This position paper is designed to aid elementary school principals in the evaluation of instructional programs. Arguments are based on the premises that (1) evaluation should be unique for each teacher, (2) teachers should be actively involved in evaluation, (3) evaluation should be cooperative and supportive in nature, (4) the ultimate objective…

Needed is a shift from more traditional, technical, scientific, management-based teacher supervision to methods that allow teachers to gain a greater understanding of the teaching process per se, such as clinical supervision. However, greater attention needs to be given to the philosophy and rationale of clinical supervision. (Author/DCS)

Presents a model explaining student misbehavior in the classroom and an instrument that translates the model into improved supervision of teachers, particularly in helping teachers learn to handle student misbehavior. (Author/IRT)

Important effective coaching components include facilitating teachers' lesson analysis, encouraging alternative approaches, and conducting conferences in a nonjudgmental way. This survey suggests that many of these critical attributes are lacking or of dubious quality for one-third to one-half of PET-trained teachers in the sample. Includes 14…

The role of the administrator as an evaluator of instruction is examined in this paper. Included are a definition of terms and discussions of the historical development and purposes of instructional evaluation. Evaluation methods such as observation, clinical supervision, evaluation instruments, self-evaluation, and student achievement scores are…

In many cases the only solution to dealing with unsuccessful teachers is to encourage them to go into some other profession. However, it is also the obligation of principals to make certain the beginning teachers get all the assistance that can be provided them to avoid the pitfalls and difficulties that the challenge of the classroom presents.…

Supervisors, in order to fulfill their responsibilities for helping teachers become more effective in the classroom, need to have guidelines for helping a teacher who is in the throes of a personal problem. (Author)

This article describes negative and positive aspects of the neo-traditional approach to teacher supervision, which is defined as supervision that focuses on characteristics of teaching as drawn from effective teaching research. (MT)

The common assumption that teacher evaluation has a positive impact on the improvement of teaching is challenged. Critical challenges to the assumed contribution of teacher evaluation to learning originate from at least three areas of scholarly work: (1) revisionist/Marxist literature, which describes educational structures including teacher…

The process of teacher supervision is treated in detail in this paper, as it affects both the supervisor and the teacher. In the first section, the domain and assumptions of the supervision process are defined. Next, a format for providing individual supervisory assistance to improve classroom effectiveness is described. In the last section, five…

As instructional leader, the principal sets the tone for quality classroom instruction. Through designing effective observation instruments, conducting planning conferences, recording objective classroom observations, and providing constructive feedback, the principal can ensure that this goal is met. Includes one reference. (MLH)

Discusses the use of fundamental elements of education as foci for value clarification, some obstacles to achieving consistency between teacher behavior and teacher intent, and the propriety of supervisors revealing their own value positions as a function of the supervisory role (Author)

Explains a supervisory method intended to be humanistic and clinical that holds promise even in situations where a minimal amount of supervision is possible. (Author/MLF)

In this paper on the role of the supervisor in education, the supervisor is delineated as one who facilitates the design and implementation of the curriculum and instruction within an organizational setting. Three models of supervision are reviewed. Nominal supervision is described as existing because those charged with supervision are given only…

Teachers who can trigger the "goose bump" response have probably mastered the fine art of teaching. Such teachers are enthusiastic, excited about their subject matter, and genuinely care about their students. When "artistic" teachers manifest glaring teaching deficiencies, the sensitive principal overlooks these flaws or handles them without…