Opinions of 108 administrative supervisors of vocational department heads were obtained to provide implications for training of vocational supervisors. Responses were obtained from 27 administrators in each of four types of schools: technical institutes, comprehensive high schools, vocational high schools, and junior colleges. The most important…

To evaluate the effectiveness and extent of use of a vocational curriculum development guide prepared by the institute's participants, questionnaires and interview data were obtained and analyzed in 1969 from four sources: (1) the original participants (19 vocational educators), (2) their supervisors, (3) 35 State Directors of Vocational…

This workbook focuses on practical concerns that should engage the attention of boards of education and community groups in establishing new and more effective approaches to the selection of high quality supervisory staff for public schools. The report uses the position of principal to illustrate how a selection process might work. Most of the…

Although it has been the practice of the University of Manitoba to place the majority of student teachers in metropolitan schools, recently there has been increasing pressure to place students in rural school divisions as well. One rural school division, however, has given some evidence of distrust in the university faculty and in its methods of…

Examined the validity of Stoltenberg and Delworth's (1987) Integrated Developmental Model of group supervision in a sample of 25 advanced psychotherapy practicum trainees in clinical and counseling psychology. Found longitudinal supervisee gains in self-rated self-other awareness and independence over the course of an advanced practicum year.…

This digest focuses on legal and ethical issues in supervision. Ethics call the supervisor to a standard of practice sanctioned by the profession while legal statutes define a point beyond which a supervisor may be liable. Several issues are considered, including competence of both the counselor and the supervisor. Dual relationships and…

This digest focuses on administrative skills useful to the supervision of counselors. The administrator of a supervision program is defined as the person ultimately responsible for the quality of supervision provided and the effectiveness of the supervisory staff. A section on program management notes that administrators provide leadership and…

A college supervisor responds to a student teacher who is frustrated by her experience. (HMD)

THIS STUDY OUTLINES A SMALL GROUP INTERACTION MODEL WHICH CAN BE APPLIED TO SUPERVISION. IT CONSISTS OF THREE CHANNELS -- (1) THE MOTIVATIONAL CHANNEL IN WHICH THE MOTIVATIONAL ASPECT OF AN UTTERANCE (I.E. QUESTIONS, EXCLAMATIONS, ASSERTIONS) IS IDENTIFIED ACCORDING TO THE PARTICULAR EGO CRISIS (TRUST VS. MISTRUST, AUTONOMY VS. SHAME DOUBT,…

This project was undertaken to develop a formal guide for planning foreign language teachers' conferences. This work is a response to the need for guidance in planning meetings expressed by past chairmen of the conferences of the Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers. The project was conducted by: (1) researching both the published…

Data regarding supervisory responsibility of engineers are analyzed and implications of these analyses are considered. The data indicated that a majority of engineers were employed as managers or supervisors. The data also indicated that those engineers with no supervisory responsibility declines from 38 percent in the 25-30 year old group to 12…

This is a report on the third survey conducted on procedures for evaluating the performance of administrators and supervisors in local school systems. A questionnaire was sent to school systems enrolling 25,000 or more pupils, and results indicated that 84 of the 154 responding systems have formal evaluation procedures. Tables and discussions of…

Article pointed out the difference in school administration with and without supervision by principals and prescribed two methods that principals should utilize in supervising their schools. (RK)

This paper focuses on (1) networks as an approach to understanding supervisory relationships; (2) factors in change theory with implications for networks; and (3) a planning model which may be utilized to guide change within a network. (Author/AWP)