This collection of 65 articles related to the profession of educational supervision is intended primarily for use with students in teacher education. Represented in the single volume are articles from a decade of writing (1960-69) by leaders in the "emerging profession" of supervision. The essays, which cover a wide range of subjects in their…

This study deals with the identification of situational components and supervisory practices that lead to the development or reinforcement of a strong, positive self-concept on the part of the student teacher. Included is a brief literature review of research studies concerned with identifying various situational components involved in student…

As universities and colleges across the country are joining local school districts in order to develop teacher training programs in joint college-school ventures, administrative organization is a limiting problem in many quarters. At a time when the concern is for clinical experience in a school setting where teacher excellence is measured in…

The object of this study was to assess costs, practical problems, and personal attitudes connected with using videotape recording (VTR) as an adjunct to in-person supervision of student teachers. Student teachers' performance in the classroom was recorded by videotape technicians once or twice during their student teaching experience, and the…

The role of the clinical supervisor as a resource to college English teachers is examined in this study through an investigation of the influence of an experimental and a modified experimental training program on two groups of teaching assistants. The experimental program for five TA's in Group A was a teaching seminar and supervision for a…

CLOSE COOPERATION IS NEEDED BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ENGAGED IN PREPARING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS IF STUDENT TEACHING IS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE PHASE OF THIS TRAINING. MEANINGFUL SUPERVISION OF THE STUDENT TEACHER REQUIRES LONG-RANGE PLANNING BETWEEN THE SUPERVISING TEACHER IN THE COLLEGE AND THE COOPERATING TEACHER IN THE SCHOOL WHO, AS…

The substantial increase in foreign graduate students who become teaching assistants has necessitated increased supervision and training, especially in communication skills, teaching methods, learning styles, and discussion group leading. (MSE)

To improve instruction, a cadre of assisting professionals, trained in clinical supervision techniques and philosophy, must be developed in each school system to work with teachers as colleagues in a nonevaluative, supportive role. (Author/MLF)

The authors' work at the Centre for English Teacher Training at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest is described through an interview. Their efforts in designing a training course for foreign language teachers who will become supervisors are detailed. Core readings for cotrainers are appended. (Contains three references.) (JP)

Program VITAL (Vocational Intern Teaching--Applied Learning) is structured around the use of learning packages (modules), which are designed to permit individualized instructional pacing. New teachers with business and industrial experience who lack professional vocational teacher training are the target for this program. (Author)

THE DESIGN AND PROCEDURES FOR AN ANNOUNCED TEST OF FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONANT PLAN FOR TEACHER EDUCATION ARE QUESTIONED. THE FIVE PROCEDURES, TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN FIVE (EXPERIMENTAL) COLLEGES, ARE--(1) PLACING MOST OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEACHER CERTIFICATION ON THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, (2) MAKING ACTUAL PERFORMANCE IN THE…

The Clinical Approach to Teacher Education at Boise State Colleges places its students into two concurrent classes which run for two consecutive semesters and which emphasize the integration of theory and practice. Its ultimate goal is the development of a culminating year-long internship for the study of child behavior, curriculum, and…

This document relates the basic notion of accountability to the preparation and supervision of teachers within the limits of accountability. The paper discusses the following questions: a) What competencies are the responsibility of preservice and in-service education? b) What is the role of supervision in teacher accountability? Of the…

Teacher growth is an on-going, developmental process that continues through the teacher's career. Four phases to full professional development are explored in this article. Aspects of each phase are described, and competencies that should serve as a foundation for a developmental model are discussed. (DF)

Results of a statewide study on student teaching programs in Indiana indicated that school supervisors needed help in improving the quality of on-site supervision. One improvement strategy was the use of school supervisor evaluation as an inservice tool. (JN)