Professional standards in teaching are developed in many education systems, with professional learning and quality assurance being the central purposes of these standards. This paper presents an initiative in developing a professional development progress map (hereafter, progress map) within a learning-oriented field experience assessment (LOFEA) …

The role and duties of supervisors are reviewed. (MM)

This article discusses the cause of the conditions surrounding teaching and learning. It focuses on the management of the conditions which influence teachers. (RC)

The supervisory conference appears to be a general failure because most supervisors fail to foster a helping relationship. (RA)

The evaluation of this project provides further evidence that the more traditional modes of in-service training need to be replaced with programs that provide help for teachers in their own individual classrooms. Advisors who assume roles of working in school settings over extended periods of time need to have certain qualities that will make them…

This book presents and describes practical guidelines for educational supervision. These guidelines include: a) supervision of the instructional program is a priority for supervisors, b) good management procedures create time for supervision, c) supervision should be based on the best models, d) know the curriculum and the materials and the…

To help teachers solve their problems, supervisors must first deal with problems inherent in the helping relationship. (Author)

Because of the location of the college institution, CSC teacher interns have been placed in cooperating schools within a 375 mile radius of Chadron, NE. It has not been unusual for CSC faculty members to travel several hours from Chadron to supervise teacher interns. Following the mandates of the Nebraska Department of Education [NDE], (2008),…

This monograph contains three papers on the subject of supervision. The first paper takes the view that supervision is one tier of the teaching profession. The author's model is based on the assumption that over a period of time one's teaching practice not only improves but also increases in dimension and scope. The stages of preparation,…

A study was conducted (as one aspect of an intervention program in Head Start classes) to explore the consequences of the interjection of the observer into the classroom, with particular emphasis on the teacher's reactions to this attempt to supply a dimension of understanding about the classroom to supplement his own perspective. In a case study…

Presents abstracts of 11 doctoral dissertations on supervision topics published in 1984. Topics include supervising tasks and competencies, supervisors' characteristics and preparation, and approaches to supervision. (MLH)

Several studies indicate the use of supervisors and consultants is effective when there is close contact with teachers in task oriented situations. (Author/RK)