Coordination of counselor education and supervision is one of the major issues demanding immediate attention. Various background aspects are discussed: (1) the need for counseling supervision, (2) the function of counseling supervision, (3) the goals of supervision, (4) the status of supervision, and (5) the purposes of this study. Included in…

Data indicates that use of a clinical approach by supervisors in dealing with teachers promotes more effective communication and is so perceived by teachers; yet the approach requires careful training and subsequent monitoring to assure that the method is indeed consistently used. (MJB)

Reviews emergence of counseling supervision as a professional speciality. Explains need for standards of training and practice. Describes process by which "Standards for Counseling Supervisors" came into existence. Discusses current and potential options for their implementation. (Author)

Proposes pragmatic agenda for future developmental supervision research and a "moratorium" on new or improved developmental supervision models, self-reports, and on research limited to academic settings. Encourages researchers to explore pragmatic questions about actual conduct of effective counseling supervision. (Author/CM)

Discusses the problems encountered by first time library supervisors who have to learn not only their new professional jobs but also how to supervise others. A supervisory approach based on work checking is described, and the role that managers should play in assisting their supervisors to acquire necessary skills is outlined. (14 references) (CLB)

In all professions, the development of the field rests on an established knowledge base and on newer, emerging information. As a discipline, instructional supervision has been influenced by both evaluation-based and clinically oriented theories. This paper presents findings of a study that sought to determine the degree to which various…

This report describes and analyzes the principal findings of a research project into contemporary employment relations in maintained secondary schools in England and Wales. The report identifies problems and issues relating to staff management of current concern to school personnel and to local education authorities (LEAs), and further identifies…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in learning how to apply the principles of method study in the workplace. Discussed in the first three sections are the following topics: understanding the principles of method study (method study procedures and ways of helping the work team feel comfortable with the method…

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…

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,…

Based on the assumption that the conduct of an effective supervisory conference is analogous to effective teaching and that the assumptions made about effective teaching behaviors can also be made about supervisory behaviors, this paper develops and describes in detail a ten-category observation system for supervisory conferences, similar to the…

Emporia State University College of Education's recognition of the strong impact university supervisors and cooperating teachers have on student teachers compelled it to develop a training program to prepare supervisory personnel in the use of various supervisory strategies. (Author/CB)

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)

Describes manual created to teach supervisors to practice variety of supervision strategies. Explains structure of manual, lists 26 supervision strategies covered in the manual, provides example of strategy and vignette, and discusses use of the manual at one institution where counselors supervised by manual-trained supervisors reported…