A study was conducted to develop and test a method for describing, in a systematic and quantifiable fashion, the nature of the interaction that takes place between a supervisor (e.g., principal or helping teacher) and a teacher. Tape recordings of 50 supervisor-teacher conferences were collected. They were analyzed by use of a 15-category…

This filmstrip-audiotape package on student teacher supervision has two versions--a teacher version and a student version. The same filmstrip is used for each version with a different narration. The package also includes a written script for each version. The teacher version of the narration points out the need for flexibility in supervising…

Team Supervision of Beginning Teachers is an experimental program of mutual assistance in which four or five beginning teachers are teamed with an experienced teacher (the Team Leader) to improve instruction and the teaching competencies of team members. The program differs from traditional supervisory methods in that it is divorced from the…

This report presents the highlights of a year's experience with the advisory approach to the in-service education of elementary school teachers. The term "advisory" is defined as in-service assistance to teachers that is provided only at their request, in terms of their own goals, and "in situ" rather than in formal courses; it is designed in such…

This paper focuses on using a systems approach to develop supervisory conference strategies to be tested in constructed and controlled teaching-supervisory situations. This involves identifying performance objectives through a functional analysis of teaching and analyzing the interacting and interdependent variables. It is then necessary to…

This bulletin presents two papers that focus on the concept of change, modification, and improvement in teaching performance. The first paper suggests some changed roles for supervisory agents in teacher education. The notion that college supervisors have a more fruitful role to play than the traditional observation practices that have been…

Operation CITE (Cooperative Investment in Teacher Education) provided student teachers with a closer and more informal type of supervision, while at the same time furnishing their critic teachers with consultant services to deal with their unique instructional and curricular problems. A classroom teacher was designated by the school administration…

This handbook provides specific guidelines to supervisory activity which relate directly to the classroom work of teachers and youngsters. Chapters concern the principal and his involvement in curriculum psychological principles of learning as a guide to supervisory activity, sociological principles of education as a guide to supervisory activity,…

Describes a program that consists of a three-part cycle of activities, all of which involved the department chairmen working jointly with the principal on actual preobservation conferences as well as with actual classroom observations. (Author/MLF)

The effectiveness of college supervisors in the student teaching experience is questioned. (JD)

The techniques and methodologies of "management by objectives" is suggested to be of value in improving the nature and rate of application of clinical supervision and in improving inservice teacher training and evaluation. (MJB)

Presents a conceptual model for teacher supervision and staff development for both practitioners and researchers. Constructs can also be used to diagnose problems and plan appropriate strategies for professional improvement. The model offers researchers opportunities for analysis and hypothesis testing. Includes 16 references. (MLH)

As instructional leader, the principal sets the tone for quality classroom instruction. Through designing effective observation instruments, conducting planning conferences, recording objective classroom observations, and providing constructive feedback, the principal can ensure that this goal is met. Includes one reference. (MLH)

Investigates secondary school administrators' attitudes toward foreign-language teacher supervision. Findings indicate limited knowledge of foreign languages among the supervisors and widely varying opinions regarding the consequences of this limited understanding. (Author/CB)