Article discusses advantages to supervisors operating on an authority based on competence and plan. (GB)

Argues that studying the history of school supervision can aid understanding of current problems and future possibilities for supervision in schools. Presents a brief history of American school supervision in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (JG)

Supervisors should be responsible for long-range instructional planning, monitoring planned changes in programs, program evaluation and experimentation of new instructional ways. (Author/AF)

Individually Guided Education (IGE) has been promoted to schools through two agencies: The Institute for Development of Educational Activities, Inc. (I/D/E/A/), and Wisconsin R & D Center for Individualized Schooling. The problems IGE has experienced and the role of the supervisor are discussed. (Author/MLF)

In this interview, Madeline Hunter discusses her teaching model, supervision, merit pay, career ladders, her career, and other subjects. (DCS)

Describes research on the harmful effects students suffer from bullying, verbal harassment, and psychology maltreatment, including isolation, fear, and corruption. Discusses adult responsibility to protect students victimized by such treatment and describes essential components of intervention efforts based on adult supervision of student…

Discusses the role of instructional leaders and suggests resources that can aid leaders in enhancing learning. (JG)

Describes use of the Sexton-Switzer Educational Management Grid to help school leaders analyze their own management style and argues that there are appropriate situations for both the "authoritarian" and "student developmental" styles. (JG)

Lists some reasons why supervisors are often among the first personnel to be cut in a budget crunch, then lists six abilities essential for the survival of supervisors in education's changing climate. (JM)

Describes a model program developed at Emory University for training Resident Clinical Supervisors, master teachers who teach part-time while providing clinical supervision of other teachers in their school. (JG)

Efficient supervisors have three kinds of skills: human, managerial, and technical. Each is defined and examples are provided. While human relations and management are important, technical skills, more than any other, make the role of the instructional supervisor unique. (TE)

The steady decline in the number of districtwide instructional supervisors necessitates research to determine the relationship between district supervision and school effectiveness. Answers and data-collection methods are needed for questions concerning the nature and scope of supervisory functions, modes of organization for fulfilling them, and…

A study indicates that supervisors and consultants are spending only a little over half their time in tasks directly related to the improvement of instruction. (Author/MLF)

Correlates two research projects and one review to provide a descriptive model for three styles of principal behavior in their role as change facilitator: responder, manager, and initiator. Implications are derived concerning the relationship between change facilitator style and implementation success, school climate, and potential for…