Describes advertising sales strategies to help faculty advisers of community college newspapers increase revenues. Argues that sales representatives should know their product well and maintain demographic information on the paper's readership. Includes strategies for organizing advertising staff, searching for potential clients, and taking charge…

Examines the leadership styles of seven women college presidents and the perceptions of faculty who interact with them. The presidents described their style, for the most part, as participatory, collaborative, open. The majority of other faculty described their style as hierarchical, entrepreneurial, task-oriented. Explores this discrepancy in…

Replicated Everett's (1980) survey of Approved Supervisors of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Found significant differences in today's supervision including increase in female supervisors, shift toward systemic theoretical orientation, more supervisors in formal training settings, increase in video recording usage,…

Interviews with 20 branch managers and 20 accountants in an Australian bank determined factors influencing the success of an employee assistance program (EAP). It was found that policies requiring supervisors to act against normal managerial practice doom EAPs to failure. Organizational analysis to integrate the EAP within existing organizational…

A study of 48 secondary school mathematics teachers and 4 different treatments of supervision indicate that teachers tended to carry out more suggestions when they saw the suggestions modeled (demonstrated) by their supervisors. (23 references) (MLF)

This research investigates the leadership behavior of principals and the personal characteristics of teachers as both are related to elementary teachers' professional zone of acceptance. Data from 46 elementary schools support the hypothesis that a principal's leadership style combining both structure and consideration encourages cooperation by…

Discusses the advantages of the clinical supervision of teachers, emphasizing the role of the principal in the observation itself. The advantages to both teacher and students of acknowledging the principal's presence and including him/her in the lesson are indicated. (SM)

Reviews the section on supervision in the "Ethical Code for the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors" and a recent article from the family counseling literature that provides a schema for more specific direction, thus enhancing the ethical code. (JBJ)

Argues for a paradigm shift to consciously developing, nurturing, and applying critical thinking skills in counseling supervision. Suggests supervisors will benefit from the intentionality of the paradigm, supervisees will benefit from the mentoring and the modeling, and clients will benefit as the supervisors progress in their delivery as…

Proposes an approach for supervising school counseling interns which integrates supervisor roles, intern skills, and stages of supervision process. Describes a four-stage approach in which the supervisors assess interns' needs and select the supervision focus and most suitable supervisor role for accomplishing supervision goals. (Author/GCP)

Preschool programs for children with and without disabilities housed in public school settings have increased dramatically over the last decade. This study examined the perspectives of preschool teachers about who provides instructional supervision for their preschool programs and the behaviors these individuals use to influence their…

In this article a teacher/researcher and an academic mentor explore the potency, possibilities and tensions of the mentoring relationship from personal perspectives. The concept of mentoring as described in this article uses the model of mentor/mentee relationship as portrayed in Homer's epic narrative the Odyssey. In the examination of the…

This article is a critique of the article by Robin Perry in this issue that describes a study in Florida to compare supervisor and peer performance evaluations of child welfare staff. An overview of prior studies related to the importance of the social work degree is provided. Subsequently, selected technical, design issues, and results in the…

Two national surveys found that the supervision needs of practicum students, interns, and practitioners in school psychology were underemphasized in the training of counselors. This paper focuses on the M. P. Wilbur and others (1991) Structured Group Supervision Model (SGSM) and how it has been used with a variety of supervisees in counselor…

Numerous researchers have recognized that supervision is critical in the preparation of counselors and psychotherapists. This supervision manual, which is organized around a coherent theory of training, is intended to help practitioners as they learn to supervise counselors and therapists. The manual is designed primarily for supervision of…