This research project was undertaken to investigate, analyze, and document the process of implementing a new policy of teacher supervision and evaluation in the five secondary schools of Lethbridge (Alberta) School District No. 51. The study focused on (1) critical stages in the implementation process; (2) supervisory behavior and supervisory…

This report has been prepared as a summary of an indepth study of the implementation of a policy of teacher supervision and evaluation in the secondary schools of Lethbridge (Alberta) School District No. 51. The new policy provided for the development of staff models of supervision in each school and a systemwide teacher evaluation process. The…

Research has shown that the induction period is the most crucial time of a teacher's career. Characteristics of teachers who demonstrate an open, lively, and continuous desire to learn are quite different from those of teachers who remain static after their beginning years. In interviews, four experienced teachers were asked about initial…

This paper discusses the nature of teacher induction programs and of research on this topic in European, North American, and Australian countries. Research studies and induction program content and processes in the various countries are explored and compared. Among assertions and conclusions made from this study, which is meant to stimulate…

Summarizing results of a study of the educational programme developed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in cooperation with Unesco, the document's specific focus is on aspects of the UNRWA/Unesco programme of interest to others concerned with refugee education. Chapters 1 and 2 provide…

This evaluation report presents the accomplishments of the Improving Instruction Through Supervision Project since its implementation, with specific emphasis on 1977-78. The project was undertaken in Region VI of the District of Columbia Schools and was designed to improve the skills of administrators in supervising teachers. The program is based…

A STUDY OF INSERVICE EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN NEBRASKA SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH 10-40 TEACHERS, AND OF STRONG INSERVICE PROGRAMS IN NEIGHBORING STATES, YIELDED CRITICISM WHICH CUT ACROSS SUBJECT MATTER AND GRADE LINES. 165 TEACHERS AND 155 ADMINISTRATORS WERE SURVEYED, REVEALING THAT--(1) MOST FELT THEIR SCHOOL'S PROGRAM WAS INADEQUATE (43 TEACHERS…

This paper presents a model for training graduate students to teach, and reports the experiences and outcomes of an intitial application of the approach. The application took place with a large undergraduate class in introductory psychology with a professor in charge, assisted by five beginning graduate teaching assistants. The course met twice…

Rationale, plans, and results are reported of a State workshop designed to bring all vocational teacher educators together to identify the problems of the first-year teacher, develop strategies to use in helping them, and utilize those strategies in teacher education programs. The problems identified as those of a first-year teacher are listed,…

Education is often referred to as a business and expected to follow standard business practices. An examination of the schools shows that they resemble natural monopolies and service enterprises. Although they have administrative management, they do not have a parallel to production management. When education is viewed as a business, it becomes…

This study concerns student teachers' views of the behavior of supervisors during the school practice periods in two Finnish Teachers' Colleges. It is divided into four parts. In part one, the structure of the behavior of supervisors as assessed by student teachers is analyzed, and the concepts used to describe the behavior are defined. Part two…

This study determines some of the competencies a public school teacher should possess before being assigned a student teacher. Subjects in the study included a random sample of unversity faculty who supervise secondary student teachers, student teacher placement directors in public school districts, principals of secondary schools, and teachers in…

To survey current secondary school practices in the supervision of student teachers of English, ISCPET sent out questionnaires on this and other aspects of the student teaching program to 837 U. S. colleges and universities that prepare English teachers. Four aspects of English student teaching programs were emphasized in the survey--arrangements…

The training and supervision of teaching assistants in German at Indiana University is summarized. Training through orientation, course work, teaching, visitation, and observation is outlined. Special attention is directed to group observation techniques. The use of video tape recordings and veteran teaching assistants to improve the effectiveness…

To determine the feasibility of using audiotape recordings of class sessions and follow-up supervisory telephone conferences in in-service teacher supervision, 16 experienced and nine inexperienced junior and senior high school home economics teachers recorded three class sessions and mailed the tapes to the supervisor. After each tape was…