The instructional television questionnaire for supervisors and curriculum directors is a rating scale requesting basically the same information and evaluations as the questionnaire for principals. (For related documents, see TM 002 621-625, 627-635.) (KM)

Argues that managerial style and substance are inextricably intertwined, illustrating the discussion with excerpts from an extensive study and job analysis of first-line supervisors in a food packaging plant. (JG)

This study of workers' satisfaction with their supervisors found, contrary to popular belief, that female supervisors received significantly higher scores on most of the variables considered. The article explores a number of myths about females as supervisors that are contradicted by the findings. (Author)

Male students worked under a supervisor who was male or female, autocratic or democratic, and possessed a sex-role congruent or incongruent job title. For female supervision only, the more traditionally incongruent the situation, the more unfavorable were the verbal reactions elicited. Task performance and written evaluation of the supervisor were…

Proposes a clinical approach to supervision that would involve teams of supervisors made up of persons from the central office and from individual schools. Members of the team should become more comfortable and skillful in working closely with teachers in instructional matters. (Author/IRT)

The potential advantages, necessary conditions, and potential pitfalls in using middle-level managers as trainers in management development training programs for first-line supervisors are discussed. (EM)

Survey results concerning the role of university supervisors as perceived by student teachers, classroom supervisors, and principals of schools serving the student teachers reflected positively on present program administration, on the role of the supervisor student teaching programs, and the continuation of the supervisory position. (MB)

Described are the professional and personal problems of a speech clinician and reviewed are the procedures used by the supervisor to change the clinician's behavior. (CL)

The shift of focus from teachers to curriculum has left supervision as a field struggling to find its place within its own professional organization. This article searches for a proper definition of supervision, highlighting scientific, developmental, and democratic approaches and exploring problems of perspective and common ground. Includes 48…

Based on the assumption that the process of supervising counselors-in-training is analogous to supervising student teachers, the research on each is reviewed. Research on counselor training is found to be more cohesive and coherent, and a collaborative research agenda, combining both areas of research, is recommended. (TJH)

A study provided a national preference type profile of agricultural professionals by administering the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to 367 (68.7 percent) teacher educators and state supervisors. Results showed a large proportion of Sensing-Judging types, especially in administration, and a small proportion of Sensing-Perceptive types. (JOW)

Helen Branigan, Hattie J. Blue, Frank Andera, and Virginia Warner discuss the future of business education and the need for administrators to be aware of the changes that are taking place and to be able to deal with them effectively. (JOW)

A structured behavior-observation instrument for studying supervision (mode of communication, function, content, tone, location, and target) had high reliability when used with five administrators in schools for severely mentally retarded children. Supervisors generally spent more time on administrative than professional or teaching-related…

Examined effects of supervisor experience level (no, low, and high) on presession planning and in-session supervisor verbal behavior. No significant differences were found between levels in planning statements; however, differences were observed in supervision session. Low- and high-experience supervisors were rated more positively than…

Describes a strategy for improving classroom teacher effectiveness by improving supervision of teachers. Outlines a nine-point theory of supervision, provides 17 principles of learning from teaching, and presents a vignette illustrating these principles in operation. (LP)