If we say we 'deliver feedback to teachers,' we most likely subscribe to a traditional approach to instructional improvement. In this approach the principal or supervisor treats the teacher as passive recipient who is expected to act on feedback that is too generic to be useful, and promotes a simplistic view of teaching and its improvement. In…

Often novice elementary teachers struggle during their first years due to the lack of professional development and support during their first years. A lack of alignment between what they learned in their teacher preparation program in college and the reality of what they do in the classroom also presents challenges to their success. The problem is…

The aim of this research is to evaluate the educational problems in the city of Ordu regarding the reports of the inspectors of education that were done based on their findings of the work they have done during the academic year. In this research, which was designed according to the qualitative research techniques, document inspection and…

This article aims to describe a model of professional development for art teachers in Indonesia. The model includes the ability to carry out basic tasks and functions as educators, namely pedagogical, professional, and social competences, especially for dance teachers in managing and providing education services to children with special needs.…

As an attempt to promote educational success in socio-economically disadvantaged contexts, area-based initiatives are often launched in Europe, such as the programme "Territórios Educativos de Intervenção Prioritária" in Portugal. Given the importance of teaching quality to enhance student learning and considerable student diversity in…

A mixed research design is employed to assess the roles of cluster supervision in improving primary education curriculum. To conduct the study survey design was employed by taking sample wereda, cluster centers, teachers and principals randomly and interview was conducted to support the quantitative data findings. Hence, the main findings emerged…

In the context of developing mentor teachers' use of supervisory skills, two consecutive studies were conducted, using stimulated recall. Firstly, with eight participants, an instrument was developed to categorize contents of interactive cognitions. Secondly, with 30 participants, the instrument was applied to uncover contents of mentor teachers'…

This article investigates the hidden curriculum of Ontario's New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP). The study involved interviews with 47 teacher educators from eight faculties of education. Responses revealed concerns about (a) who chooses the mentors, (b) the probationary status of new teachers, and (c) the evaluation of new teachers' competence.…

This article considers another group of educators involved with the adoption of model-based instruction (MBI)--the cooperating teachers, who supervise physical education teacher education (PETE) student teachers in the Georgia State University (GSU) program. The university spends several semesters educating preservice teachers about the skills and…

TO ENABLE TEACHERS WITH EMERGENCY OR PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATES TO MEET CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, SUPERVISED TEACHING AND A RELATED SEMINAR USE ON ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCES OF THE PARTICIPANT TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES. A LOCAL SUPERVISOR AND COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE TEACHER WHO IS VISITED AT LEAST BIWEEKLY OVER A 1-YEAR…

The evaluation of this project provides further evidence that the more traditional modes of in-service training need to be replaced with programs that provide help for teachers in their own individual classrooms. Advisors who assume roles of working in school settings over extended periods of time need to have certain qualities that will make them…

This monograph contains three papers on the subject of supervision. The first paper takes the view that supervision is one tier of the teaching profession. The author's model is based on the assumption that over a period of time one's teaching practice not only improves but also increases in dimension and scope. The stages of preparation,…

This report details program methods for training teaching professionals, selecting partner schools as training institutions for student teachers, and setting up laboratories to correlate theory and application. It describes a training program for classroom specialists and an undergraduate program of instruction for teacher trainees. The classroom…

QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 37 JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE USED AS A BASIS FOR ANALYZING CURRENT PRACTICES IN SUPERVISON OF INSTRUCTION AND FOR DEVELOPING A PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR SUCH SUPERVISION. WHILE DIFFERENCES IN DEGREE OF SUPERVISION WERE FOUND, THERE WERE FEW SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES AMONG INSTITUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MATERIALS USED IN SUPERVISION,…