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Amos, Neil; And Others – 1986
The Mississippi Teacher Assessment Instruments (MTAI) are key elements in a process for both ensuring teacher competency and accrediting teacher education programs. Institutions providing teacher education must pass both a process review and a performance review. To pass the process review, institutions must screen students according to set…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Job Performance, Program Evaluation
Richardson, Gloria; Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1990
This study sought to determine whether there was a significant difference between Mississippi teachers' perceptions of principals' supervisory behaviors and teachers' perceptions of burnout. Data were obtained from 120 Mississippi secondary school teachers. Two instruments were used: the Maslach Burnout Inventory Form Ed (MBI) and the Supervisory…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Instructional Improvement, Principals, Secondary Education
Orr, Arlene T.; Amos, Neil G. – 1987
A study was conducted to determine if significant attitudinal differences concerning evaluation by principals could be found between Mississippi's kindergarten teachers and other grade-level teachers immediately after administrators had evaluated teachers with the Mississippi Teacher Assessment Instruments (MTAI). Designed to assess minimum…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Kindergarten, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing
Purser, Susan R. – 1987
This paper inquires into the relationship between the criterion variable of teacher effectiveness and the independent variables of the score on the teacher evaluation procedure and the teacher demographic variables of race, sex, level of teacher certification, area of teacher certification, and years of teaching experience. The ultimate goal of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Background, Grading, High Schools
Williams, Lisa G. – 1997
This paper focuses on several models of supervision in public schools with respect to needs in physical education. A literature review examined the traditional, counseling-based, self-analysis, competency-based, and systematic supervision models. Findings include the use of each model and the failure of each in the physical education setting. One…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students, Literature Reviews, Models
Williams, Roslin E. – 1986
A study conducted during the 1984-85 school year in Mississippi found that secondary school teachers' attitudes toward post-observation supervisory conferences were not influenced by their perceptions of their principals' supervisory behaviors. Participating in the study were 120 secondary teachers of English, science, mathematics, and social…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Conferences, Principals, Public School Teachers
Jackson, Mary E. – 1986
Despite the fact that teacher evaluation has long been a factor in the areas of promotion and salary increase, the proposed statewide implementation of a teacher assessment plan (the Mississippi Teacher Assessment Instrument) has aroused anxiety in Mississippi's educational environment. It is therefore critical that principals actively promote a…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods