaining particular attention for providing users with multiple applications to connect with friends, family, and businesses. While most social media platforms can be beneficial, there are also risks. Educators, school psychologists and graduate students need to monitor how they present themselves to the public and how they…

There has been a remarkable increase in the number of international doctoral students and domestic students from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, what has been the focus in scholarly discussions about doctoral supervision of late is intercultural supervision. That students see their supervisors' attempts to understand and listen to their…

The use of process logs in consultation supervision can facilitate training in process and consultee-centered administrative consultation by emphasizing consultation competencies. Process logs examine various elements that support positive outcomes within a collaborative relationship, such as adherence to the problem-solving process, the use of…

One of the aims of clinical supervision is to ensure counselors meet the ethical obligations of the counseling profession, which include religious and spiritual (R/S) competence. To date, however, there has been no framework for the supervision of R/S competence in the research literature. We use an extension of the spiritually competent…

Prompted to discover what makes a good graduate student supervisor, scholars from two large research universities conducted a qualitative study in which alumni of the institutions' student affairs preparation programs were asked to nominate exceptional supervisors they had as graduate students. Nominated supervisors were invited to interview and…

This article offers contextual information for a definition of supervision and articulates the nuanced, yet interconnected, ways supervision is different from administrative functions of leadership and management.

While school nurses are accountable for their own practice, stipulations in individual employee contracts may require supervision and evaluation. Like teachers and others who provide services for students, school nurses can benefit from self-assessment, peer review, and supervision and performance evaluations that focus on fostering continuous…

Spirituality and religion (R/S) are important aspects of diversity and functioning for most people, and training in these areas for mental health professionals is needed. But how much training is enough? This paper proposes R/S training guidelines that can be used to inform coursework, practicum/internship didactic training, and supervision.

Successful supervision is broad-based and collegial, and positively affects both teaching and learning. Successful teaching is characterized by professional decision making facilitated by supportive supervision. The most powerful type of learning is student-driven, teacher-facilitated learning. Successful supervision, teaching, and learning are…

Collegial, competent, and consultative supervision is a practical, innovative approach to peer supervision for practicing school counselors. This integrative approach is inspired by Cheston's Ways Paradigm framework, uses the Ronnestad and Skovholt model of counselor development, and is supported by empirical studies about peer consultation and…

This case shows how important it is for all coaches, especially head coaches, to know and understand the rules of their sport. Not just the playing rules, but also administrative rules, which include rules on recruiting. Failure to follow the rules and procedures led the defendants in this case to be liable for negligent supervision.

As higher education is shifting to virtual teaching, examinations are increasingly conducted virtually, often proctored. Unfortunately, virtual proctored examinations--proctored remotely using technologies--can be prone to cheating. Some anti-cheating measures can be built into the virtual proctoring technologies, but cheating can still occur.…

Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as the United States was transformed from an agrarian nation to an industrial one, significant changes in the nation's economic, social, and political structures, and the challenges that ensued, led to a multitude of diverse reform movements and a surge of regulatory measures from the federal and…