In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on professional learning structures for teaching and finding ways to embed this learning into the daily work of teachers. This is premised on the understanding that one-shot professional development yields little transfer or change of practice to ultimately impact student learning. But how has…

In this study, graduate students enrolled in an instructional supervision course were taught solution-focused strategies and applied them as they engaged in a clinical supervision cycle with a practicing classroom teacher. Qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews and analysis of written clinical supervision reports, yielded five primary…

A mixed research design is employed to assess the roles of cluster supervision in improving primary education curriculum. To conduct the study survey design was employed by taking sample wereda, cluster centers, teachers and principals randomly and interview was conducted to support the quantitative data findings. Hence, the main findings emerged…

The purpose of this study is to provide information on the perspectives, practices and challenges of the school supervision in the Indonesian education system. The paper reviewed and analyzed the organizational structure of supervision services in the Indonesian educational system, as well as types of supervisions; purpose of supervisions and…

This publication is the product of a working group assigned the responsibility of examining the role and responsibilities of instructional supervisors. In addition to reviewing the 1977 report of another working group, the members of this group examined existing certification and preparatory programs for instructional supervisors; conducted rather…

This self-instructional learning packet is one part of a competency-guided program for instructional supervisor preparation developed by the Special Education Supervisor Training (SEST) project. This packet deals with the study and practice of time utilization as it relates to the supervisor; users of the packet have the opportunity to review and…

This document was originally designed for the Pennsylvania Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (PCSM) to meet a need in the available literature on supervision in mathematics education. Chapters include an introductory section that details the specific needs, skills, and duties of the mathematics administrator, and sections titled: (1) Types of…

One of a series of nine reports of Project ACTIVE (Attaining Competence for Teaching in Vocational Education), this report focuses on the criteria for assessing mastery of the professional competencies (skills) important to vocational education administrators and supervisors. An overview of competency-based vocational teacher education (CBTE) and…

Rural supervision is a comparatively new field in education. Therefore its method and practice are not definitely formulated; and supervisors at work, as well as those educators who are formulating courses in the subject, have learned and are learning in part through their own experience and that of others. For this reason they are eager to…