Focuses upon general improvement of classroom instruction, advocating a more personal and analytical supervisory approach. Advocates a change from the present supervisory practices of fear and distrust, in which power stifles creativity and innovative thought, to that of consultation and collaboration based on social management principles of…

Discusses the importance to the teacher evaluation process of classroom observation by the principal, teacher participation, and the establishment of mutual trust between teacher and administrator. (PGD)

Offers a clinical supervision model that provides a means by which reading teachers and supervisors can analyze and improve classroom reading instruction. (FL)

Discusses peer supervision of teachers and the integration of videotape recording into teacher supervision. Suggests ways videotape recordings can complement efforts to effect changes and offers advice on successful taping. (WD)

Twelve samples of teachers' contradictory expectations that create a no-win situation for supervisors. (Author/MLF)

By building in due process procedures and substantive review, a school system provides the opportunity for the teacher, the supervisor, and the administrator to work together to improve the instructional environment. (Author/IRT)

Three types of off-campus instructional arrangements are described with varying amounts of faculty supervision. Under each type, several suggestions are discussed to help departments minimize the chances of litigation arising in connection with the programs. (JMF)

A dean of education and a professor of educational administration discuss the role of the principal as instructional supervisor. (IRT)

Although conflicts based on role, purpose, personal relationships, values, and expectations are inherent in the supervisory process, everything that happens between teacher and principal has potential for promoting the teacher's personal and professional growth. (Author/IRT)

Responses from 172 of 244 Iowa secondary agriculture teachers indicated that one-fifth were not observed by supervisors during an academic year; more than half had no preobservation conference and one-third no postobservation conference. Supervision variables did not predict job satisfaction or persistence. Collaborative supervision contributed to…

Because knowledge work occurs inside teachers' heads, it cannot be supervised directly. School improvement can become a permanent, ongoing organizational function by replacing traditional instructional supervision with a supervision-for-school-improvement function. The focus then shifts to examining a district's work processes, social…

Conceptual analysis, using three major arguments, of the relationships among the organizational structure of schools, leadership styles, and the supervision of teaching practices. One argument, for example, is that situational and transformational approaches to supervision are influential forms of professional development. Constructs arguments…

Theoretically, schools led by principals providing structure, resources, consideration, useful influence, and professional support in an even-handed, noncontrolling manner should be work places that elicit teacher commitment. This hypothesis was tested using a sample of 72 New Jersey secondary schools. Close control blunts teacher commitment.…

Despite a profusion of recent "Journal of Curriculum and Supervision" articles discussing clinical supervision and reflective practice, no article has grounded these subjects in the observable events--classroom action and conference interaction--common to the clinical supervision approach. This paper presents a case study showing a…

Describes adult learning theory and advocates incorporating the concepts of adult learning theory into a model of educational supervision. (SR)