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Zachariah, Wanzare O. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
In recent years, instructional supervision has been given a great deal of attention in teacher education professional literature. However, few reported studies have specifically focused on desired qualities of instructional supervisors, especially in Third World countries. This paper reports the perceptions of teachers, headteachers and senior…
Descriptors: Teacher Supervision, Instructional Leadership, Supervisor Qualifications, Secondary Education
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Engelmann, Siegfried – Education and Treatment of Children, 1988
Essential ingredients of supervising teachers include: (1) going beyond teacher report to direct observation, (2) timely identification of problems, (3) careful analysis of programs for design adequacy, (4) provision for extensive teacher practice in structured settings, (5) provision for additional supervised classroom practice, and (6) a well…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Solving, Program Evaluation, Supervisor Qualifications
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Thompson, Scott D. – NASSP Bulletin, 1989
This article takes issue with recent proposals to eliminate teaching experience as a requirement for principal certification. A principal relies on teaching experience in five areas: (1) employing teachers; (2) supervising instruction; (3) leading and managing teachers; (4) understanding and working with students; and (5) conferring with parents.…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Certification
Bennett, Debra Dew – 1995
This study investigated inservice teachers' perceptions of the importance for instructional supervisors to possess content knowledge in the content areas that they supervise. Questionnaires were completed by 120 teachers from two elementary, one middle, and one high school, and follow-up interviews were conducted with 20 respondents. Teachers…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Interviews
Prigmore, George T. – 1969
To determine the duties of English supervisors and the effect of certain organizational factors upon them, a questionnaire was sent to 702 English language arts supervisors in 50 states. Replies were received from 354. An interpretation of the data provided a profile of the average English supervisor, a description of his position and its…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Elementary Education, English Departments, English Instruction
Lamb, Charles E.; Montague, Earl J. – 1982
This paper reports on two studies in which the effectiveness of two types of student teacher supervisors was rated by cooperating teachers and by student teachers. The first study examined cooperating teachers' and student teachers' perceptions of specific performance aspects of university (college faculty) supervisors and of teaching assistants.…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education