The function and image of the Inspector must move in new directions, particularly in view of an increasing professionalism among teachers. His major function must become that of system's supervisor-coordinator, with both professional and public relations involved. (Author)

Procedures used in six Australian primary schools for the induction of beginning teachers to their profession are summarily described. Induction into the schools was in each case a cooperative process which was much more than an orientation period and normally involved one person being most closely associated with the new teacher, but in which the…

To what extent can school principals provide effective educational leadership? Research shows that, contrary to textbook images, principals react to their circumstances instead of controlling them and that they spend most of their time on administrative, not instructional, matters. Further entrenching principals in their administrative role is the…