The goals for this qualitative study were to examine principals' perceptions regarding their own supervision and evaluation. Two research questions guided the qualitative inquiry: (1) What are the greatest strengths of your own supervision and evaluation? and (2) What recommendations would you give to superintendents to improve your own…

The Supervisor's Interactive Model of Organizational Relationships (SIMOR) integrates two models addressed in the leadership literature and then highlights the importance of relationships. The Supervisor's Interactive Model of Organizational Relationships combines the modified Hersey and Blanchard model of situational leadership, the…

With the continuing increase of inclusive education in our public school classrooms today, there is a great deal of interest in co-teaching teams. Research indicates that administrative support is a critical factor in co-teaching effectiveness. In this study, we explored administrator knowledge and practices related to the supervision and…

Although research has established links between the principal's instructional leadership and student achievement, there is considerable concern in the literature concerning the capacity of principal preparation programs to prepare instructional leaders. This study interviewed educational leadership faculty as well as expert principals and teacher…

To get beyond prescriptive supervision, principals should consider physicians' behaviors. Effective principals respect teachers' autonomy, encourage the expression of feelings, educate teachers in self-monitoring skills, value second opinions, use research wisely, gather thorough data, provide follow-up contact, reinforce teachers' efforts and…

Offers a supervision plan designed to help identify teaching deficiencies, assist in planning and managing improvement, and create situations promoting dialogue beween principals and teachers. The plan involves yearly goal setting, pre- and postobservation conferences, and an informal observation process. (MLH)

Supervision of teachers, write these authors, should foster the growth of the individual and stimulate the organization in the attainment of its objectives and desired goals. They explain that this can be done through self-management. The complete process is described. (Editor)

Identifies ten essential supervisory roles and incorporates them into a supervisory self-assessment instrument. (Author/JM)

Offers guidelines on supervision of extracurricular activities, covering preparation for the activity and supervisors; duties and activities upon arriving at the activity; while the activity is ongoing; and when the activity is completed. (WD)

This New York State school developed a program that improved student attendance. The program required no additional funding but specified that students be grouped by attendance and that special techniques be employed to supervise and monitor them. (MD)

Supervision is supposed to improve classroom teaching by enhancing teacher thinking, rejection, and understanding of teaching. Evaluation systems are supposed to increase effective teaching behaviors and enhance teacher professionalism. Through the lens of symbolic interaction, we learn that "supposed to" does not matter. In a context of increased…

Supervision, in the opinion of the author, can be singularly important in the improvement of teaching and learning. In this article, he identifies three dilemmas facing supervision, which must be confronted before improvements can be made. (Editor)

The series of statements here concern the administrator's role in improving instruction. Each of them is stated as a proposition that can be argued endlessly; the author is prepared to do exactly that, he says, but not in this article. (Editor)

Four counselor educators in three northwestern states assessed the extent that external providers are working in schools, using a questionnaire sent to randomly selected schools in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Social-service providers operate under 43 different titles, and with varying degrees of supervision and formal agreements with schools.…

In many communities, Halloween has become an excuse for young people to commit acts of violence and vandalism. One New York middle-school principal sent a post-Halloween letter to parents detailing the weaponry confiscated by police and terming the holiday a pointless social exercise. The letter helped parents reassert their limit-setting…