Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore high school administrators' instructional leadership in math and science. Specifically, the study explored the feedback administrators provided to math and science teachers as part of their instructional supervision. A central goal for this study was to determine how differences in these content…

Preparing school administrators to promote effective instruction of English language learners (ELLs) is an important dimension of today's educational leadership programs, requiring innovative program activities. This study explores school leadership candidates' use of an observation tool targeted to ELL instruction that incorporated guided video…

It's true that even modest improvements in teacher effectiveness can lead to impressive gains in student achievement. But what hasn't been clear is what exactly district leaders should do to encourage and support teachers in practicing the art and science of great teaching ... until now. Like in his landmark book "The Art and Science of Teaching",…

Author cautioned that there are limits to clinical supervision and provided the reader with a list of and rationale for these limits. (Editor/RK)

The purpose of this project was to help teachers improve their classroom instructional skills by providing a teacher support system based on the clinical supervision model. Participating teachers and administrators came from Region VI of the District of Columbia Public Schools. Participants received training and practice in the clinical…

The first section of this paper briefly reviews current practices in instructional supervision, focusing on assumptions underlying many teacher supervision programs and pointing out some dilemmas involved in implementing such programs at the local district level. The second section reviews the essential features and conditions of several…

Very few people would disagree that the work of the principal is multifaceted, hectic, and fraught with uncertainties, and given the ongoing press for accountability, the very work of the principal as instructional leader is shifting to ensure "results." There are myriad day-to-day activities that take principals away from the important work of…

TO PROVIDE THE CHALLENGE FOR IMPROVING TEACHING BEHAVIOR WITHOUT THE THREAT THAT COMMONLY ACCOMPANIES A TEACHER-SUPERVISOR EVALUATION PROCEDURE, 22 TEACHERS IN A 2-YEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INSERVICE PROGRAM HELD GROUP SESSIONS, GUIDED BY A SUPERVISOR, IN WHICH TEACHING BEHAVIOR WAS DISCUSSED. THE TECHNIQUES USED INCLUDED FLANDERS' INTERACTION…

A clinical supervision training program has provided department level coordinators with support in their role as a bridge between administrators and teachers in six high schools and nine middle schools in a San Antonio, Texas, school district. This paper identifies major characteristics of the training program's model, describes the program, and…

An Indiana district's teacher evaluation plan developed cooperatively by teachers and administrators is described and its implementation outlined. Based on the shared responsibility of teacher and supervisor, the plan is intended to provide a positive approach to stimulating self-growth, instructional effectiveness, and overall improvement in…

This paper describes a model that uses interaction analysis as a tool to provide feedback to a teacher in a microteaching situation. The author explains how interaction analysis can be used for teacher improvement, describes the category system used in the model, the data collection methods used, and the feedback techniques found in the model. (JF)

Assesses the use of clinical experience to improve the classroom performance of teachers and discusses in detail a research project at the University of Alberta that sought to identify effective teaching skills and to measure behavior changes of student teachers during their practicum experiences. (Author/WD)

In an age of rapid change in school buildings, materials and curriculum, classroom teaching has not kept pace with progress in other areas. Continuous re-education is needed to maintain the competence of teaching personnel already in service. One way of providing this instruction is through the use of video tape techniques to demonstrate good…

Through the process of clinical supervision, systematic approaches permit effective change by the collaborative analysis of teaching. This guide's first section, "Beginnings," describes the process of clinical supervision. Emphasis is upon teachers working collaboratively to discover implicit teaching messages and to assimilate new…

Intended as a text, this book emphasizes practical techniques of clinical supervision in working with teachers to help them improve their classroom teaching. It is divided into four units. The first provides necessary background for understanding techniques of clinical supervision. The next two units describe specific techniques for conducting…