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Elementary Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of Their Principals' Supervisory Behaviors.
Vickers, Bettye Hamill; Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1989
To influence teaching in a way that enhances and improves student learning is the school principal's responsibility. Because perceptions are more important than actual behavior, it is essential for principals to know if their perception of their supervisory actions is in agreement with the way their teachers perceive the same supervisory…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles
The Relationship between Teachers' Perceptions of Principals' Actual Supervisory Behavior and Teachers' Preferred Supervisory Behavior in Selected Southern Public Junior High Schools.
Ward, Betsy B.; Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1989
Increasing demands for educational accountability make it important for principals to know how and when to successfully use methods of supervision with teachers to attain the mutual goal of instructional improvement. To determine whether significant differences existed between junior high school teachers' perceptions of principals' supervisory…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership, Junior High Schools
The Relationship between Secondary Teachers' Perceived Levels of Burnout and Their Perceptions of Their Principals' Supervisory Behaviors. 1989 Update.
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Richardson, Gloria D.; Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1989
The empowerment of teachers through collaboration, a supervisory trend currently receiving much attention and emphasis, employs variability and encourages cooperative decisionmaking. Despite its apparent popularity, collaboration can be viewed as unwieldy and difficult to manage with teachers who are already working under less than desirable…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Collegiality, Leadership Styles, Organizational Climate
Supervisory Behaviors of Secondary Vocational-Technical Center Directors as Self-Perceived and as Perceived by Selected Faculty Members.
Love, Rebecca – 1983
This study investigated the behaviors of secondary vocational-technical center directors as self-perceived and as perceived by selected faculty members. The population studied consisted of all the secondary vocational-technical center directors in Mississippi and three teachers in each center, who participated in a statewide summer conference…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Secondary Education, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Supervision
The Relationship between Secondary Teachers' Perceptions of Supervisory Behaviors and Their Attitudes toward a Post Observation Supervisory Conference.
Williams, Roslin E. – 1986
A study conducted during the 1984-85 school year in Mississippi found that secondary school teachers' attitudes toward post-observation supervisory conferences were not influenced by their perceptions of their principals' supervisory behaviors. Participating in the study were 120 secondary teachers of English, science, mathematics, and social…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Conferences, Principals, Public School Teachers
Ideal and Actual Supervisory Behavior as Perceived by Mississippi Community College Vocational Instructors and Their Supervisors.
Pullen, Deborah B.; Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1990
In November 1989, a study was conducted to determine if there were significant differences between ideal and actual supervisory behaviors of community college vocational supervisors, as perceived by vocational instructors and by the supervisors themselves. A random sample of 35 supervisors and 378 vocational instructors was selected from all…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Characteristics, Community Colleges, Cooperation