Liberty (Missouri) Senior High School's Teacher Improvement Project required identifying effective teaching behaviors, having teachers select 15 behaviors for implementation, creating a process for assessing progress and providing feedback, and making resource personnel available. The article lists 21 effective teaching behaviors and identifies…

Explains a supervisory method intended to be humanistic and clinical that holds promise even in situations where a minimal amount of supervision is possible. (Author/MLF)

Supervision of teachers, write these authors, should foster the growth of the individual and stimulate the organization in the attainment of its objectives and desired goals. They explain that this can be done through self-management. The complete process is described. (Editor)

The author advocates democratizing the teacher supervision process and separating it from evaluation in this review of the literature. (DS)

Maximum gain from teacher staff development programs can be assured through careful planning that accommodates novice and experienced teachers. Establishing clear student achievement goals linked to staff development is also important. Includes tables and references. (MD)

A supervisory model identifying profile, action, response, and analysis as sequential steps is outlined. Principal and teacher develop a profile of skills the teacher wants to improve and an action plan for realizing the profile. Students and principal provide feedback, and teacher and principal evaluate growth. (MJL)

Developed by a faculty committee to replace an outmoded system at Antioch (Illinois) Community High School, this teacher evaluation procedure calls for teachers to prescribe methods for improving their own instructional processes. Procedures for problem evaluation, routine evaluation, and probationary evaluation are listed and an evaluation form…

The road to educational excellence is via instructional excellence; teachers must design potent teaching strategies, evaluation techniques that consider student welfare, and methods for positive reinforcement. (Author/JG)

This article features schools and school districts with successful induction programs, all easily replicable. Increasingly, research confirms that teacher and teaching quality are the most powerful predictors of student success. In short, principals ensure higher student achievement by assuring better teaching. To do this, effective…

The present condition of poor student writing can be improved only when all teachers are well trained in the use of English. Inservice programs with composition teachers from nationally recognized colleges serving as consultants can train teachers, who then could train other teachers. (Author/MLF)

One Iowa school district has established a credit plan that offers credit to teachers who improve their classroom effectiveness through special projects, local inservice sessions, or workshops. (Author)

After examining the teacher evaluation, student feedback, and teacher self-assessment models used for instructional improvement, the author concludes that it is logical that teachers should assume more responsibility for learning how to help themselves and that the self-assessment model is rewarding and worthwhile. (Author/IRT)

The Flanders Interaction Analysis instrument is an alternative evaluation method. The author presents modifications adapting it for use in evaluating special education teachers. (MD)

After presenting a rationale for inservice education, the author reviews some fundamental research in the subject and offers suggestions for an effective program. (Author/JM)

In theory and fact, in position and function, the principal is indeed the instructional leader of the school. There are research findings on teacher effectiveness that can and must be used by principals in their function of instructional leadership. (Author/MLF)