Describes student teaching by objectives, an approach which (1) is designed to improve productivity in a systematic manner, (2) defines behavior in terms of results measured against established goals rather than in common goals for all teachers, and (3) allows for input and evaluation. (TA)

Central Missouri State University's detailed training model for teacher supervision focuses on building a supervision knowledge base with information about professional supervisory skills and techniques that can be used for extensive preparation of those who supervise student teachers. (CB)

Responds to Biggs' article on the case presentation approach in clinical supervision by discussing implications for instruction of two relevant research programs: conceptual level (Harvey, Hunt, and Schroder, 1961) and Hunt's related matching model for education, and Strohmer and associates' cognitive models for clinical judgment. (NB)

Presents a management-of-self model of supervision for graduate training in marriage and family therapy. Suggests that as the supervisee comes to understand how family of origin and family constellation patterns are reenacted within the therapeutic context, he/she can then interrupt those patterns of interaction that inhibit effectiveness. (JAC)

Argues that effective supervision requires the ability to acquire skills in a variety of areas, to select those appropriate to a task, and to use them in concert. Discusses a number of skills necessary for good supervision. (FL)

This study compared supervisor and patient perceptions of dental students' clinical performance. Postvisit questionnaires were completed by 52 patients and by the respective supervisors overseeing the student dentists who treated the patients. Patients rated students significantly higher on 17 of 24 Likert type items. Reasons for these differences…

Discusses characteristics of good and bad bosses in school systems. Good bosses create a team spirit, show concern, fairness, and trust for their employees, and have demanding but clear expectations, though they allow for mistakes. Bad bosses are self-centered and either neglect or tyrannize their employees. (TE)

A group of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development members was surveyed to determine the relative importance of 17 selected issues relating to supervisory practices. (Author/MLF)

Creating a system for successfully supervising and evaluating the entire teaching staff of a school district is a daunting task. An effective system-wide program can only be achieved if the administrators, teachers and the teachers' association understand and attend to the educational, legal, public relations (political), and social-emotional…

Considers ways in which the effectiveness of teaching research competence to doctoral students might be enhanced by examining the psychological climate of the teaching-learning situation and exploring ways in which this environment may be made maximally conducive to learning. (Author/JM)

Emphasizes the need for maintaining managerial authority based on subordinates' belief in the relevant expertness, power or normativeness of management. Organizational evaluation data can enhance or diminish these bases of managerial authority in a variety of ways, making management dependent for its authority on evaluation. (Author/WAS)

Three approaches an assistant superintendent might take to correct discipline problems at an elementary school characterized by weak administrative leadership are discussed. The approaches focus on: (1) professional development for the principal; (2) teacher improvement; and (3) cooperation among parents and school personnel. (PP)