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Zepeda, Sally J. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2002
Describes a model for portfolio supervision based on the results of a 2-year study of one elementary school's experience in implementing portfolio supervision. Includes four propositions that guided the development of the model. Describes the skills inherent in portfolio supervision. Provides general guidelines for implementation of the portfolio…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Portfolio Assessment

Hannay, Lynn; Chism, Nancy – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1988
Explores the effect of school transfer on elementary teachers' professional development in a case study of a district planned for transfer intervention. Although some found the challenge stimulating, merely shifting teachers to another location will not guarantee significant growth without policies that support the effective use of transfer. (CJH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries

Phillips, Joy – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2003
Case study of urban middle school response to school state reform initiative describes how administrators and teachers chose to focus on improving nonmagnet students' academic achievement by increasing opportunities for their teachers to participate in professional development. Teachers created a set of innovative curriculum programs for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Curriculum Design, Educational Change

Barak, Moshe; And Others – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1997
Discusses an Israeli study examining the professional development of physics, electronics, and mechanics teachers. Examines whether an externally developed school improvement model could customize the supervision process to each school system and academic discipline's needs. Carl Glickman's developmental supervision model succeeds in identifying…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Electronics, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement

Lemma, Paulette – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1993
In 1987, Connecticut Department of Education initiated the CORE Institute to administer its Cooperating Teacher and the Beginning Educator Support Teacher Program. Although findings of a state program evaluation survey were positive, a subsequent case study of the cooperating teacher/student teacher relationship disclosed possible difficulties…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Collegiality, Educational Change, Elementary Education

Ponder, Gerald; Webb, Sandra M.; Trawick, Amy R. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2003
Cases study uses structured interviews, field observations, document and artifact analysis, focus groups, and member checks to identify "teachable" (transferable) elements of the "beyond expectations" successful instructional program at a K-5 school in North Carolina. Finds that the school achieved success by enacting a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Educational Change