In this paper on the use of teachers as reflective users of peer clinical supervision, a research and literature review relating to the assumptions of clinical supervision, fostering reflective practice through clinical supervision, and the special potential of peer clinical supervision is presented. Then, a personal account of a beginning…

Describes the Beginning Teacher Effectiveness Training program, intended to help beginning teachers eliminate unnecessary daily decisions, establish effective routines, and use effective teaching practices, by close cooperation with a mentor (an experienced colleague) and through encouragement, praise, and reassurance. (SR)

Twelve annotations based on recent entries in the ERIC system concern supervision of teachers. Research studies cited deal with supervision of first-year teachers and student teachers, communications between supervisors and teachers and between supervisors and the community, and a history of developments in the field. Also included are suggestions…

This document is an evaluative description of the program conducted by the New York City Board of Education during the 1968-69 school year. Opening chapters describe the two-phase evaluation design (descriptive and qualitative) and outline the program in which an initial group of 152 master teachers plus 100 more added in Febraury were assigned as…

Temple University's Intern Teaching Program, a self-supporting graduate program to develop liberal arts and science graduates as secondary school teachers, involves two years of full-time teaching and formal course work on the campus. A highly selective program, it leads to a provisional teaching certificate and a master's degree. An intensive…

In many cases the only solution to dealing with unsuccessful teachers is to encourage them to go into some other profession. However, it is also the obligation of principals to make certain the beginning teachers get all the assistance that can be provided them to avoid the pitfalls and difficulties that the challenge of the classroom presents.…

This bibliography lists sources of information on entry year induction programs and practices for first year teachers. The 69 citations date from 1975 through 1988 and are organized alphabetically by author. Citations often include ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) numbers to facilitate acquisition. (DB)

Supervision based on self-initiation and self-analysis (SSISA) is realistic and has great possibilities. This manuscript presents a thought process fostering the user's reliance on observed data solicited from another person when making decisions. In this context, supervision helps a supervisee attain professional status most efficiently, using a…

Team Supervision of Beginning Teachers is an experimental program of mutual assistance in which four or five beginning teachers are teamed with an experienced teacher (the Team Leader) to improve instruction and the teaching competencies of team members. The program differs from traditional supervisory methods in that it is divorced from the…

Two case studies of a nongraduate and a graduate teacher-in-training at a technical and further education (TAFE) college illustrate the problems of beginning teachers. Survey results also showed that 40 percent of beginning teachers found their preservice training irrelevant; 50 percent perceived inadequate support from senior staff; but 70…

Case studies in four Scottish primary schools of beginning teachers identified crucial elements: induction program for transition from college to teaching; experienced teacher support; making explicit the roles and responsibilities of all; and regular, supportive, structured feedback. (SK)

The author of EC 604 973 comments on his case study of a first-year teacher with a learning disability. These reflections focus on the emotions of the first-year subject, the use of the case study approach, and methods of assisting teachers with learning disabilities in the workplace. (JDD)

Teaching interns in the Temple program proceed through a 2- or 3-year training cycle which begins with a full-time, 6-week summer session of orientation to teaching for 8 semester hours of graduate credit. Interns accept a full-time, full-salary teaching position in a secondary school and during the first year enroll in the University for…

Presents the case study of Heidi, a beginning Spanish teacher struggling with self-definition while shifting from content-area expert to friend to caring adult. The technical approach to supervision failed Heidi. To discover Heidi's actual experiences would have required relating to her in ways not encouraged by the existing evaluation system.…