The purpose of this study was to pilot an alternative student teaching supervision model at a college of education in a US context. In the study, the collaborators used multiple paired dyads to supervise student teachers with multiple supports from college faculty. This study examined how teachers and university faculty planned the use of paired…

Defines "paradigm" as a profound change in the thoughts, perceptions, and values forming a particular vision of reality. Identifies six paradigm shifts in teacher supervision: from control to empowerment, from separate to integrated functions, from sameness to diversity, from occasional assistance to continuous support networks, from…

Discourse or conversation analysis represents a new direction for understanding the nature of social interaction during the supervisory (or peer) instructional conference. Discourse analysis may be a key to mechanisms involved in institutional management and individual improvement. Supervisors cannot assume that successful conferences necessarily…

The fundamental purpose of educational supervision is to increase the confidence and improve the competence of teachers. This book is a guide for supervisors and teachers in the training and development of teaching staffs in school systems; it also serves as an informal text for use in college and university systems. The book offers opportunities…

Summarizes the National Council of Teachers of English Task Force assessment of four issues regarding teacher competency: (1) who defines competency; (2) the nature of teacher competency tests; (3) the impact of current tests on minority teachers; and (4) the quality and standards of the teaching profession. Includes a bibliography of materials…

Traditional supervision paradigms, based on changing teachers' behavior, are ineffective. The Knowledge Work Supervision model helps align supervisory processes with a school system's purposes, goals, and outcomes. A special supervisory paradigm that shifts focus from individual behavior to an organization's work processes and social systems is…

To overcome the difficulties imposed by the prescribed question format, a topically arranged guide in the form of a wheel is recommended for conducting preobservation teacher conferences with teachers. The circular arrangement allows adjustment of the topic sequence to meet the teacher's needs and intentions. This nonlinear and nonthreatening…

Curriculum mapping, a procedure for reconstructing what has been taught, should not replace teachers' daily lesson plans. For instructional supervision purposes, however, systematically reviewing teachers' curriculum maps might replace monitoring of lesson plans. The procedure can help departments of education ascertain whether basic skill…

The characteristics of the emerging and existing teaching force are explored in relation to supervision Key trends that exacerbate teacher shortages include out-of-field teaching, increases in student population, critical subject-area shortages, attrition, and retirement. This paper calls for a high-stakes form of supervision as a long-term…

At the heart of the instructional supervisor's role is helping teachers learn and unlearn attitudes, concepts, and skills relevant to their jobs. Among the principles the supervisor must understand to provide this help are those relating to motivation, learning readiness, the learning climate, levels of aspiration, and reinforcement. Diagnostic…

Outlines a modern rationale for educational practice that links clinical supervision and knowledge generation to educators' professional orientation. Traces the roots of clinical supervision for teacher-scholars, explicates a professional knowledge base, examines reflection as a primary inquiry process, and provides scenarios for teaching and…

Because knowledge work occurs inside teachers' heads, it cannot be supervised directly. School improvement can become a permanent, ongoing organizational function by replacing traditional instructional supervision with a supervision-for-school-improvement function. The focus then shifts to examining a district's work processes, social…

Theoretically, schools led by principals providing structure, resources, consideration, useful influence, and professional support in an even-handed, noncontrolling manner should be work places that elicit teacher commitment. This hypothesis was tested using a sample of 72 New Jersey secondary schools. Close control blunts teacher commitment.…

Despite a profusion of recent "Journal of Curriculum and Supervision" articles discussing clinical supervision and reflective practice, no article has grounded these subjects in the observable events--classroom action and conference interaction--common to the clinical supervision approach. This paper presents a case study showing a…

Describes adult learning theory and advocates incorporating the concepts of adult learning theory into a model of educational supervision. (SR)