This paper discusses how principals can encourage teacher and student growth and development through fulfillment of needs. It stresses positive reinforcement as a motivator and links this with Maslow's theories of growth. (Author/LD)

These materials for workshop use are intended to enable teacher educators to describe a process for developing measurement instruments from competency statements and their related objectives; to recognize, describe, and discuss basic assumptions underlying the measurement process; and to develop behavioral indicators to be used in the assessment…

Without objective measures of occupational competence, it is not possible to ascertain whether the prospective teacher possesses the broadly-based level of competence essential for effective teaching. Each occupation contains elements which distinguish the competent tradesman (the author identifies seven). Assurance is required that the level and…

The etymology of the term "clinical supervision" is discussed. How clinical supervision can be used with teachers as an active force toward reform and change is then examined. Through clinical supervision teachers can assist each other to gain control over their own professional lives and destinies. (RM)

This symposium evolved from a research interest and the need to develop validity, reliability, and accountability measures to be used in the teacher education program at Delta State University, Mississippi. Researchers wanted to study student teacher self-efficacy and to establish a continuing database on the program's student teachers. The papers…

This case study explains the process that a newly created academic department used to develop a coherent system of faculty performance evaluation by combining three previous evaluation systems. The original procedures and criteria for faculty performance evaluation were of administrative and legal concern to the newly created department because…

The perceptions of chief academic officers (CAOs) at four-year colleges and universities and specialized institutions were examined to determine the criteria used to evaluate faculty teaching, college and community service, scholarship, and overall performance by Carnegie classification, type of control (public or private), and faculty…

This study investigated how teachers and their unions reconciled the competing criteria of legitimacy to which they were held accountable (unionism and professionalism), comparatively analyzing peer review-based teacher education programs/policies and the districts and unions supporting them. Researchers examined documentary artifacts for programs…

This paper presents results of a research project which explored how veteran teachers and administrators compare and contrast the effectiveness and quality of recent teacher education graduates in relation to that of experienced teachers. Data were sought from a national sample of experienced principals and teachers on selected characteristics,…

Six band directors and three assistant directors from "good" rural schools in Kentucky and Tennessee participated in a study designed to investigate: (1) the influence of the band directors' musical and academic background on their band program's musical independence; (2) the band's facilities and sources of revenue; (3) the musical…

Tennessee's Better Schools Program includes a Master Teacher Program that has three components: teacher education, clinical supervision of beginning teachers, and a career ladder based on performance. In conjunction with the establishment of the Master Teacher Program, 23 master teacher competencies for teacher evaluation have been defined.…

To gain perspective on the future preparation of supervisors, the Council of Professors of Instruction Supervision (COPIS) membership was surveyed concerning topics currently included in introductory supervision courses. The survey form included a list of possible topics, with space for additions, and asked each professor to indicate how many…

Since educational criticism aims to reeducate teachers' perception in order to improve or illuminate educational practices, the audience's role is particularly important. In many ways, the intended audience determines the evidence presented. The evaluator must write the criticism in language which is meaningful to the audience (for example…

Rather than being trained and supervised, graduate teaching assistants in rhetoric and speech should be taught and advised. Teaching assistants, or graduate instructors, should be considered colleagues, not merely cheap labor to teach courses the rest of the faculty does not want to teach. The first step in establishing an effective teaching and…

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…