Builds on Duncan Waite's supervisory mission (improving the total teaching/learning situation) by focusing on the dyadic interaction between positively oriented supervisors and the teachers they supervise. Action dimensions vital to accomplishing change include power/dependence relationships, social influences, and effective communicator styles.…

This report summarizes findings of an elementary educator's dissertation research, which examined plans of assistance that were used to remediate three teachers deemed incompetent. The study focused on the reasons for placing the teachers on a plan of assistance, the remediation procedure actually implemented, and the plan's final outcome. Teacher…

This review of research on instructional improvement and teacher evaluation considers the complex issues affecting the K-8 principal's ability to enhance educational quality through effective supervision of the instructional process. According to several studies, teachers found formal evaluations far less valuable than direct assistance and…

Contemporary authors' definitions of supervision suggest that in the American public school supervision evolved from four major conceptual foundations: (1) human concern, (2) leadership, (3) instructional improvement, and (4) administration. The categorization of definitions and explanations from 21 leading supervision authorities of the past 50…

Results of a study of practices and preferences in teacher supervision and evaluation in Maryland public schools are reported. The study surveyed supervisory practices in 24 local education agencies (LEA's) through a survey questionnaire and a literature search. The report identifies 18 key findings and issues relating to supervision, including…

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…

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…

Describes an outcomes-based supervisory program that can positively affect the rate of program completion and pupil achievement. The system allows supervisors and teachers to identify and correct performance deficiencies and instructional problems as they occur. (Author/IRT)

Faculty growth contracts are a viable way to define faculty ideas, chart the direction of professional growth, and assess teacher performance. Each contract includes a statement of yearly goals, means for accomplishing those goals, and a budget request. Guidelines are provided for implementing a faculty growth contract program. (TE)

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Plan for Instructional Improvement requires principals to take part in several workshops and activities to learn how to analyze what goes on in the classroom. Principals then direct teacher inservice training by conducting staff meetings, small seminars, and classroom observation followed by teacher conferences. (MLF)

Authors described the teaching improvement program at the University of Massachusetts' Clinic to Improve University Teaching. Their experience with this model offered much insight for the clinical supervision process at the university level. (Editor/RK)

Collective bargaining law, the unit clarification process, case law, and teacher contracts are legally defining and thereby controlling school supervisory practice in Pennsylvania. (Author)

The definition and theory of clinical supervision are discussed. (Author/MLF)