Needed is a shift from more traditional, technical, scientific, management-based teacher supervision to methods that allow teachers to gain a greater understanding of the teaching process per se, such as clinical supervision. However, greater attention needs to be given to the philosophy and rationale of clinical supervision. (Author/DCS)

Outlines a fictitious but ideal school in which staff work cooperatively and are encouraged to develop their talents. (MD)

The advantages of "script taking" for use as a supervisory skill are presented. It is an easy and efficient alternative to expensive electronic taping in observing teacher performance. (MD)

Discusses various approaches to the supervision of instruction and counseling, noting the assumptions made in each and the expectations held by each for both the supervisor and the supervised. (FL)

Discusses the role of the college supervisor in the student teacher segment of teacher education programs and stresses the need for and importance of the position and the necessity to make it more professional. (MB)

The Empathic Rational Action (ERA) model is presented as an introductory training program for clinical supervisors. This system, said the authors, requires supervisory action as process rationale, to include objective data collection. (Editor/RK)

Author cautioned that there are limits to clinical supervision and provided the reader with a list of and rationale for these limits. (Editor/RK)

Discusses 11 areas of an individualized language program which college supervisors are required to consider in their work with student teachers. (RL)

Using videotapes as part of inservice programs can give teachers an objective, unbiased picture of what happens in their classrooms; permit teachers to judge improvement through pre- and post-videotaping; and involve teachers automatically when they are videotaped because they learn by doing as well as by seeing themselves in action. In addition,…

Author sees a trend toward increasing standards for teacher certification and increasing accountability in teacher supervision. (SP)

Refutes the charge that departmental chairman are not needed in the new educational design." (Editor)

A discussion of a six-week summer workshop for prospective teachers and aides which, it is felt, provides valuable preliminary training for high-potential applicants. (RY)

The voluntary use of behavioral (performance) objectives by many instructors at Golden West College, California, provides a unique and effective approach to instructional supervision. Because the instructor meets periodically throughout the semester with his division chairman and dean of instruction to discuss objectives and student Performance, …

Describes a training program designed to make teacher supervision more effective. (FL)

Presented is an effective, nonthreatening way to provide feedback to supervising teachers. It involves an exercise called "Butterflies (ways supervising teachers helped) and Bugs (behaviors of supervising teachers which were detrimental or unprofessional)." (KC)