Supervisors who evaluate staff members' performances often do not have first hand information concerning those performances. Consequently, the staff member is sometimes not aware of what caused a person's success or failure. In order to give constructive feedback to an employee, a supervisor or another colleague could observe the staff member at…

A total model of skill-based intervention which includes theoretical rationale and practical forms and techniques is described. The skill-based model is applicable to practicum supervision in schools and agency settings. Counseling skills important in practicum are delineated. Guidelines are given for working with field supervisors, university…

This is the full text of the dissertation previously summarized in ED 014 278. Questionnaire responses from 37 junior colleges were used as a basis for analyzing current practices in supervision of instruction and for developing a proposed program for such supervision. While differences in degree of supervision were found there were few…

Following a classroom observation, an audio tape was made of a supervisory conference between the principal or other supervisor and the teacher. Two analyses of the principal's conference skills were then added to the tape together with editorial comments on the analyses, and the tape was then returned to the principal. At the time of the report,…

This discussion is limited to specific opportunities and methods of supervising students rather than encompassing supervisory techniques in general. This paper: (1) examines the characteristics of student workers from the supervisory point of view, (2) notes the type of structures for supervising student field experience, (3) suggests supervisory…

Material in this booklet was excerpted from a series of tape-recorded interviews with labor superintendents and supervisors who work directly with student manpower in the 100-year-old, work-learning program at Berea College. The document examines selected areas of supervisory responsibility in a college work-study program. It includes information…

A major drawback in microteaching by preservice teachers is the limited availability of university supervisors to supply feedback regarding the microteaching performances. This researcher investigated the effectiveness of feedback supplied by the preservice teachers themselves. Thirty preservice teachers participated in the study. Each microtaught…

Although increasing use of paraprofessionals to implement key program concepts has the advantage of increased availability and lower salaries, problems in maintaining acceptable levels of performance have also been reported. This study assessed the role of performance-related feedback on the work behavior of paraprofessional tutors in a remedial…

A description of the 2-year experience of a group of 6 social workers, engaged in family therapy, who experimented with the use of peer group supervision. (BRT)

Delineates different approaches to clinical supervision, assesses staff preferences for different supervisory approaches, determines the extent to which different approaches actually are emphasized, and determines to what extent a supervisor's personal supervisory style correlates with a supervisee's job satisfaction. (Author)

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…

In an attempt to clarify the problems which arise in the supervision of dissertations and the ways in which faculty can aid in preventing or dealing with these problems, nine graduate faculty from five different institutions were interviewed about their experiences. (RM)

Examined effects of training method and supervisor experience upon the learning of empathy. Analysis indicated that individually supervised subjects achieved a higher level of empathy than the controls. Subjects receiving programed training were intermediate in learning between individually supervised and control subjects. Supervisor experience…

Presents specific methods for trainers to use in conjunction with their supervisory training programs in order to increase the amount of skill transfer that supervisors bring to the job. Methods include developing skill mastery, building confidence, and applying skills immediately. Post-training reinforcement sources for the supervisors are noted.…

The article examines the history of educational supervision in America, identifying (a) persons who acted as supervisors during certain periods, (b) the theory of "supervision" at differing times, (c) supervisory practices during each period, and (d) an exploration of the future of supervision. (MB)