The fourth of six volumes in the "Elementary Principal Series," this booklet offers new principals a set of ideas, procedures, and examples associated with effective teacher supervision. The principal-teacher supervisory relationship has changed dramatically over recent years. The principal is no longer an inspector, but a colleague…

Language teacher supervisors see their role as: (1) training teachers to go from their actual to ideal teaching behaviors; (2) providing a means for teachers to reflect on and work through problems in their teaching; (3) furnishing opportunities for teachers to explore new teaching possibilities; and (4) providing teachers with opportunities to…

The role of the administrator as an evaluator of instruction is examined in this paper. Included are a definition of terms and discussions of the historical development and purposes of instructional evaluation. Evaluation methods such as observation, clinical supervision, evaluation instruments, self-evaluation, and student achievement scores are…

In response to recommendations by a task force on teaching and teacher education, the state of Wisconsin established the Teacher Incentives Pilot Program. The goal of the program is to plan, develop, and administer a series of pilot projects which model different types of incentives designed to attract, prepare, and retain competent teachers.…

These authors, in defining the purposes of teacher evaluation, describe an approach to supervision that they believe works. Under this model, the teacher becomes an active participant in his assessment. (Editor)

The author presents a process of developing individual observation designs, with the primary objectives of (l) initiating continual self-reflection upon teaching experiences using individual perceptions of what is important; and (2) establishing an open system of articulation and interaction between observing in classrooms and establishing for…

Twelve annotations based on recent entries in the ERIC system concern supervision of teachers. Research studies cited deal with supervision of first-year teachers and student teachers, communications between supervisors and teachers and between supervisors and the community, and a history of developments in the field. Also included are suggestions…

QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 37 JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE USED AS A BASIS FOR ANALYZING CURRENT PRACTICES IN SUPERVISON OF INSTRUCTION AND FOR DEVELOPING A PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR SUCH SUPERVISION. WHILE DIFFERENCES IN DEGREE OF SUPERVISION WERE FOUND, THERE WERE FEW SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES AMONG INSTITUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MATERIALS USED IN SUPERVISION,…

This document is an evaluative description of the program conducted by the New York City Board of Education during the 1968-69 school year. Opening chapters describe the two-phase evaluation design (descriptive and qualitative) and outline the program in which an initial group of 152 master teachers plus 100 more added in Febraury were assigned as…

Temple University's Intern Teaching Program, a self-supporting graduate program to develop liberal arts and science graduates as secondary school teachers, involves two years of full-time teaching and formal course work on the campus. A highly selective program, it leads to a provisional teaching certificate and a master's degree. An intensive…

This paper reviews the development of the supervisory conference from 1930 to the present and contrasts the objectives and procedures of traditional and emerging models of supervision. A general discussion of systematic observation instruments for use in supervisory conferences leads to detailed descriptions of and directions for using two…

In many cases the only solution to dealing with unsuccessful teachers is to encourage them to go into some other profession. However, it is also the obligation of principals to make certain the beginning teachers get all the assistance that can be provided them to avoid the pitfalls and difficulties that the challenge of the classroom presents.…

The first section of this summary report is directed to an examination of the nature of the functions of inspection in the six countries examined--Algeria, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Venezuela, and Zambia--and consideration of the content of effective monitoring of and advising on the work of teachers and schools. Conditions that make it possible…