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Elementary Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of Their Principals' Supervisory Behaviors.
Vickers, Bettye Hamill; Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1989
To influence teaching in a way that enhances and improves student learning is the school principal's responsibility. Because perceptions are more important than actual behavior, it is essential for principals to know if their perception of their supervisory actions is in agreement with the way their teachers perceive the same supervisory…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles
The Relationship between Teachers' Perceptions of Principals' Actual Supervisory Behavior and Teachers' Preferred Supervisory Behavior in Selected Southern Public Junior High Schools.
Ward, Betsy B.; Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1989
Increasing demands for educational accountability make it important for principals to know how and when to successfully use methods of supervision with teachers to attain the mutual goal of instructional improvement. To determine whether significant differences existed between junior high school teachers' perceptions of principals' supervisory…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership, Junior High Schools
The Relationship between Actual and Preferred Supervisory Behaviors as Perceived by Special Education Teachers and as Self-Perceived by Special Education Supervisors in Louisiana.
Berry, Bobbie C.; Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1989
The lack of a clear role definition for the special education supervisor has resulted in an interpretation of the position as that of a facilitator, planner, and legal rights guarantor for exceptional children. To determine whether differences existed between the self-perceived supervisory methods of special education administrators and their…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Styles, Organizational Climate
The Relationship between Secondary Teachers' Perceived Levels of Burnout and Their Perceptions of Their Principals' Supervisory Behaviors. 1989 Update.
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Richardson, Gloria D.; Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1989
The empowerment of teachers through collaboration, a supervisory trend currently receiving much attention and emphasis, employs variability and encourages cooperative decisionmaking. Despite its apparent popularity, collaboration can be viewed as unwieldy and difficult to manage with teachers who are already working under less than desirable…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Collegiality, Leadership Styles, Organizational Climate
The Leadership Style of a Junior High School Principal, the School Climate, and Group Interaction.
Sistrunk, Walter E.; And Others – 1989
Due to parental disenchantment with a Mississippi Delta junior high school principal, the principal's leadership style, the school climate, and group interactions were investigated. A consultant was employed to determine teachers', students', and parents' perceptions of the school climate and of the principal as a leader, and then to recommend a…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Junior High Schools
The Development of the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire, Forms 1, and 2.
Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1981
The development of two instruments useful in evaluating supervisory behavior is described in this paper. Form 1 of the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire (SBDQ) is an ordinal-type scale originally composed of eight sub-scales and 132 triads of items. Each item is composed of a very directive statement, a collaborative statement, and a…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Field Tests