The purpose of this report is to identify some of the basic practices to which school administrators and others having responsibilities in this area should adhere. Recommendations are provided for administrators, school transportation supervisors, drivers, passengers, and maintenance and service personnel. In addition, guidelines on selected…

This report emphasizes the importance of nonverbal behavior as a teacher-student relationship language and discusses some observation instruments designed to provide feedback to teachers on their nonverbal behavior. According to the report, nonverbal behaviors provide the primary vehicle for expressing emotion and leakage channels that are…

The concept of team supervision with its concomitant differentiated staffing was developed to administer a Boston University-Lexington Public Schools partnership in teacher education and to provide a model for a training program in supervision for doctoral students in teacher education. The role of each member of the university team -- program…

This guide provides a basic program for managers and supervisors responsible for the care of buildings, grounds, and equipment; provides the maintenance staff member with basic information and solutions to typical problems; and is intended to be used as a training tool and a reference source. The manual is divided into five categories. (1) "Basics…

The basic question addressed in this monograph is whether credentialing the preservice or inservice school based teacher educator is necessary and/or desirable. To study this question, a series of related issues were posed and investigated: (1) Is there a need for credentialing? (2) What institution would award the credential, and should…

This study investigated perceptions of cooperating teachers, university supervisors, and early field experience directors who were involved in supervising and evaluating preservice elementary teachers. It also addressed whether cooperating teachers and university supervisors were properly trained to be evaluators. Eight cooperating teachers, eight…

This study explored how interns in an elementary Professional Development School (PDS) learning community experienced supervision through collegial interactions, conversations, co-teaching, and collaborative reflection with multiple mentors. Each intern was supervised by a Professional Development Associate who provided supervisory support for the…

Observing and reflecting upon actual interactions between professionals and families in a variety of settings can be a valuable tool in training professionals, who work with young children and their families. This 65-minute videotape presents five 10-minute segments of interactions between professionals and families: (1) occupational therapists…

This paper reports on a longitudinal study of student teachers' perceptions of their supervision by cooperating teachers and university supervisors at a small state university. An open-ended survey gathered the opinions of 469 student teachers. Researchers coded survey responses to identify common themes about important skills or characteristics…

Six articles present information on issues and trends affecting public employees and developments in collective bargaining specific to education, guidelines for supervisors (and others) involved in the negotiations process, suggestions for effective use of interpersonal communication in negotiating, and a description of the unique role of women in…

Discussed are nine strategies that secondary school student teachers can use to contribute to the reading improvement of their classes. (JM)

A study of student attitudes toward learning and their responses to instructional variables during clinical teaching suggests that a student's motivation to learn can be significantly enhanced by attention to the context in which instruction occurs. The encouragement of the learning process rather than the transmission of knowledge is advocated.…

The University of Tennessee offers an educational program to prepare Doctor of Pharmacy candidates for clinical roles in mental health care. The program consists of two core curricular elements: a didactic module and a clinical clerkship that devotes equal time to inpatient and outpatient care. Clinical guidelines and pharmacist goals are…

Enrollment of pharmacy and nonpharmacy students in graduate courses in the biological sciences within pharmacy are examined. Suggestions are made for assessing the relative quality of these students, for finding the reason for an upswing in nonpharmacy enrollments in the biological sciences, and for recruiting pharmacy students to this area. (MSE)

The University of Michigan Medical School has established a mechanism for cosponsoring educational activities in the University of Michigan Hospital that provides medical faculty and staff with access to continuing medical education credit in the context of medical practice. (Author/JMD)