Objectives and processes for evaluation of faculty and nonacademic administrators are presented. The objectives include: (1) increase the opportunities for open communication between supervisor and supervised; (2) provide written role expectations; (3) provide a means of assessing and evaluating the degree to which expectations are met; (4)…

A LISTENING GROUP IS A GROUP OF ADULTS MEETING TOGETHER REGULARLY TO DISCUSS RADIO OR TELEVISION PROGRAMS, USUALLY UNDER LAY LEADERSHIP, SOMETIMES ASSISTED BY SUPPLEMENTAL PRINTED MATERIALS, WITH ARRANGEMENTS FOR TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION (FEEDBACK) BETWEEN THE LISTENERS AND BROADCASTERS. GROUPS APPEAL TO CLIENTELE NOT ORDINARILY ATTRACTED TO ADULT…

In November of 1978 the Canadian Education Association held its first national French-language seminar for teachers, principals, school board administrators, and representatives of departments/ministries of education. The theme of the seminar was "Supervision of Teaching: Should it be Viewed as a Relationship of Help or Control?" This…

A collection of six papers presented on separate occasions to practicing administrators deals with the need for better leadership in administration. The authors and titles of the papers are (1) R. B. Howsam, "Administering Tomorrow's Schools," (2) H. W. Kitchen, "Recent Studies Relating to Leadership," (3) Alan F. Brown, "Reactions to Leadership,"…

This book focuses on the human side of relationships between supervisors and teachers to understand their interactions better. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the book and chapters 2-4 frame the interactive problems that confront supervision and highlight the conflict between the overall goals of supervision and what seems to occur. Chapters 5-8…

This is a report of a Conference of State Supervisors of Mathematics held at the University of Virginia December 4-9, 1969. The long-range goal of the conference was "to stimulate replication of successful compensatory programs in mathematics for low achieving students." Forty-eight state supervisors representing 34 states and Puerto Rico…

A study was conducted (as one aspect of an intervention program in Head Start classes) to explore the consequences of the interjection of the observer into the classroom, with particular emphasis on the teacher's reactions to this attempt to supply a dimension of understanding about the classroom to supplement his own perspective. In a case study…

Two improvements in supervisory practice would improve the effectiveness of student teaching: development of a set of objectives derived from a theoretical model of instruction to allow for meaningful observation, recording, and reporting of student teacher performance, and provision of feedback to inform the student teacher of his performance in…

The 39 research projects described cover several fields within the social and behavioral sciences related to personnel administration. The project description format includes: (1) project title, (2) principal investigator, (3) institution, (4) advisor, (5) grants, (6) background and purpose, (7) scope, material, methods, experimental design, (8)…

A study was conducted to evaluate certain formats for providing feedback of student opinion during teacher training. A class of 69 interns were randomly assigned to five treatment groups and one of their classes was chosen to be used in the experiment. In Febraury each class in three of the groups was given the Bryan Student Opinion Questionnaire…

This is one of a series which focuses on innovations in the training and supervision of counselors. It discusses co-counseling by providing: (1) a definition of the procedure; (2) a description of models of practice; (3) a discussion of the effects of using co-counseling; (4) suggestions for possible applications of the procedure; and (5) steps to…

Presented is a report of the teacher internship program at the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. The internship program is defined, and a brief description of its nature and development is offered. Methods and criteria for selecting participating schools are detailed as are the resulting program changes. Current…

The objective of the project described in this paper was to help six classroom teachers in an early childhood center develop skills and concepts needed as teacher trainers in a professional-year, modular, field-based program. Training skills were developed through participation in the preparation of modules, workshops, and analyses of video- and…

Each confidential statement about a student teacher by his teacher supervisors should be written with one goal in mind, that of offering a candid assessment of a teacher candidate who is being considered for employment by a hiring official. Amidst the current trend toward pass/fail courses, these statements assume an even higher importance. There…