Teachers have a stake in determining the qualifications of evaluators of teacher effectiveness. Teachers are justified in demanding that the evaluators be highly competent and well trained, especially when judgments about a teacher's worth or merit are being made. To the extent that administrators must be confindent that the evaluations on which…

This paper discusses the critical elements and offers corrective models of effective administrator preparation programs. It argues that such programs should promulgate the learning or "why" of theory, the "what" of research, and the "how" of practice. Only concomitant coursework in the liberal arts, the behavioral sciences, and research welded to…

The need to verify the competencies purported to be developed by individuals completing a program designed to prepare supervisors of special education led to surveying 29 Pennsylvania Directors of Special Education who were asked to rate successful first year supervisors of special education on 40 competencies. Results indicated the eight roles…

Examines validity of a battery of tests to be used as a tool in making personnel decisions regarding selection and promotion of industrial supervisory applicants. A job analysis approach to validity was undertaken to determine possible predictors of success on the job. (Author)

Surveyed district-level school counseling supervisors. In the few school divisions that employed guidance supervisors, most staff had guidance training and experience. Supervisors indicated that they spend a substantial portion of their time providing direct consultative support and assistance to counselors, engaged in few research activities, and…

The role of the local, state, and national supervisor is explored in these six articles. Specifically, they discuss changes in the supervisor's role, a team approach to national leadership, responsibilities of state supervisors, the role of the state supervisor, qualifications needed by a supervisor, and the local agriculture education supervisor.…

Efficient supervisors have three kinds of skills: human, managerial, and technical. Each is defined and examples are provided. While human relations and management are important, technical skills, more than any other, make the role of the instructional supervisor unique. (TE)

Attempts to present a methodology for evaluating potential for supervisory positions among a group of individuals labeled disadvantaged, by means of simulation exercises. (Author/DR)

Presented in part at Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Boston, Mass., May 1969. (IR)

Suggestions for teacher-oriented supervision of classroom practices, development of new courses, and grading and assignment policies are discussed. (HTH)

Offers eight suggestions for child care center teachers recently promoted to supervisory positions. Considers the supervisor's need to make decisions, communicate, define expectations, stay connected with staff, create a culture that encourages new ideas, and set the tone for the work environment by example. (JPB)

Interviews with 20 adult basic education program managers in Botswana identified the definition, goals, and principles of competent supervision. A relationship was apparent between the quality of the supervision of literacy programs and their outcomes. (SK)

There has been a substantial increase in the number of candidates enrolled in PhD programmes in the past decade. Whereas the literature is relatively informative with its advice to candidates and supervisors, there is little evidence of research related to supervisory styles and changes of style over the supervisory period. This paper attempts to…

This study focused on strategies used by supervisors in New South Wales, Australia, to enhance and promote professional development in their day care staff. The directors of a random selection of 324 child care centers were surveyed by mail. The number of surveys returned was 162, for a response rate of 50 percent. Findings indicated that most of…

Article reviewed legal decisions in New York State that might result in some significant changes in how school boards, administrators, and teachers view the department chairman. (Author/RK)