This report discusses human resource decisions and their relation to performance levels in the workplace. It discusses the importance of training to improve knowledge and skills and providing rewards for good performance. (AMT)

Campus supervision is a craft that must be learned. It requires both knowledge and skill to be effective. Supervisors need a baseline knowledge of the school. They also need to understand the students they are to supervise--their cultural backgrounds, group dynamics, unique behaviors, issues, normal hangouts, and communication styles, as well as…

The role and duties of supervisors are reviewed. (MM)

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

The goal of this practicum was to create a formal supervisory program where there had been none previously. After considering several supervisory alternatives, an intradepartmental, colleagal approach was selected. This approach permits teachers to judge their performance according to established teaching patterns and to share classroom techniques…

The authors summarize the special section in the journal of Counselor Education and Supervision (Vol. 45, No. 4, June 2006) on school counseling supervision and present implications to guide the practice of school counselor supervision. The implications for practice, training, research, and professional standards for school counselors are…

The aim of this study is to determine primary-school teachers' perceptions related to technology leadership of primary-school principals. It is observed that most of the principals do not use technology leadership in their schools effectively. This is to say, technology is not effectively included into administration and curriculum. This is a…

Results of a survey are presented on Lutheran elementary school principals' perceptions of selected supervisory tasks, and how they perceived hindrances in the performance of those tasks. (JD)

While the teacher is recognized as the primary force in the improvement of educational programs, supervision should go beyond focusing on teachers to focusing on the entire instructional program, which includes the subject, materials, facilities, students, teachers, and aides. There are several routes through which supervision can be…

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)

Proper supervision has been a concern of those responsible for education for many years. The 100-year-old definition used here may help us gain some insights regarding our sophistication and/or needs in the important area of supervision. (Editor/RK)

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