An overall view of the role of the state foreign language supervisor is developed in this report. The function of the position is examined from the local, state, and national levels. The present role of the supervisor at the statewide level is examined from the point of view of (1) chief functions, (2) liaison activities, (3) teacher education,…

Guidelines for a program for recruiting distributive education teacher-coordinators are developed in this study. In determining the content of the recruiting program, the study focused on the roles and responsibilities of the various participants in the process: local teacher-coordinators, teacher educators, and state supervisory staff. A…

Reports a study conducted to rank the perceived concerns of the agricultural education profession as identified by supervisors, teachers, and teacher educators. Five areas of greatest concern are presented in descending order: curriculum development, funding, teacher education, teacher shortage, and evaluation. Statistical tables are included. (BM)

This issue, focusing on keeping current on professional affairs, examines professional development participation, professional attitudes of vocational agriculture teachers, the Agricultural Education Division of the American Vocational Association, professional participation of the beginning teacher and the new teacher educator, professionalism…

This article reports the results of a survey conducted in 1992-93 of foreign language programs and issues in middle schools. Members of professional organizations representing state and local foreign language supervisors were surveyed to ascertain the nature and extent of exploratory and sequential course offerings, as well as supervisors views on…

Maintaining effective leadership in vocational agriculture education with reduced resources will require change. Change is needed in four areas: effective leadership/reduced resources, communications/involvement, concerns, and use of others. In the area of effective leadership in an age of reduced resources, the responsibilities of supervisors in…

THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE INCLUDED PRESENTATIONS ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) "TEACHING IN AMERICA--THE STATE PERSPECTIVE," BY F. KEPPEL (CONCERNED WITH THE PROBABLE GROWTH OF POWERS AT THE STATE LEVEL OVER EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND PRACTICE, POSSIBLE CHANGES IN THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE OF THE SCHOOLS, AND THE DEMAND BY TEACHERS FOR…

Phase II of this three-phase study was a seminar held to inform teachers of information obtained in Phase I, a survey of 483 Florida businesses. During the course of the seminar 59 home economics teachers and supervisors participated in 3 weeks of intensive in-service education. Pre- and post-tests were made of participants' knowledge, attitudes,…

The University of Florida/Florida State University's Center for State and Regional Leadership for Two-Year Colleges has a special fellowship program for preservice and inservice preparation of State-level personnel. The new State director for Wyoming participated in the program, and his impressions and evaluation of it are reported here. Following…

This study was undertaken to determine a set of belief statements that, when validated, would serve as principles for vocational education. The instrument selected was a modified version of the Q-sort technique, referred to as a card-sort. The final instrument included 91 statements of belief selected from the literature, and was validated through…

Riles has had a hand in the development and adoption of historic legislation that puts California in the forefront of state efforts to reshape public education. Despite strong popular support, however, his style and his early childhood education program have been much criticized. (Author/EB)