The objective of the project described in this paper was to help six classroom teachers in an early childhood center develop skills and concepts needed as teacher trainers in a professional-year, modular, field-based program. Training skills were developed through participation in the preparation of modules, workshops, and analyses of video- and…

Each confidential statement about a student teacher by his teacher supervisors should be written with one goal in mind, that of offering a candid assessment of a teacher candidate who is being considered for employment by a hiring official. Amidst the current trend toward pass/fail courses, these statements assume an even higher importance. There…

This document seeks to enable student teachers to deal more effectively with their cooperating teachers. The student teaching situation can be a time of stress for the student because of the abrupt change to near-professional status, the experience of being closely supervised by another person in foreign territory, and the knowledge that his…

Proposes a modification of the structure of current student teaching programs that would replace the superordinate-subordinate positioning of university supervisor, cooperating teacher, and student teacher with a formal colleagial team. (FL)

This filmstrip-audiotape package on student teacher supervision has two versions--a teacher version and a student version. The same filmstrip is used for each version with a different narration. The package also includes a written script for each version. The teacher version of the narration points out the need for flexibility in supervising…

Results of a survey of inservice programs offered by schools of education. (RT)

Reviewed is the literature on the supervisory conference over the 20 years since the advent of clinical supervision. First, the purpose and components of the conference are examined, followed by reflections on the underlying assumptions of the relationship between supervisor and teacher. Literature on the use of observation data in the conference…

This paper presents a literature review relating to the instructional supervision of student teachers and a description of a study relating to student teacher supervision. Data from the review and study, which involved the observation of 14 student teaching experiences, indicate that student teaching is the most important aspect of preservice…

An investigative study sought to identify those factors characteristic of an ideal interpersonal relationship between cooperating teachers and student teachers and to determine if the two groups agree as to the determinants of that relationship. A 110-statement measuring instrument was developed by means of a series of Q technique ratings by 60…

The Student Teaching Department of Eastern Illinois University developed a survey instrument in 1972 to assess attitudes of public school cooperating personnel regarding supervision of student teachers. Survey data consisted of 755 responses from school principals, district administrators, area supervisors, and classroom teachers. Results…

This document emphasizes the importance of inquiry into teaching behavior by supervisors in professional laboratories and suggests ways and means of conducting that inquiry. The document is divided into three areas: a) an examination of the current and predicted nature of professional laboratory experiences in the education of teachers, b) a…

Data indicates that use of a clinical approach by supervisors in dealing with teachers promotes more effective communication and is so perceived by teachers; yet the approach requires careful training and subsequent monitoring to assure that the method is indeed consistently used. (MJB)

Based on the assumption that the conduct of an effective supervisory conference is analogous to effective teaching and that the assumptions made about effective teaching behaviors can also be made about supervisory behaviors, this paper develops and describes in detail a ten-category observation system for supervisory conferences, similar to the…

Emporia State University College of Education's recognition of the strong impact university supervisors and cooperating teachers have on student teachers compelled it to develop a training program to prepare supervisory personnel in the use of various supervisory strategies. (Author/CB)