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Doll, Ronald C. – 1983
The fundamental purpose of educational supervision is to increase the confidence and improve the competence of teachers. This book is a guide for supervisors and teachers in the training and development of teaching staffs in school systems; it also serves as an informal text for use in college and university systems. The book offers opportunities…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Supervisory Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement
Lane, Kenneth, Ed.; Gooden, Mark, Ed.; Mead, Julie, Ed.; Pauken, Patrick, Ed.; Eckes, Suzanne, Ed. – Education Law Association, 2008
The Principal's Legal Handbook contains information and recommendations for practice in four areas. Section 1, "Students and the Law," yields interesting and informative answers on a number of issues related to students and the law: recent issues in schools relative to students' rights; the use of technology; and the latest case law and…
Descriptors: Principals, School Law, Student Rights, Technology Uses in Education
Sergiovanni, Thomas J.; And Others – 1975
The four papers which comprise this booklet on supervision are entitled a) Human Resources Supervision; b) The Case for Staff Development; c) The Advisory System and Supervision; and d) Beyond Accountability. The introduction presents previous views of supervision and discusses implications of recent teacher entrenchment. The first paper contrasts…
Descriptors: Accountability, Higher Education, Human Relations, Human Resources
Zepeda, Sally J. – Eye on Education, 2007
Very few people would disagree that the work of the principal is multifaceted, hectic, and fraught with uncertainties, and given the ongoing press for accountability, the very work of the principal as instructional leader is shifting to ensure "results." There are myriad day-to-day activities that take principals away from the important work of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Leadership, School Culture, Professional Development
Sergiovanni, Thomas J., Ed. – 1982
The thirteen chapters of this book deal with the varied facets of supervision and give perspective on its history, organizational framework, strategies, models, and future prospects. Part 1 provides a brief historic sketch of supervision in the United States and then moves directly to the issue of evaluating and understanding teaching. The three…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Human Relations
Burke, Peter J.; Krey, Robert D. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2005
The first edition of this book, titled "A Design for Instructional Supervision", provided a structural framework for an effective program of instructional supervision. The basic cognitive thrust of this second edition, "Supervision: A Guide to Instructional Leadership", remains the same as the first. What has changed is the attention to the…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Teacher Supervision, Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement
Sullivan, Susan; Glanz, Jeffrey – 2000
This book offers a plan for improved classroom practice through the supervisory process. It includes hands-on practices for developing a personalized supervision strategy, research-based and empirically tested strategies, field-tested tools and techniques for qualitative and quantitative observation, a comprehensive resource of traditional and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback
Caruso, Joseph J.; Fawcett, M. Temple – 1999
Written for practitioners who must supervise early childhood staff from a wide variety of educational and cultural backgrounds, this book provides guidelines and practical suggestions for staff training and development in early childhood settings. Part 1 challenges myths regarding supervision to ease the burden under which supervisors carry out…
Descriptors: Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
Acheson, Keith A.; Gall, Meredith Damien – 1980
Intended as a text, this book emphasizes practical techniques of clinical supervision in working with teachers to help them improve their classroom teaching. It is divided into four units. The first provides necessary background for understanding techniques of clinical supervision. The next two units describe specific techniques for conducting…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Conferences
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