Arguments for releasing supervisors from all teaching duties. (SP)

The eight papers in this volume are concerned with recent thinking and research in supervision with emphasis on the role of the supervisor as a change agent in schools. "Helping Teachers Change" by James B. Macdonald suggests supervisory dilemmas which pose philosophical and ethical questions. Two papers deal with the psychological mechanisms…

Article discusses advantages to supervisors operating on an authority based on competence and plan. (GB)

The goal of this practicum was to create a formal supervisory program where there had been none previously. After considering several supervisory alternatives, an intradepartmental, colleagal approach was selected. This approach permits teachers to judge their performance according to established teaching patterns and to share classroom techniques…

Indicates 549 elementary/secondary teachers from four rural Pennsylvania districts perceived supervision to be helpful when teachers understood supervision was intended to assist in teaching improvement, teachers/supervisors jointly identified instructional changes, supervisors focused teacher attention on teaching, supervisors understood…

Elementary school teachers and their supervisors were surveyed to determine their perceptions of supervisory tasks. (GW)

This collection of 65 articles related to the profession of educational supervision is intended primarily for use with students in teacher education. Represented in the single volume are articles from a decade of writing (1960-69) by leaders in the "emerging profession" of supervision. The essays, which cover a wide range of subjects in their…

While the teacher is recognized as the primary force in the improvement of educational programs, supervision should go beyond focusing on teachers to focusing on the entire instructional program, which includes the subject, materials, facilities, students, teachers, and aides. There are several routes through which supervision can be…

Postmodernists have criticized modern conceptions of supervision as bureaucratic, hierarchical, and oppressive. This paper asserts that the postmodern proclivity to completely eschew expert supervision, evaluation, and judicious use of directive supervision is misguided, potentially limiting, and dangerous. The paper argues that collegial…

While supervision is recognized as a crucial aspect of organized education, it has received less attention than it deserves. This book treats educational supervision as a cooperative problem-solving process, rather than an aversive inspection for staff deficiencies. Part I describes benefits of the developmental approach. Part II focuses on the…

A conference between a teacher and supervisor is described to model for a successful postobservational conference. Interaction between an elementary schoolteacher and a science supervisor is specifically detailed. (MP)

Many current problems in teacher supervision arise from epistemological errors. Research-based models wrongly assume that supervision is a deterministic process. Therefore, the theoretical perspective should be rejected in favor of a practical one, which would emphasize "reflection-in-action" directed toward specific real problems. (MCG)

Data from questionnaire responses (N=207) are presented which identify those characteristics of science supervisors perceived as most creditible by elementary school teachers and those expected to influence positively the attitudes of teachers towards science. (CS)