Without support for the development of leadership talents and the chance to climb the career ladder, many teachers will leave the teaching sector in search of other career opportunities that will provide an outlet for their interests and talents. Coaching is potentially a way to help teachers fulfill, support and encourage their leadership…

The current student achievement gap can be attributed, in part, to the perceived and actual shortage of highly qualified principals prepared to be effective instructional leaders (Kearney, 2010). Most school districts within do not offer consistent targeted professional development programs for mid-career principals that will develop…

The problematic of the research reported in this paper, namely the place of Chinese knowledge in educational research in Australia provides an opportunity to use Rancire's work to rethink the place of ignorance in the supervisory pedagogies used in internationalising education. Because its scope and character is quite variable, consideration is…

Teachers of students with visual impairments and paraeducators who work with students with visual impairments were surveyed to determine if previous research related to the competencies needed by teachers who supervise paraeducators applied to this subset of special educators. Both groups confirmed the importance of the competencies, but…

Summarizes survey results of school counseling supervisors in North Carolina (N=42). Responses showed that the majority of school counseling programs are supervised by noncounseling personnel, usually supervisors of curriculum or instructional programs. Supervisors' educational backgrounds, professional memberships, opinions about counselor…

The requirements for certificates for administrators, supervisors, and teachers in the state of Maryland are set forth. (JD)

This position paper on the college supervisor of student teaching is divided into three sections. Section one (on the selection of college supervisors) contains an enumeration of the responsibilities of the college supervisor from which general criteria can be derived for selection, assumptions on which the criteria for selection are based, the…

This article discusses the cause of the conditions surrounding teaching and learning. It focuses on the management of the conditions which influence teachers. (RC)

Compared the supervision that four psychologists (Ekstein, Ellis, Polster, and Rogers) each provided to the same supervisee. Subjects were 58 counseling supervisors who evaluated videotaped supervision sessions. Results showed the supervisors were perceived as differing in attractiveness, role, and supervisory methods, generally consistent with…

The qualifications of the "perfect" supervisor of school psychologists are described. (BW)

This digest focuses on characteristics of good supervisors. Only a few researchers have focused on supervisor qualities and skills, and only three very brief models of supervisor development have been proposed. Good supervisors seem to have many of the same qualities as good teachers and good counselors, i.e., being empathic, genuine, open, 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…

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)