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Streich, William H. – 1984
While most theories of educational administration hold that organizations work best when they mediate between organizational goals and individual needs, the two major observational methods of teacher evaluation emphasize respectively one or the other. The checklist or rating sheet method evaluates teachers against a uniform set of criteria,…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection, Educational Anthropology, Elementary Secondary Education
Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1982
At this workshop, representatives of Canadian provincial teachers' associations came together to share information and discuss appropriate policy directions related to the evaluation and supervision of teachers. This report contains the texts of four major presentations and a summary of a panel presentation made at the meeting. The first…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Civil Rights, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
Acheson, Keith A.; Gall, Meredith Damien – 2003
This book about the clinical supervision of teachers emphasizes the techniques of clinical supervision: ways to work with teachers to help them improve their classroom teaching. The book is intended to serve both as a practical hands-on guide for the inservice principal and school district personnel who supervise teachers, and as a textbook for…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), Collegiality, Due Process
Rossow, Lawrence F.; Tate, James O. – 2003
This monograph is a legal treatise covering all legal aspects of the evaluation of teachers. It looks at what can legally be evaluated, how the evaluation can become evidence for termination, and how to avoid and win lawsuits involving wrongful teacher dismissals. It is intended for practicing administrators, supervisors of instruction, teacher…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Due Process, Educational Legislation
Sergiovanni, Thomas J. – 1985
This essay proposes a responsive research agenda to examine relationships between supervisory inquiry and practice on one hand, and teaching and learning on the other. The agenda first calls for policy-oriented research that examines the implications of state-mandated educational changes on supervisory practices and commensurate teaching and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Bureaucracy, Career Ladders
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1983
This annotated bibliography comprises 13 items in the ERIC system concerning improving teacher effectiveness. Items cited discuss strategies including an objectives-based instructional program combined with mastery learning, teacher self-assessment techniques, administrators' role in helping teachers adopt more effective practices, improving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction
CHADDERDON, HESTER; AND OTHERS – 1966
MAJOR QUESTIONS EXPLORED IN THIS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH STUDY WERE--(1) WHAT ARE THE ATTITUDES OF PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS TOWARD CHILDREN, TEACHING, AND INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS DIFFERENT FROM THEMSELVES, (2) WHAT EARLY COLLEGE EXPERIENCES MIGHT MODIFY THESE ATTITUDES, AND (3) WHAT EXPERIENCES AS JUNIORS, SENIORS, AND…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Children, College Students, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Veenman, Simon; Raemaekers, Jan – Educational Studies, 1995
Presents the findings of a six-year staff development program for multigrade teachers. Discovers a significant increase in the time on task levels of the pupils and the instructional and classroom management skills of the teachers. Discusses the implications of, and problems with, the study. (MJP)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1998
The guide is one section of a resource kit designed to assist Peace Corps language instruction coordinators in countries around the world in understanding the principles underlying second language learning and teaching and in organizing instructional programs. This section focuses on selection and supervision of language teachers. An introductory…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Contracts, Employment Interviews, Feedback
McGreal, Thomas L. – 1983
Teacher evaluation remains a controversial and disruptive area. The problems arise from the way evaluations are carried out. In many cases the evaluation system used is the problem. This book discusses teacher evaluation by providing characteristics separating effective and less effective systems. It presents eight commonalities identified in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Ellis, Thomas I.; And Others – 1987
Two issues that bear directly on the proficiency of teachers are teacher selection and teacher supervision. A theme common to both issues is that the key to attracting and retaining capable teachers lies in a transformation of teachers' work environment--replacing the bureaucratic model of schooling with the professional model. That transformation…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Competence, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends
Steffensen, James P. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
The purpose of this publication is to focus attention upon a rapidly growing development in public school administration--the increasing interest in personnel administration as a process which can be identified through a description of certain formal functions which every school district must perform. The existence of adequate personnel policies…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Administration, Public Schools, School Districts
Martin, Robert A. – 1980
A study tested the effects of two systems of supervisory techniques--product specification and process specification--on the success of beginning teachers of vocational agriculture. (Product specification is based on supervision-by-objectives, a student-centered emphasis. Process specification is based on management of the teacher and his/her…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Evaluation, Agricultural Education, Beginning Teachers
Thompson, John A.; Chock, Mona K.O. – 1976
Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, this first section (5.1) of module 5 (implementation--for administrators) contains readings and activities on the major components in a system of observation and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators
Wortmann, Karly; Cavanaugh, Cathy; Kennedy, Kathryn; Beldarrain, Yoany; Letourneau, Therese; Zygouris-Coe, Vicky – North American Council for Online Learning, 2008
This document describes the mentoring relationship from the perspectives of several virtual schools that have built mentoring programs to assist their new teachers. Each school's mentoring program is unique and has been designed specifically for the school's staff, size, and instructional approach. These schools have learned that a successful…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Persistence, Beginning Teachers, Coaching (Performance)
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