Over the years, examination of barriers to the development and implementation of Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) programs has gained traction. This has led the profession to investigate the relevance of SAE. In the conducted studies, the profession continually notes that SAE remains a foundational component and perhaps the only…

Reflective supervision (RS) has been viewed as best practice and is therefore incorporated--and often mandated--as a key feature of many relationship-based infant and early childhood serving programs. To promote the implementation of high-quality RS for infant and early childhood professionals, it is critical that a focus is placed on…

Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruction, yet research into teacher education for early language teachers remains relatively sparse. This volume responds to this gap by compiling studies with diverse methodological tenets from a wide…

Suggestions include: (1) key role of supervisor in field experience, (2) a need for depth of knowledge in areas of teaching certification, (3) faculty cooperative participation in preparation of future teachers, and (4) intern programs. (MU)

The steps in successful practicum site selection and assignment for prospective special education teachers are discussed. (CL)

The substantial increase in foreign graduate students who become teaching assistants has necessitated increased supervision and training, especially in communication skills, teaching methods, learning styles, and discussion group leading. (MSE)

Two aspects of optometric preceptorships (off-campus field experience supervision programs) are discussed: the process of defining goals (long-term, specific learning, and general attitudinal and value); and the process of developing the program (initiation, site selection, preceptor selection and recruitment, participant selection, program…

As the instructional leaders of the schools, principals have both the responsibility and the authority to bring about substantive improvements in their reading programs, their faculties, and ultimately in the reading achievement of the pupils in their charge. For this reason, they should seek constantly to upgrade their ability to supervise school…

The 56 papers in this volume address issues central to the preparation of graduate teaching assistants (TA) as both scholars and future professors. It is noted that the majority of TA programs are infrequent workshops with either limited or no follow-up, and that the task of preparing the next generation of professors appears to be more complex…

This paper outlines the procedures used at the University of Cincinnati for establishing a field based elementary teacher education program in the form of a field guide. The first step involves a meeting with university faculty to discuss the implications of such a program. Step two involves meeting with the elementary school principal and selling…

Focusing on the need to give aspiring teachers practical "hands-on" experience in vocational agriculture, the planning, supervision, and evaluation of a summer work experience program for vocational agriculture teachers in Pennsylvania ("Philadelphia Workshop") is described. (BM)

A comprehensive approach to the supervision and training of teaching assistants (TAs) in the proficiency-based classroom might include a pre-service workshop, in-service methodology courses linked to appropriate teaching assignments, and systematic observations and evaluations of their performance as instructors. An intensive pre-service workshop…

This teacher's handbook outlines a successful program for the teaching of Latin in the elementary school. The text is divided into four sections: the first describes a typical class session, enumerates linguistic and humanistic goals and methodology, and delineates the first-year curriculum; the second evaluates the program's effectiveness; the…

TEACHER EDUCATORS AND STATE SUPERVISORS FROM THE CENTRAL STATES PARTICIPATED IN A 3-DAY SEMINAR. TEXTS OF THE FOLLOWING TALKS WERE GIVEN--"NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION," BY HOMER E. EDWARDS, "OBJECTIVES, GOALS, OR FUNDAMENTALS OF HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM," BY RAY AGAN, "TEACHING BASIC PRODUCTION…

Teaching is a very difficult field to master, and the challenges faced by beginning career and technical education (CTE) teachers are especially great. Teacher induction, which usually takes 5-6 years, is the total of all the teacher's experiences from the moment the first teaching contract is signed until the teacher is comfortably established as…